IIIIIHIIMIHl!IHHI)l1!IIH'HHUIIHIHm
Jbe Dottor'5
By Hesba
i 1 1 1 r m m m m m i m
dlArm: XXV'.I .- r-i.::nu,d t -No. n-.ous.eur." I answered.
"11 ;s- :- :g..: .. .. .:.. '. " "1 oalli you madumo because ytt
D-:- : ':;'." '.: d. were traveling a: ne." he onf:nacd. smi.-
"! ii.--- :t :. ... :r ii ep: f "French c.eii.a.el.es never travel
brer. :;... s.s-.-r." ..:. -Ti Mous.e.ir a- ue. You are macem-asclle. n daub: ':"
1.:!,;- u: v ... ;. :r...:rv h;..i 1 "No. m -ns-eur." 1 s...d Jr.. Holy. "1 am
yonder " "Where, then, is your iius.'.iu.: he in-
ii- : : 1 alighted wu.i : ..y;; g ::-. s:: 1 cared,
tiie r-.-f .-: e-i.'vrs..r T. wss csrr:o.i " 'He is iu I..-::d-'n." I answere '.. "M n-
on i;. v. i-,;. - 1';.. r- v .; :: cm- :1 s.ear. i: ;s duti.-uif Jo- uie to explain, i:
in fa- it a--, a:.: :r ..r-i-a. .. ;. 1 o..r.:iet spea your language W'ell
t m-d. taut -... c ..-..r. W.;,v-r e:i ..,;. 1 jam's ::i llnglish. ami I can-
t.ie w '::-,.;:: w... :..; i cm t m-t read the r:gii: Frou.h w or is. I am
ii--r. s;i.. ;v;i:. :e su :-. ; :o ve-y ui:h..ppy, hut I nil. not wi.-iied."
me. hu: ret? a--.i a. so. ;-. .is :;:-. -. r.-er- ""lood." ne sa.d. smihng a;...:.. "very
ii.it; -i. wa ov-.r. ?-.;. n:y chill; I belie e you,. Vu: will
' 1'ur i :.. m.i :.:::: ." h- s.;;:. apyr-a -h- learr n;y I.,n.:ajt' qui -kly; t.f n you
inj its. -vy s s-.,7 . : ,-, -h .-. . toi. au- si.. y.n r-ui;.:i: w::u u. Hn:
fif,: witi. ;-, s., rs. r. to ;o ro.t t:.f yo;: :iic u;.j:iou:;e i Lot your .s-
bosior :ftf:i '- you." tit."
Ho o. i !.: :;,.; -. t;.r o.:;h ti.o or-r. "N i. ;,( is n-it n.y r-'.ative st a'.!." I
ct -or. i. ;: us r '-.:!-, : ..ru.e .t t:;t- "we no-o : o:h in a s h -o. at
prvsi.yt-ry u sr.: a" o ;t-ii 0-011::.;: N .r-;.'.:. s -.i,.oi ,t Monsieur Kuiii
oa ; t::v vt:rt. n iti. n ot;.-r u- Terro r. I'eruaj's you kljow it, uioa-
tr.-.r 1. I: was ;. u';'..:.a; iytn; ii'two-n .o -.r:"
t:o- - -r :. . ni i- '.try or-.-.--U .ti.-.i "t'ortr-.i.-. y. n.s.iar.-.e." lie sal.'..
h; '-wi; .'.w 1 in-'e. IV.it it , : "He has taiioii. aiui run away." I p.-n-
con::', r:. ii'.-.-an : :a- it.nc. A f.ro had i-.n tiri '.a.i; "aii the pupi'.s are dispersed.
has:i.y k;u i.e.i or. .n. . r. ii-arts. and a M.mr.-.a and I were return;::? through
hea: of wo-.: ;.-.y jhs;.,:-- ;:. Tw-o ie'.s Graaviiie."
w.'re :n ::;is r ii. . .-ao w i h ii.inir.f s ov.-r "I uniiorstand. ma dame." he rvspond-
the iua-i an-', a i.ir.-e tai. cr.- at the e ';. "i.-.it i: is vi:.a:n .u. this affair;
Too; le-ar,'. ; :;;.
iet. iy.in: a'.on,
er a i.-w. narrow j-ai-
c'. it. A cru-i-i.r..'i
the wood
fix h;i!i; nj-ou Ui-. -.,;.
work 0:' tii-- 11. -.; w::i i.-w
or.-ss I: S....U1-,; .1 s:r...n.-.
tf'-T it:;- ii.;y s w .;;i ';:
Mous.onr l.a;:--. 1. ;-- put
or. t:!e taoi--. and drew-
;..rnvd a
f -ai to r-. a h
'. t.;e atmti o.or-n
-s - "" '
to;-:i;or on tiie :;
was. as I ti. t: t:
over s;x-y. tie
Joo,
;a a i one-.-, .
kXli.'.
