The Chauffeur
and the Jfewels
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CHAPTER VII. (Continue
1.1
WiMi'i'ii of i;:is:.'s stamp are a ehi
ivc, us intangible, as running wilier, an
when. Willi a i r : s I :i k i 7 1 zeal, some poo-
deluded iiid ri a I altomp:
pretty, sparkling thivg
it slips away through h
c.'iyly ( - ;i hi!!.
"No. don't speak." ('.
lo eorner tl.
i iiml bcho'.i
timers to ripph
shook mm
I soe how
in losing
se!y. "D-v
from your
fellow's go;
iii earnest.
eoine to a
lie which o"
m't pur in
the worst.
self determinedly. "I
thing are. and t hero's
one's Ii inner." 1 le spi
Pine's :i very different
other amuseinenis .'
think
no n
ke te
a Hair
1'his
money and position, mi, I
It's just this. Thing
he's
lave
pi.'nt where you've to d.vi
i:s it is to he. Cussie. Von i
of any longer. Rather know
yoil know,
to beV"
"Cera 1.1 .
I'oor (P.:sc
i-riiii! Ion t
wl: ,sc hau l
ii iiitns.v an
"i! .v.-' a1
!te ..i..:o.-.iI
Come
Which of lis
is i;
Waring felt all the na:u
a professional games
s 'or . d unwarrantably
' cur.
! and utioaile 1-f or th
pejuhm: iy. "1 micli
J"
rail
u to ao
Allllett
unit tr tli
Vou're o.
priiu-o and
1 1 me
rt a i n
1 are
Ml
d
alone when liio
to.
r and Annette "
"She's a nire girl." the interrupt ion
came uncompromisingly, "and you kno-.v
our standing perfectly well. Would yen
mind answer:!:': my question? I'll no;
tro uble you apt in. Do you consider your
self engaged to me':"
"No, of course not ; but," Cussic's tones
rans with genuine alarm, "I don't wan:
to lose you, Cerald; I really can't do
without you after all these years!"
Huist liuighed bitterly. "I'm afraid
you'll have to." he ejaculated, "ami the
sooner I take myself off the better. Vou'li
forcer me quiek enough !" His voice
prated. "Just as conveniently as you for
got that five days ago you promised to
marry me. Now if you care to go in "
As the steps and voices retreated, sow
one moved stitily out of his chair and.
standing up somewhat unsteadily, peered
ahead into the darkness.
"She's jilted him. she's jilted him, and
because of me!" he ejaculated, with a low
whistle.
He was silent for some moments, and
then a low laugh gurgled out of the dark
cess.
"Norn d'un chien!" said a soft voice
very rapidly, "after all, Sarto the chauf
feur has given thee back thy kick with
interest ! Monsieur the Englishman, that
eore is settled ."'
i CHAPTER VIII.
"Ves, It's almost over," Mrs. Waring
remarked at length.
She and her compnnion had been sitting
silent for some time on a secluded angle
of the upper deck as the Majestic made
3ts stately progress into New York har
bor, the following Saturday morning a
wonderful morning, by the way. with a
dappled blue and white sky on which the
TJiiiltit.iditious tangle of shipping, and the
airy fabric of Urooklyn bridge, hung like
intrusive cobwebs that a breath of wind
Blight blow away.
Th man in the steamer chair beside
Mrs. Waring glanced around from his
gloomy contemplation of the scene in an
swer to her remark.
"Over'.'" he repented, in carefully ac
cented English. "I do not know about
that. Why should it be over':"
I!" at up suddenly with an alert move
ment and looked at the morning, then at
fiU"ie, who lounged beside him, a very
smart, brilliant personage in her cadet
bine, tailor-made fitting.
"That depends" Mrs. Waring to'd
him. with smiling evasiveness "every
thing depends on your ilelinition of it."
The other pondered an instant.
"The it to which I was referring. " he
said gravely, "is an exceedingly difficult
matter to define. I have been trying to
do so during the past five days, but in
vnin. It baffles me; it eludes me; it is
bewildering, alluring, impossible!"
