The Lady
the Sea-
Author of " Whon BUJ.i Ar. Out and Lo.'i Afild." " Wovm wIlK Ui Ship,"
"A Doctor of Philosophy," " Th Soulhornorm," olo.
Copyright. It0S, by J. B. Lippincott Comfany.
CHAPTER VIII. (Continue,! )
The truth, however, was the luckiest
thinjr ho could have told her. There was
a relief in his assurance which was nl
most too great for words. Mingled with
her indignation was a bitter resentment
nt the thought hit he had tricked her
into coming into the cabin at his sum
mons, and then tricked her into giving up
the paper. The feeling that if she had
made a more stubborn resistance, he
would neither have entered the cabin nor
have allowed his men to do so was most
palling to her. And the fact that her
dispossession of the chart was inevitable
great l.v comforted and relieved her.
"I suppose," she said, "it wasn't a trick
thou V
'"It was not."
"Would yon have sent those men in
there to drag me out? You told me you
would not."
"That was true."
"How would you have got me out
then?"
"I should have gone in for you myself."
"And you would have dared lay hand',
on me! On the woman you love!"
"Listen to me. Ellen. For you. for my
country. I would dare even your displeas
ure, which I trust is only temporary.
See how it stands. Your father would
Lave none of me before. Now that the
war has started and we are on different
sides in this great struggle just begin
ning, he will Ik more bitterly opposed to
me than ever. This adventure gives me
a hold upon him by means of which I
tiope to win you. If I capture the pri
vateer "Would you give her up to him for
me?"
"Mass Ellen." said Mr. Smith quietly.
"yon""tiave faulted me for my conduct to
wards you this afternoon with some de
gree of justice, perhaps. That last re
mark, however, has struck the balance be
tween us. If you think so meanly of me
as to suppose that I would be false to my
duty, sacrifice my country to my own per
sonal affection, great though it is, then,
and for the first time since I met .you.
do I despair of ever winning you for my
own. I know you could never love where
you did not respect, and you could not re
spect me if you believed me capable of
that. I asked you to come on deck that
you might enjoy the evening. I see now
that you can enjoy it better alone. I will
communicate my intentions with regard
to you to-morrow. Good-night."
lie bowed gravely, and turning on his
heel stepped forward. In two bounds she
was by his side.
"You shall not go '." she said passion
ately. "Why do you always put me in
the wrong? I meant nothing. It was
just a chance "
"To say a bitter thing? Well, you
paid it. Thank you. It's what I might
xpect from such an affection "
"Stop !" she cried. "Who said that I
had any affection for you?"
"I thought so."
"And you think I could retain it after
, this morning'.'"
"I thought so."
"Oh. you are impossible!" cried the
?irl.
lie changed his attack swiftly.
"Have you retained it?"
She parried the question deftly, satis
fied with her success in detaining him.
"In what way would your success with
the privateer enable you to winme?"
the asked softly.
"I hoped to capture your father wi.h
the ship. I reasoned that so soon as the
Greyhound was seen coming around the
bend he would board the Ellen to receive
us. With him in my power, I intended to
offer him his personal freedom in return
for, his consent to our marriage."
"Did you think so meanly of my father
us to believe that he would be a party
to a bargain of that kind?"'
"No," answered the young officer
quickly, "hear me out. I knew that, be
ing an honorable and brave old soldier,
he would refuse that proposition."
"You have not misjudged him."
"Hut I thought that you might be mov
ed by love to secure his freedom."
"I'.y my own slavery?"
"By marrying me. By letting me love
you for the rest of my life. You would
be my captain."
"To-day looks like that, doesn't it?"
"You must not judge by to-day. The
circumstances were unusual."
"I fancy circumstances are always un
usual when a man wishes his own way."
"I do not care anything about having
my own way ordinarily where you are
concerned, that is," sniild Mr. Smith, "if
I can only have you. You can have your
own way."
"And do you propose to carry o?Jt this
little plan now';" she asked.
"I do."