"Why impossible':" asked Cussii with
lifted eyebrows. She vat smiling enigmat
ically and toying with the rings on her un
gloved hands.
Involuntarily Sarto's eyes dropped to
the hands, studying them intently. 'Iliey
were so characteristic of the woman, so
perfectly made, so indolent, s luxurious.
o tnntn'.izinply within bis reach!
"1 wonder if it is impossible!" he spec
ulated, in a euriously vibrant tone.
Only a few words spoken and Giss-e
War ng
former
.arCd
WO'lhI be tllg.'lge
'e! lover ar the n,.
b
o! lie
!':: vy
W:,
lletir.
woina n
v in f i
":' a sk
He ha I a I
t WO.
tin.
!. bio-;
Mit y.
' re
: lie
i. Mr. I!
nor pre
a
"is
" O is--o'd
1 ' '
lo us?"
are al-
Ie
M:l
iv you any t tn
ig new lo report
Mrs. Waring."
I wi-ii i had.
the detective
1
i'-a :
I'lik's ng erst )..
no-t ,'i at.d i.o te
Taking out a
from h's ,...'
vj referring lit
to 'he f:ce dreai
"Did you ind-.
n iw.
II-
u s ,,; our man.
cigarette iaipeft u a !,;;,
;!, the tiian lo whom he
it and raised his eye,
el brown overcoat,
d expect to meet Sar'f)
ori board?"
with :!,e nt
The ijele
w. i: : v.
e inquired )
st iionchalaii
asautly nti!
ive hes, tared
r Higtltiess !'
mo
'nt.
mess !" he exp!
;t it was on the
a hied
cards
. ami
!o fil.
r. ubtf il'v. "I th
r' at he", I try to urA"
t he s'.a est of t;s cm'
this s'eame-
t a i w a y s t
inch w ; re a rook of th
sort
loins.;;. I don't ih-uy I had n sort of
j i-1 at first that the ii.an might be on
his steamer."
"And are you quite convinced that he
Mured!)' in not"'" inquired the chau2ur.
By
Ldith Morgan W'Ulett
itsrazxa
: iii in inntter-of-faet tones ntiil between
:eady whilVs of his cigarette.
The iletoctivo looked vaguely injureil.
"All I can say," lie volunteered sulkily,
"is that there isn't n eorner of the ship
ha; I don't know about and not a pas
senger who ean't be aivoiintod for. No,"
tamed deoisively to Mrs. W'arinsr, "my
'lopes are now all hanked over here. We've
-ot our men mi the lookout, you see, nn I
o shipping ean get in without bo ins;
pretty thoroughly overhauled. My opin
,on is that we'll land him neforo Ions."
"I should not be nt all surprised if you
ire right,'' agreed the individual in ques
; ion.
lie was standing up now, his band in
lis pockets, watching the detective with a
-., patronizing siare. "And yet. ni von
-h have it, 'It takes a thief to cat;'
,i t!ii.
He
relaxed into an irrepressible smile.
cannot tell you how much I am inter
d in this capture of vours. Monsieur
P.lantock. Just keep your eyes open, my
friend that is my advice and, believe
;ae, you will come across Sarto before you
kiii rw it !"
A half hour later, amid the shrieking of
whistles, the rolling of trucks in fact.
!he composite roar of a great city, that af
fects so disagreeably the nerves of the
returning American Eudovio Sarto, hav
ing passed successfully through th" purga
lory of the custom house, found himself
in the comparative paradise of Eleventh
street, standing with (lerald I'.uist outside
of Mrs. Waring' s carriage window, which
uas indeed effectually blocked up by the
iinglisliman's thick-set form, Oussio's ar
'mtion being temporarily absorbed in bid
ding her rejected suitor a sisterly good
hy. Quick to realize the advantages of the
moment, the pseudo-prince made his way
s-o it ml to the other side of the carriage,
vhere Annette was leaning out of her
window expectantly.
"I wonder," he said, smiling down nt
her, "if it is to be actually a final adieu;
do you know. Miss I'.ancroft. I have a
curious shall we say presentiment?
that I am to see you again. That is the
reason I am about to ask for your card."
He stopped short, struck, startled even,
by the deep (lush that swept over the
girl's clear skin at his slight words.
She looked down hurriedly, however,
and, searching for a card in the bag on
her lap. handed it to him silently with
eyes averted.
"Does that mean," she faltered, "that
Your Highness is really thinking of com
ing to Washington?"
Again Sarto wondered over her irre
pressible agitation, with a faint, curious
thrill somewhere in the region of his collar-bone.
"Who knows?" lie returned laughingly;
"I am nothing but a feu follet. what you
call will-o'-the-wisp, appearing now here,
now there. Who knows where I may
turn up?" and he pocketed the strip of
pasteboard, conscious that Mrs. Waring's
eyes were upon him, viewing the incident
with small favor.
"We've really got to be off!" she now
announced crisply. "(lerald. just tell the
man the St. Ilegis, please. Well, prince,"
holding out her band as that individual
came hastily round, "I'm going to be in
Washington for a week of getting to
rights before leaving for Newport. We're
off by the four o'clock train this after
noon." She bent towards him. dropping
li-;- voice. "Don't you leave then, too?"
Sarto looked at her an instant. There
was a queer, twisted smile about his
mouth and a very wistful look in his eyes.
"Why do you tempt in?" he asked re
proachfully. "Tempt you?" Cluss-e laughed. "Dear
me! There is nothing going on in Wash
ington at this season. Every one has left ;
even your friend Count Souravieff is in
Newport now. I have positively no in
ducement to offer you."
"Except the only one that matters to
me," finished the other in a very low
tone.
He glanced around. Huist was shouting
directions to the cabman, and at the other
end of the cab sat the girl looking deter
minedly out of ber window. Then, with
a daring laugh, "I ought not to go," said
Sarto sotti-voce. "but I cannot resist it
just for a few days !"
"Four o'clock then."
And he drew back as the carriage start
ed off, his parting look more than his
words haunting (lussie for the rest of the
morning, filling her with an agreeable
sense of satisfaction and Mrs. Waring
needed satisfaction.
Never in the ciuirse of her successful
career
had she
b.-ea so batlh-d ! For
f .reed propinquity gi
.i Voyage, epus"d to
. i s ( the sea and -.
in
en
s-e-e of the ,.
!y a long li--da
romantic inliuen
'ipiiortunlty that
piet ry sa nc: hm,
r.-.a'tc-d that the
;.ro;..,sed !
art couel devise and
t he in, redible fart
I'rinee del 1'ino had
re
no: w
'h i's two Hm.iW"
had roll-
o'T, his
retracing
ed n w a v . and S . t r
was m.'ikit
eves on
the
grou m
nt i ti,
I'ellilv
i::g in
. mechancai
.1
his steps i
bumped h
was hasten
a ;r.Md!e-ag
er. in a Ii
quay ollice. when he
against some one who
l.e opposite direction
d person, evidently a foreign
;hf gray spring suit, with a
s'ripeil wa
i-P-oat, vivid tie, and iniiiwni-
late derby.
Throw ing a casual glance tat our friend,
this man was passing rapidly by him with
an angry execration in French, when a
sudden idea made him stop short and
whirl spasmodically round on his heel.
"Sarto !' l.e c ried, still in French.
"Why! It is my old friend Ludovic
Sarto !''
flushing and paling by turns, the
chauffeur stod till. glancing about him
with swift apprehension.
Heaven be praised! Huisf had taken
hit: self of just in tine'! lb-covering him
self, "M. Ie ''omie Souravieff!" he said,
also in French, with a deferential bow.
"Tl.i is indeed n pleasure."
"You rame over with the prince, I
take it." the other returned, with a smile.
He had remarkably white, even teeth
and keen gray ryes that lit tip pleasantly,
the effect of his well-modelled, strong
jawed face being, however, somewhat mar
red by a large aquiline nose shaped like
a vulture's beak.
"liy the way, where is Sou Altesse?"