"And you wish to win me, force my
consent, by the threat of a northern
prison for my father?"
"I want to give you an excuse for obey
ing the dictates of your heart. Won't you
believe me when I solemnly assure you
that since I first met you, four years ago.
I Lave loved only you? That I have
never had thought for another woman?
That your Ix-autiful face" even the
plainest woman likes to be told that she
in beautiful "has been before me al
ways? I love you more than ever."
"More than your country?"
"Certainly," he answered without hesi
tation. Why. then, do you do your duty to
my hurt?"
"Miss Ellen, men do not always do the
tiling they wish to do. They do the thing
tht honor demands, though oftentimes
the heart pulls quite another way. Noth
ing would give me more pleasure than to
be able to tarn this ship over to you and
to fay that I and all in it would do your
bidding ; that your cause would be my
cause, your words my words. To be able
to do that, to be yours in deed I m Id
from
BY
CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY-
All riffhu rrserred
heart nothing would make me happier
than that except one thing."
"What is that?" she whispered softly
"To have you mine."
They were close together now. lie
stooped a little and caught her hand. Her
lingers lingered in his grasp, she did not
draw them nwav. lie bent nearer. Her
head was averted. He kissed her softly
on the cheek. Then she turned her face
towards him. striving, but weakly, to
draw away her hands.
"This," she said, with a trace of her
former manner, "is the last straw." There
was a last touch of defiance in her words
and attitude. "You are the captain of
this ship," she went on cruelly, "you
have the advantage of me. If you choose
to kiss your prisoner, why, I cannot help
it."
"Ellen, dear." he said, his heart throb
bin tempestuously, "I didn't take your
hand and touch your cheek as the captain
of this ship, but as the man who loves
you. Won't you understand?"
"I understand everything," said the
girl hurriedly, her voice breaking "ev
erything, everything, better than myself!
I am a fool ! You ought to hate me.
Good-night."
She turned away from him resolutely
now. lie was too wise to detain her, nnJ
in a moment she was gone.
"I guess." he said jubilantly to him
self, "that I'll get both Ellens before I'm
through with this undertaking."
As for Miss Ellen, when she got to her
cabin she didn't know whether she hated
herself most for what she called her weak
ness, or loved him more for what she call
ed his strength. He had insulted her
grossly in the afternoon, and he had kiss
ed her in the night. Did he think lightly
to strike a balance that way? She could
neither forgive the one nor forget the
other. The touch of his lips had been
sweet to her, too. She was ashamed,
ashamed of her weakness, but she loved
him. She wished that she had let him
take her in his arms and kiss her again.
And yet the shame of it !
Tears were the only things adequate
to these problems and conditions.
CHAPTER IX.
On that tearful night Miss Ellen
thought that she would never get to sleep
after the exciting events of the day. Yet
so great had been the fatigues and such
the comfort and satisfaction she took in
the final outcome of the last interview
with her lover, in spite of her insistence
iiiwn her own weakness, that presently
she dropped asleep and slept as soundly
as if she had not a cure.
Captain. Smith was more wakeful. In
the first place, his duties brought him on
deck from time to time, but his heart was
light enough, his conscience (dear enough,
to permit him finally to enjoy his slum
bers. He was not sure of her, but he
was encouraged, to put it mildly.
I'.right and early the next morning he
got the Greyhound under way on what
was to be the most startling adventure
and the most remarkable day of his life.
The blockade-runner had scarcely com
menced to slip through t'.ie smooth water
of the sound towards the mouth of the
Neuse river when Miss Ellen made her
appearance on deck. The first glance of
the Captain brought a blush to her cheek.
She strove bravely to overcome the nat
nral nervousness consequent upon the sit
uation, however, and greeted him in a
way which, while it was dignified and
slightly reiH'llent. exhibited none of the
animosity of the past few days. It pj-es-ently
developed into a quiet friendliness
which seemed to rise from a decision to
ignore the past and meet him upon a
footing of pleasant comradeship, us if
nothing had happened.