Sarto glanced around, his abnormally
alert mind sorting mil the possibilities of
the situation just as an experienced game
ster looks over his hand. "Where is Son
Altesse?" he achood wondcringly. "Hut a
j moment ago he was handing some ladies
i if.to a cab, and now I see him not nnv
i where."
"ilone!" ejaculated the other blankly,
"a id I came to the docks especially to
meet him. What can have become of him,
do you suppose?''
The chauffeur shrugged his shoulders.
"Who knows?" he said, in his characteris
tic way. "My orders are to await Sou
Altesse at the Hotel Waldorf. That is
all I can tell you."
There was a moment's pause while Sou
ravioli" seemed lo be considering the situa
t ion.
"Well!" he said at length, hailing fv
cab, "there is nothing to be done, so far
as 1 can see, but to return. Come, iniuy
friend, I will give you a lift to your ho
tel. It is in my own direction. Diablo!"
he jumped into the trap with a word to
th driver. Sarto following. "Curses take
these steamship companies. Here have I
been, since eight o'clock this morning,
kicking my heels in their wretched oflioe, 1
and I am now only granted my permit in
time to tind parldeu! that the prince,
whom I especially wanted to see, has al
ready departed."
"Too had !"
hypocril ici Uy.
only reached tl:
He did not
ejaculated the chauffeut
"If your Excellency had
re five minutes earlier "
complete his sentence,
:unL iml
ow could he? What would
have happened if Count Souravieff bad
reached there live minutes earlier?
l or a moment, as the latter settl
himself on the cushions and the cab roll
o'T, Sarlo fell to wondering over the
Count's recognizing him in the disguise
which had so successfully taken in his
late employers, and yet---what could be
more natural? They reine ihcred him as
the mustached and bearded chauffeur, dis
tigured by an all-concealing motoring get
up. and he bad been clean shaven during
that tour in the Tryol when he was
thrown with Souravieff.
"Well, my friend Sarto," the latter re
maiked good-naturedly, after a short
pause occupied in lighting a cigar, "how
has the world gone with thee since we
last met? well, judging by thine opulent
appearance. Ma foi ! With that Parisian
overcoat and expensive hat one would al
most take thee for the prince himself.
Ah!" ho chuckled and blew great rings of
smoke into the air. "hast thou forgotten
the little masquerade at St. Moritz, when
thou personated the prince in the Casino
so that he might prove an alibi in that
affair we knew of? Ha, ha. ha! His High
ness was not any too well pleased when
he had to pay for the money thou lost for
him that night, thou rogue !"
A slight smile crept over the ohaufferr's
impassive face. lie was thinking of other
and greater escapades since then and ask
ing himself with decided curiosity if the
count read daily papers.
"Son Aliesse has not been well of late,"
he ven lured guardedly. "He was quite
seriously ill at Liverpool, and those Eng
lish journals have it that be is down with
some malignant disease at the present
moment."
"I am not surprised." assented thb
other indifferently. "The reporters pro
bably say the same things about myself.
I never have time to read anything nowa
days but the foreign dispatches. A dip
lomat's life is no sinecure in this country,
where one is feted and etiterlainel from
night till morning! A ball here, a dinner
there, a carnival beyond one can scarce
ly keep one's appointments at the Embas
sy." lie yawned. "Ah, bah! I have not
slept for a week, and the appetite it
comes no more in eating. Sarto, thy sim
ple, tmeventftil existence, my man, is
more to be envied. The fatigue! To-night
I am at Newport only here for the day
to meet some ladies.'' he rubbed his nose
saviig'dy. "whom, alas! I have not met.
Plague t'ike those s: ei ms'i Ip companies!"
And he fell s'lo-ir, musing over his
wrongs, while the ehau!Te;;r gazed out of
the window anil the cab pursued its tortu
ous way.
At last Count Souravieff turned his
keen gray eyes on his companion.
"There were two American ladies on
board the Majestic," he said suddenly,
"friends of mine. a Madame Keechard
Wareeng ami her dame de compagnie,
vous les nvez remark", mon ami Sarto V"
(To be continued.)
Mr. Ilrown of Mhoiilcss iiiivu,
Mr. I'rown of Shopless Town
Is very much distressed
Cannot buy the things he needs;
The stores are nil Hon est.
Merchants closed 'em up last year
And started out to roam
Till they found a trading dace
Where people trade at home.
Mr. I'.rown o
Wle-i, shoi.s
Csed to mail
Kor trides
For sn!.s a lit i:
To those m:
"lis ,, , w 1.
'The meroh.l!
own.
th.-i-e
i ::,' as
1 tlihi::
il oi-l.-r
r that i
'Is went
as we;
ni.-' s -
Lome
.a "bus
Mr.
Is
Stan
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row n of r::
ry sad an
s a ro ind ;':
illrg .pi':.
X.
.ng lo.-i a:
Postollice, !,.,
he le'l'ls ;io
H' cannot b;
Sapp. Jr.
1 " a in s.
d.-rs row
the s-am
-E
.! ii t n
"SllTlIC of il, Cs
duoe tin- g is al
li!e Imhiio.
fortune tellers
right."
pro-
"Ill.lt So?"
"Yes. one of them told me that I was
to have a str..!;e ,.f great g.ei fortune
;.nd w hen I got hotii" yesterday I found
my wife's i-ot iap dog was gone."
"P.ut I luard that your wife wag
g..ii with it?"
"oh, y.-s, but that Is a mere detail."
HilllSti.ll p,,t.
An aim In life Is the only fortune
worth finding; and It Is not to be found
In foreign lands, but in the heart itself.
It. L. Stevenson.
BISHOP WHOSE DEATH IS
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Henry Cotltnnn Potter, Msliop of the Episoopal diocese of New York,
whose death is mourned by thousands, was born In Schenectady, X. Y. Iu
lSi, and came from a family of famous churchmen. Ills father and an
uncle were bishops before him, and it was natural for him to follow in their
footsteps. It was not the original intention of his lather to have him enter
the ministry. The elder Potter selected the life of a grocorymaii for his
son, and this was the lirst business in which he engaged after leaving school.
It was not to his liking, and he entered Hie Episcopal Seminary of Virginia
at Alexandria, from which he graduated in 1S57 at the age of 22, when he
was ordained a deacon. lSlsbop Potter was well know n as an educator. His
influence In secular affairs extended far beyond the pale of the church.
As bishop his Influence In broadening the human sympathies of church
work throughout the diocese and in bringing It Into touch with the social
movements of a complex civilization was Incalculable, and he always accom
plished his ends without weakening the church's tenets or compromising Its
historic and liturgic Integrity, of which he was a staunch upholder. Cul
tured, suave, a prince nt dinner, he was yet, whenever occasion required, a
rugged defender of his faith, and his unwavering fnllh was that of his church.
The bishop was married twice. Ills second wife and several children by his
first marriage survive him.
SftVention
The meteor trains studied by Prof
Trowbridge of Columbia University, are
the luminous streaks often seen In the
wake of shooting stars, and they may
continue many minutes, or even an
hour or more. They drift slowly and
become distorted, as if by air currents.
They seem to lie self-luminous, and may
sometimes be seen in daytime. They
somewhat resemble the after-glow on
turning off the surrent from vacuum
tube electrodes. The glow is greenish
yellow, diffuses UK! yards a minute, and
is most striking at a pressure calcu
lated to be that of the atmospphere at
a height of fifty-five miles.
Recent study of the Hottentot
tribes in Southwestern Africa leads to
the interesting suggestion that the
I'.ushman type of negro once ranged
from Central anil Western r-urope,
across the Mediterranean, and down
the east coast of Africa, to the lands
where these people nnt now found.
This is based upon the superficial re
semblance in features between some of
the I'.ushman and Hottentot types and
some of the peasant population of parts
of Central Europe, eastern France and
some parts of Ireland. Sir II. II. John
ston remarks that the Itusliman tribes
are scarcely in an age of stone, but
rather in an age of hone, wood and
skins. Their arrow heads are usually
made of boiw. Wood, leather, gourds
and thorns are the materials from
which utensils and ornaments are com
monly made.