This in itself was a great, a remarkable
concession. It did not indicate that Miss
Ellen had forgotten the events of the day
before, but rather itointed to a determina
tion to overlook the things that had ag
grieved her. This was a virtual condona
tion of his offenses, if offenses there were,
nnd it was very comforting to him. He
was wise enough to meet her upon- her
own ground. He made no reference to
their previous conversations or to his in
tentions with regard to her or the ship
idroit young man !
They talked about the weather, which
was sufficiently beautiful in the freshness
of rhe early morning and the brightness
of the sunrise to excuse them fur not
selecting a more personal topic. Yet even
the best weather is soon exhausted as a
subject of conversation. Seeing that he
studiously refrains! from discussing ti(.
future with as nni'-h energy as she avoid- t
cd dwelling upon the past, with womanly
perversity she herself broached the sub
ject. "Last night " she lmgan.
"Last night I was in heaven," he in
terjected skillfully.
"I wasn't," she countered quickly.
"I wish you had been," he said, "for I
found the experience exceedingly pleasant
and I think you would have liked it. Per
haps I can communicate some of the hap
piness of it to you now."
"Not jn the daytime," she answered de
murely. "Oh," said tlie enraptured young Cap
tain, making a furtive grasp to catch her
band again, "I wish it were night again !"
"If it were. I should not be here."
"Why not?"
"You're too dangerous in the dark."
"I look better then, don't I?"
"You do," deHdedly.
That was what he had expected and
it was distinctly true, but he sighed
deeply, nevertheless.
"As I was about to say," remarked Miss
Ellen, giving him full time to appreciate
the point to whi4i her by-play had re
duced him, "I Miould like to know, if I
may ask the privilege, the program for
to-day, certainly so far as it concerns
me."
"I haven't the least objection in the
work) to telling you. I intend to mak
1 the mouth of the Inlet just before mio
set. Thereafter to follow its course by
the chart in the hope of arriving at fh
wharf just nt twilight. Then I shall
! ard the Ellen" how his voice lingered
, Hint name, she thought, and never
hi i had it sounded so well in her ears
"capture her, and take her out to sea."
"What about me?" she asked. "Do I
play any part in this entertainment?"
"I'm afraid not," answered Captain
Smith. "I have reconsidered my decis
ion of yesterday. I love you" Mr.
lirown, who had the watch again, had
discreetly moved forward out of earshot,
us before "more than ever," he continued
nrdently, "but you have shown uie the
error of my ways. I may constralai a
lady's presence you understand V"
"Yes, I understand. Go on."
The pressure of her lips indicated that
she did indeed understand thoroughly,
and that while she had put it out of her
mind it was not yet pleasant to recur
to it for any purpose,
"Hut I shall never constrain your
heart," he went on softly. "You might
be willing to purchase your father's free
dom by giving me yourself, but if you
did there would be forever a doubt in
my mind as to the genuineness of your
affection for me, and while I want you
very much, while there is nothing that I
would not do to win you, I value you too
highly to have you come to me for any
other reason than that you love me and ''
"The conceit of that!" she laughed,
interrupting him, yet there was happi
ness in her voice, which he noted and
took courage.
"Yes, isn't it? I'll admit it. The
best man on earth," he went on humbly,
"would be no match for you. much less
a nameless young fellow like myself."
"Smith," said the young lady reflec
tively, "is quite as good a name as Jones.
I inner was particularly fond of my sur
name." "Miss Ellen, do you mean "
"I mean nothing more than I say. I
wouldn't run down the Smith family if I
were you."
"I wouldn't either, if I were a real
Smith, instead of er an accidental
one.
"Never mind," said the girl softly, for
there was an undertone of pathos in his
badinage which moved her deeply, "you
may so net that the real Smiths, as you
call them, will be glad enough to claim
relationship without scrutinizing your
rights."
"Thank you." said the young Captain
gratefully. "When you talk to me like
that I love you more than ever. I'm
orrier than I was before that I ever
wrought tears to your pretty eyes."