Now that the season of thunder
.storms is here, (his long-debated sub-
Jcct assumes fresh interest. It has
been rediscussed by Dr. A. W. Iiorlh-
wick, iii "Notes from the Koyal P.otauic
Harden of Edinburgh," who concludes
that no tree is Immune, and that light
ning will strike one species quite as
readily ns another. In opposition to
the popular belief that "it is quite safe
to stand tipder a bei-ch. while the dan
ger under a resinous tree fir an oak Is,
respectively, 15 or fo times as great."
Doctor P.orthwick says that the beech
Is struck quite ns frequently ns any
other tree. Apparently the taller
trees In nny neighborhood are the ones
most liable to be struck.
If the use of the various means of
communication Is to be considered as n
' measure of civilization, this country
certainly appears to n:i advantage when
compared with Europe. The last fig
ures obtainable are for the year ending
January 1. 1:10.". Of Utters and pos
tal cards, each 1.000 persons sent .71f,
as compared to 2: ),."( for Europe. In
the atter of telegrams each 1.000
Americana sent 1.0U9 messagea for
MOURJrED BY THOUSANDS.
every "III transmitted by Europeans.
P.ut it is In the matter of telephonic
messages that the inhabitants of the
I'nlted States far surpassed those of j
the Old World. While each 1.0(H) of i
population in the old country sent 7,..'.l
messages by the telephone, each 1,kn)
Americans sent -1I,.'M-I, or more than
six times as man v.
LOSES PRESENCE OF MIND.
Client, 1'Iioi.kIi l'oroviiriicil. Pin
IIi.sIcsn In n I'reilu-iiiiiciit.
An amusing anecdote was told by h
young matron the other day apropos of
absent-minded persons. She had been
married only a short time and was giv
ing a luncheon to some of her mother's
friends. She was particularly anxious
to have everything go off well, that Iom
reputation as a housekeeper might bo
established. The little menu was inaib'
out a"ter much consultation with the
new French cook. She had trimmed
the table with her own bands and all
was in charming readiness, when at the
eleventh hour an old school friend ar
rived from out of town and asked if
she could stay for luncheon. It
was
most inconvenient, but the
warm-
hearted bride welcomed her.
"Stay, by all means, dear Amy," she
said. "Hut there Is one condition.
Please do not take any chaudfroh'tsi.
There was not enough chicken and the
cook has only just told me. These
French people are so economical. Put,
after all. If you and I both say 'No' to
them, they are sure to go around
Don't forget, dear."
Amy promised faithfully and went
upstairs to prepare for the party. The
guests arrived pro, aptly and the lunch
eon began with an excellent melon for
each. Tin' hostess, having been warn
ed against too much food, especially as
tli.-re was to be bridge afterwards, bad
cut out all the extras and limited h'-r
dishes to the melons, a cheese souille
and the chniidfr.ids. The last she re
fused when they came her way and
trembled at the small amount on the
dish. There was led even any extra
aspic Jelly, but she reflc-tcd with re
lief that there w.mld be just enough
when Amy refused. Then, to Iut hor
ror, she saw her absent-minded friend
not only take one. but two, upon her
plate. The waitress had not sufficient
presence of mind to halve the remaind
er, so two women went without any.
"And F am sure." added the narrator.
In conclusion, "that they all went home
hungry. Why, I blush even mw when
I think of that luncheon." Xew York
Tribune.
nnt nt the Frjln Pan.
"Do you oo ine well enough to
give up cigars?"
"Certainly. ISesides. after we nr,
married I won't be nb'e to afford any
thing but a pipe." Illinois State
Journal.
An ounce of action Is better than
pound of that tired feeling.
RAM'S HOIIN BLASTS.
WarnliiK Nooi (iilllnw tho Wicked
lo lU'peiitiinoc.
Conceit blind
many a man to
the truth.
Faith is reason
resting on revela
tion. Every master
must ever be a
pllpll.
If a Rod I ess
man got into heaven, he would he glad
to get out.
(Sod not only pardons, He forgives.
The works of (Jod's machines are all
hidden.
Christian fellowship is through tho
Father.
The richer the jewel, the harder tho
cut tin a.
Death is a river to some and a ferry
to others.
Men need new forces, rather than
new forms.
The Holy Spirit is the best teacher
of theology.
The man who wavers cannot expect
Cod's favors.
Atheism dethrones reason and exalts
folly as king.
Paul said nothing about the number
of his converts.
Faith and zeal always outstrip rea
son and eloquence.
A religion without the Holy Chost
Is not Christianity.
The more godly men are, the more
human they will be.
.More depends on your inletiing than
on Cod's outpouring.
The early preachers never belonged
to the "aristocracy."
"Exalting human- nature' is what
Satan did to tempt Eve.
Tint I'.ible answers the question,
why? and science, how?
The unmarked providences of Cod
are the most remarkable.
If the saloon exists In your city, it
is too close to your home.
Expression is the breath of love;
withdraw it, and love soon dies.
Mathematics cannot determine the
difference between one man and two.
It is a poor preacher indeed who
can't tell people more than they can
uractice.
It is often easier to be neighbor to
the stranger than to the man over your
back fence.
PASSING OF AFRICAN GAME.
I in iu I ii rut Kuliiclloii of Many Spe
cie I.cikIn to I'roleptl o Luna.
For two centuries there has been lit
tle let or hindrance to the slaughter of
animal life in southern Africa. P.ut
now game laws exist and with their
enforcement it is expected that the sup
ply of game can be kept up and that
some of the old hunting grounds may
be restocked.
I. ions are still plentiful over large
areas and even in the mining district!
of Rhodesia. Elephants are becoming
scarce, being practically extinct s"ti;h
of the Zambesi, except on the east
coast and in a few parts of Rhodesia.
They are now strictly projected to
sine them from extinction.
The rhinoceros is rare, except in the
Portuguese country south of the Zam
besi. The hippopotamus is to be found
only in Orange river, the streams of
.illuland and in the Portuguese rivers.
One of the remarkable natives is
King Khnnia. The headquarters of his
tribe is Scrowe, a town of :'. umi. Here
and in all his dominions he has abol
ished European liquors, and their in
troduction or use is followed ,y sevens
punishment. He has suppressed witch
craft and so encouraged education that
most of his people can read.
The Mashonalaiid plateau Is begin
ning to till up with European farmers.
With its perfect climate and fertilo
land it grows every kind of crops of
the temperate ."tie and the farmers
are already looking forward to raising;
enough to supply the whole of Rho
desia. Thus throughout the "dark con
tinent"' in whatever direction there tiro
evidences of a rapidly growing civiliza
tion. Indianapolis News.
Tlic f;ior- of
What other citv is
there
Vork
; the
the t
1 of
1 rU.
f like sl-o
in position,
salt water
avelef ;.i-
onicr risj'i
which mutches New
It is a seaside oily
laves its feet. As
proaehes it he think
from the sea or is pi
ancient Tyre, lib Ii
sea as a band from
baps reminded of
"s' I "lit in tho
a wrist." and of
llii ll the houses wer.
tall. "Impressive" is n.
' impi-i ssjvely
t b.o indulgent
a word for the skyscrapers of ev
Vork clean faced, simple, original and
audacious, they are ha rac(eris e of
the land and of the people. Thev are
not ugly eoiii-cssioiis to utility, but a
rather grand adaptation of an-hiiecturo
to circumstances. The ancients, har
assed with dread of piracy, would not
have dared to build a city i h i New
V.rk on the edge ..f a great harbor
o;'n to the sea. It is something which
the modern world alone could havo
given us. London Spectator.
lire
words are wearisome,
'"P.revity is the soul ,',f
"Too many
said Kwoter.
wit."
"Not always,
replied th.
observer ;
oin, in ii iij. t-wiii, it is ;;vas
eoiil-
ineiidahle." Philadelphia Press.
Wnrrr l-ttnril-,l n ri...
Physicians are Ix-glimi,,,, ( r,,j,.
nlze worry ns a disease, to ! pro.
crlbed for like any other malady.