"Doesn't it strike you, sir, that you
are doing a great deal of love-making
and furnishing very little information?"
asked Miss Eljen, slightly confused by
this open wooing and hi broad daylight,
too !
"Yes, you're quite right. But don't you
think it's been awfully one-sided, any
how?" "What has?"
"This love-making."
"Very."
"Couldn't you do a little of it your-
self. Miss?"
"We are talking business, I think at
least I am. You were telling me "
"That I love you."
"Oh. that's stale news. I've knoWn
that for four years."
"What have you thought about it your
self during that time?"
"We're not discussing such matters, I
tell you. What are you going to do with
me?"
"I know what I should like to do with
you."
"Captain Smith, will you be serious
and answer me?"
"I suppose I must. I don't intend to
have you aboard the Greyhound whin I
make a dash for the other Ellen. By ex
amining the chart I learn that there are
a number of landing places along the
river. 11 ere is one mi tins point, winch
is about fifteen miles from your father's
plantation. There appears to be a little
settlement there. I will land yon there
with your maid. Then I'll carry out the
adventure as best I can."
"What do you propose that I shall do,
pray V"
"There will be people there who will
attend to you, I'm sure. I'll trust to you
not to forget me. When the war is over
I'll come back and claim you. That is, if
I don't get killed in the meantime."
"Don't say that!' she cried quickly.
"Well, it's quite possible, you know.
he went on gloomily, realizing that he
would lose nothing by driving this dart
home; "like Paul Jones. I intend to go in
harm's way. I will make my ioor claim
on my name worth something if I can."
"It's worth a good deal to me now,
said the girl daringly.
(To tie continued. 1
Th Only Way.
"The fraud! said the angry city
man. "He said the cottage he sold me
was only three minutes from the sta
tion iis the crow flics."
"Did lie, stranger?" replied flic sta
tion loafer, with a twinkle in bis eyes,
"Yes. and it is at least two miles
away. I wonder what I had better do
next?"
"Earn to fly like a crow, mister; lam
to fly like a crow."
lint lli Ito.ml.
Lady Shopper They tell
me you re
an old soldier.
Floorwalker Yes. ma'am.
Lady Shopper I suppose you've seen
many battles?
Floorwalker (absently) Yes, ma 'am.
I had charge of the bargain counter
for ten years.
Mxinl (he Size o It.
"Ever notice it?" queried the install
ment querist.
"Did I ever notice what?" asked the
iinnccnt bystander.
"That the strength of mind in adults
doesn't begin to compare with the
strength of failure to mind in children,''
concluded the I. q.
Hopeless (nae.
Miss Sinythe I met young Smytheri
at the reception last night.
Miss Knox Poor fellow! He has
more money than brains.
Miss Smythe Is he rich?
Miss Knox Oh, dear, no. He hasn't
a cent
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Cnre of I lie Flock,
Sheep need little shelter except to
keep olT rain nnd snow. I have al
ways allowed them to stay out in the
coldest weather, if It was not stormy.
However, I never, under any circum
stances, allow them to take rains and
stic.ws lu winter, writes a correspondent
of Farm and Home.
At this season I give good clover
bay. and in addition a little silage or
corn fodder about three times a vveelt.
I feed twice a day in the yard on the
ground If it is frozen, but when the
ground Is not frozen I feed In racks
In the sheep barn. I feed a little en
tire grain, mostly oats to the breeding
owes.
My troughs are made of three boards.
S feet long, the bottom one 10 inches
wide and the sides 0 inches, ns shown
in sketch. I scatter the oats thin in
tluse troughs and the sheep cannot get
a large mouthful. Thus better masti
cation of the grain is secured than in
narrow troughs. I have fed threshed
oats to my sheep for a good many
yen it and have not ns yet experienced
any bad results from their use. I feed
oats until after lambing time, then I
WALL SIIKKP TROUGH.
adil about one ear of shelled corn to
one pint of oats per day.
I know from my own experience that
it pays to keep sheep, provided they
are kept well, and those who do not
do this are very likely to condemn the
breed of sheep which they may happen
to have or the breeding stock which
they have purchased for the Improve
ment of their Hock when the fault la
really their own.
Quick Poultry Fattening.
The theory on which crate fattening
Is encouraged is that a hen will digest
more food than she Will eat. Shredded
wheat will put the fat on at as low a
cost as 4'i cents per pound. The sec
tions of our crates are two feet wide,
two feet high, twenty-seven Inches
lung, three sections to a crate ; five
birds to a section, says a bulletin of
The Connecticut Experiment Station.
These have to be very carefully fed so
that the appetite will not be hurt.
Careful attention has to -be given not
only to what they are fed, but when
and how often the feed Is offered to
them. Equal quantities of coriimeal,
ground oats and shredded wheat mixed
wth skim milk consistency of good por
ridge in front of them for a few min
utes, every twelve hours for two days.
.Next evening let them eat their till.
Next day feed in the morning not
enough to satisfy them At night, all
they will eat. At the end of the sec
ond week give a noon feed of just a
little. The third week give all they
want at noon. Next week add a little
tallow, perhaps half a pint of tallow
to fifteen birds. Give a little grit from
time to time.
If growing broilers give them a large
percentage of bran six weeks, then
make the bulk of the feed cornmeal
for four weeks. Milk and buckwheat,
or milk nnd oats tend to whiten skin.
If anything is not contented, it won't
out on flesh.
Feeding Homes.
It is generally believed that horses
must not be fed clover hay for fear of
the heaves. This is a mistake. If the
horse is given the proper quantity of
plover and not overfed there is no
danger of the heaves. A horse shouid
never be fed more than he will eat up
clean, either grain or hay. Without
a doubt oats is the best general food
for a horse, and goes well with tim
othy hay. A good change is to once
or twice a week give a feed of corn
and clover with bran mash. When
a horse does not clean up his feed it
is best to try a change. Feeding and
watering should be done at regular in
tervals, the watering always before the'
eating. Above all things, do not give
a horse water immediately after eat
ing. It should never be given before
at least an hour after he has finished
his uieaL
Fertilizing Winter.
It might be said that it is always
seasonable to fertilize the orchard or
garden. Manure placed on this soil
this winter will partially decay, and its
richness soak Into the soil for the use
of the plants next year. It not only
serves ns a fertilizer in the orchard,
but in winter It acts ns a soil protec
tion and regulates sudden freezing and
thawing. On hilly land it checks soil
roslou.
GrMi In Orchard.
Sod culture Is recommended by some
successful peach growers. The soil is
worked during the time the trees are
growing, and a clover crop Is sowed
for fall and winter which Is plowed
under early in the spring. Clover
crops should not be left until they
suck up too must moisture from the
soil at a time when It Is needed by
Uie trees.
IJJJ nil lllllillll
Altera
raj
iteepinir Soil In Good Shape.
When there Is plenty of moisture In
spring, followed by dry and hot
weather during Juno and July, the con
dition Is Just right for spoiling the
soil, especially If untimely plowing lias
left the fields in n badly baken condi
tion. If the result of such conditions
lasted but one season the matter would
not be so serious, but it has frequently
beeu observed that land badly puddled
ami subsequently hard baked can not be
retrieved in many years. It Is harder
to reduce such soil than the toughest
hard-pan. In fact, it will require sev
eral seasons of careful work to bring
these soils into good condition again.
It Is a bad practice to stir ground
when it Is wet, yet it is done every
spring. Crops are puddled in every
year, and it is n wonder that we get
any crops at all from these fields.
Such fields are the first to dry up
when summer droughts strike us, for
capillarity has been so completely de
stroyed that the crops can not draw
upon the water reserves, and the ele
ments needed for growth of the crops
are so securely locked up In the clods
that they nre not available.
It Is the natural tendency of all soil
to become firmer. It is tamped down
by even the gentlest rains, and beating
rains will render it almost Impervious j
to water. Good farming must undo
this work by breaking up these crusts
anfl keeping the soil in good condition
All practical farmers know that soils
are best by being plowed nnd cultivated
at just the right time, but not many
have the patience to stand by, when
the season is getting late, or put off
cultivation and allow weeds to get the
upper hand. Brown says there Is more
to be gained by properly working our
soils than In fertilizing them.
Wind Colle In Home.
The treatment for wind colic differs
very materially from that of cramp
colic. Absorbents are of some service,
nnd charcoal may be given in any
quantity. Relaxants are also beneficial
in this form of colic. Chloral hydrate
not only possesses this quality, but it
also is a pain reliever. It Is particu
larly well adapted to the treatment of
wind colic, and should be given in 1
ounce doses in a pint of water. Di
luted alcohol or whisky may be given,
or aromatic spirits of ammonia in 1
otince doses at short intervals. A
physic should always be given In flatu
lent colic as early as possible, the best
being 1-ounce doses of Barados aloes.
Injections, per rectum, of turpentine, 1
to 2 ounces; linseed oil, 8 ounces, may
be given freqquently to stimulate the
peristaltic motion of the bowels and
favor the escape of wind. Blankets
wrung out of hot water do much to af
ford relief; they should be renewed
every five or ten minutes and covered
with a dry. woolen blanket. This form
of colic Is much more fatal than cramp
colic, and requires prompt and persist
ent treatment. It Is entirely unsafe
to predict the result, some apparently
mild attacks going on to speedy death.
while others that appear at the onset
to be very severe yielding rapidly to
treatment Do not cease your efforts
until you know the animal is past help
Watering System for Stnlile.
In the accompanying plan two gal
vanized Iron tanks. 2 ft. x 5 ft. are
connected by a pipe (c) so that tank
(b) is supplied with water from tank
(a), which in turn is supplied from
the hydrant as shown Tank (b) la
connected with a sewer by a waste
pipe (d). The plug (e) consists of a
piece of gas pipe threaded into the end
of the waste pipe and therefore an
swers the purposes of plug and over
flow. Salt for Sheep.
Experiments recently made for the
purpose of ascertaining the nutritive
value of salt for sheep show that those
which have been fed stilt gained In
weight four and one-half jmunds more
than those which received no salt.
Moreover, the sheep which received
salt produced one and one-third pounds
more wool and of a better quality thai
those which received no salt.
Harvesting Ileet vvllh Steam Plow
To plow out a crop of sugar beets
by running a heavy traction engine
over the field would be destructive, so
the method described in Popular Me
chanics has proved very satisfactory.
I lie powertui traction engines are
placed nt each side of a field, and the
plow, which Is of a swclal design, la
dragged back and forth by cables.
Parkin Kgnm.
Farmers and others who knowingly
pack bad eggs with good ones are go
ing to be prosecuted by the Nebraska
and Michigan Pure Food commissions.
Dealers c-Ialnt that their losses amount
ed to Be vera 1 million dollars last year.
A Domestic Dilemnau
A Philadelphia woman, whose given
name Is Mary, as Is also the name of
hr daughter, had recently engaged a
domestic, when, to her embarrassment,
she discovered that the servant's name,
too, was Mary.
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THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW
The government of Austria makes
special inducements to farmers who
will reclaim waste lauds and make use
of them.
(Jin Is still used as a medium of ex
change Is some parts of the Niger
country In Africa, but the government
discourages it. Owing to the extreme
conservatism In these districts the task
Is difficult.
The Department of Agriculture nnd
Commerce In Japan is being prevailed
upon to grant a sparrow destroying sub
sidy, as In some parts of this district
the English sparrow Is becoming a pest,
having devoured the rice crop.
A variety of verses of improved qual
ity reached the Municipal Suffrage
League of Chicago, lu the $100 prize
contest offered for the best "battle
hymn," to be used in the woman's
cause. A feature of the offering Is a
preponderance of women writers.
Fire in a Chicago barn has ruined a
collection of 15,000 negatives of news
boys with whom the owner ut'd won
several gold medals. The owner had
spent many years gathering the news
boy negatives, the types being those of
newsboys of almost every country In
the world.
Prominent actors nnd musicians in
Berlin have been engaged for the "shad
ow theater" which will soon be opened
In that city. It will Ik? conducted, ac
cording to the prospectus that has been
printed, as the Schattenspielthenter In
Munich, and a similar place of amuse
ment in Paris.
At a meeting of the Mendelshnm
Sparrow Club It was stated that during
this year 4.D1S old birds, 2.K07 young
bird and 3,5)14 eggs had been destroyed,
a total of ll,t;;!l). The local farmers
pay a voluntary rate, based on acreage,
from which payments are made for
birds and eggs destroyed. London
Standard.
Long before women's newspapers
were started, and fashion plates In
their modern form were thought of,
women derived their knowledge of the
fashions from dolls dressed in modern
costumes, which were sent from one
country to another, more especially
from Paris, then, as now, the leading
center of the mode.
In a paper read lieforo the Society of
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Henry Penton states that the oldest
iron ship in the world is the United
States warship Michigan, the material
for whose const ruction was "dragged
across the mountains from PHfsburg to
Lake Eric," where the ship was built,
as long as sixty-six years ago.
Whether warts spread by contact lias
been much discussed. A Glasgow physi
cian mentions that a maid with many
warts on hands nnd arms was employed
In a certain family, and warts soon ap
peared on the hands of the three chil
dren. The youngest, a boy of five, with
a habit of biting the fingers, developed
two warts on the Ii find one In the
mouth.
The announcement that the Japanese
nre about to open the railway which
they have built In Formosa Is the lat
est evidence of the good work which
they nre doing in the island, which was
acquired in IS!).", at the close of the
war with China. At the time of the
transfer, sixty-two miles of the road
line was completed. It now covers a
total of :!! miles, and Japan has built
the additional 272 miles nt nearly
-IM),000 less than the estimates.
Dante is held responsible for- the ex
pression, "painting the town :-ed." In
his "Divine Comedy" Dante, led by Vir
gil, comes to the cavernous depths of
the place, swept by a mighty wind,
where those are confined who have been
the prey of their passions Two faces
arise from the mist the faces of Fran
cesca and Paolo. "Who are ye"'" cries
Dante in alarm, and rrancosca replies
sadly, "We are those who have painted
lie world red with our sins."
Massachuotts' State Board of Health
has issued a bulletin on cold-storage
poultry in which this advice is given
to housekeepers; "In order to avoid
obtaining water logged and frozen
fowls the consumer should demand the
frozen bird and thaw it himself. If
thawed quickly by immersion 'n a buck
et of hot water, it may be eaten with
impunity nnd with relish lie same day
it is purchased; or, if hung overnight
at room temperature. It may be ready
for use the day following."
Farrant's liquor, for the preserva
tion of vegetable organisms, consists of
thirtv-five parts or distilled water. In
which, while boiling. O.l part of white
arsenic is dissolved. The cooled fluid
Is mixed with an equal part, by weight,
of glycerine, and In this is dissolved
the same quantity, by weight of gum
arable. In this fluid the most delicate
plant organisms are preserved ndtnir
ably, nnd In addition. It is not liable to
evaporation, which, In hot countries,
Is of great value. It Is poisonous, of
course.
In the singular experience reported
to a Paris medical soclctv by Drs.
Chauffnrd nnd Wldal, a man and hla
wife were taken with pneumonia within
a few hours of each other, and the dis
ease ran an almost Identical course in
each case. Their illness began on a
day In June, following one on which
they drank much cold water from a
well. One could not have taken the
disease from the other, ns Is usual in
family epidemics, and common unfa
vorable surroundings could hardly have
had a simultaneous effect. That pneu
monia germs from the well water inoc
ulated the pntlents seemed to be the
only conclusion possible.