"Madam?."
is ra io an : s
isime ? i-.-s:s.
h must
'our n wp;t.-...:j
.: are vrry w ,-.
PUt T
.'.if o: to ;vy o..:os. l?u: :; ha
Caere .e ai.yt:.::. ou h.-.ee 110 o:'. teii
a.-. I pray y-n;."
"T.iore : a--:.::r.;. ::; ns;.-ur." I an-
S" e
OU ate to.. a to US t o
t- r.t. T -::; rr w I wii s -:.i; ; o : tu '.T ..r.-
I :. . :. v " it " to.-.-- i w-..s. Ta-11
ta n.. ' i'..- :. T, .. : S- ;";,,ii.-
it : .i;;. v at. r. .ni:,t N-.iy
:.n i a.i. V- e r-. ; . .. s . j r e
1 . .:'."
Her ' i . stito- : murmur t -o ,,
i 7 n.e ;.' i.e. .7 v i..." .i-. w as s.-.y.n.
li- :. i.ut .,. 1. : ;;:. r.
W : it . -.. -ai..i : I w. ::- -o
i;--r. . .,.t ;;.;. i- ::. 111 11 loirn:::
t ei me w.:.. .1 . ,:r- - -o.a- -st;7'.
V-. A .:;: V. -. . : 1 -v. i .7 v
you i I i 1 ...;. ... I' .a e
I,."v. ,,:...i"
i...- . .. .- ;: I ':-....;...- . : . ..- v ;.
li;.i'!ou i'",' -.. A-"- ".. .: - a- '. 1
dtf-s' : ;i ; a. -.- i a .. :.
Ti.-- ; .-:: 1 s..-.v -.- ;.,::.- ..
1 -. at i;.:; :'.r- . ; r 1 a ,,i - :.
ouiy ty tviaa'. an : lire .: .1 1 . i:.s ..
tivk w as v-i'i au i tare.i.i.-..r- . ai; . it
lrow u. H. a..:: ., ;i 1:: :a:a-7 . io
liel'.w ni. i,.,;. was ... ..i:::: u.i.. wai:--.
il:s i.c e .,:.!; ;o -.-.Hi.-, ii:..- ta.-.t
Of a !llal! w iio i 111 1 i: it of d .).-.
n ! his --i- ar. o, .. --; eyes s:,oiie with a
V.in liy iia'l.t. 1 r.ii: i'aii'Uisi'.t iy :o iut-e:
liim. with ou:st:e: h- d hau is. whioa h
took i 11 : o his own wr.n pieasau: smi.e.
via 1 'im-. 1 wo... u-a-r
baste! Sue is iL. my poor .Mmuiia.
Tne smile Jaded away from h.s faoe in
an instant, and iu- did not utter a wurd.
He followed me nua-kir 10 the side f
ta- htt.e bed. iai ! h
hand softly n
the oh. 0! s ton-lie;,,!. an,. lt.i; ner pu,s
He lifted up her head pently. and openm
car niou.ii. w "'-i i"ns.ir au ,
tnroa:. st. 0.. n.s d".hi as ne xunieu
to me with a grave mid perplexed expres
sion, and he spoke w i'.a a low, solemn ac
ren :.
"Madame," he said, "i: is the fever!"
He icft ine, and 1 suns uowa en a
vhair. half stupefied by th.s new disaster,
It wouid be necessary tu stay where we
were iiutii Minima recovereii: yet I ha 1
no means to pay these people for tne ,
trouble we should give them, and the ex-
l-ense we should I to them. I had not :
lime to decide upon any course, however,
before he returned and brought with him ;
his sister. ;
Mademoiselle Therese was a tall, plain,
eideriy woman, but with the sani.- pleas
eat expression of open friendliness as :
that of her brother. She Went through '
precisely the same examination of Mm-
ima as he had done. ;
"The fever." she ejaculated, in much
the same tone as hi. They looked si--
nifieantiy a: each other, nnd then he! i a :
hurried consultation Mcether outside the
doer, after which the cure returned alone, i
"Madame," he said, "this child is nut j
jour own, as I supposed last night. My ,
eisser says you are too young to be her i
C-a.Tha-- la ul.a -lo din'ov-V I
s.. -is j s-. I
ilemma 1
Stretton
? i ; 7 ? i ; m . i ; m m
I.isteu. n:y ehiid. I have nv.ioh to say
you. I'o I speaK f-u::y
cud siow'.y
eiio'iih tor you?"
"Ves." 1 answered. "I understand you
perfeotiy."
" We have ha i the fever in Yiiie-on-
i-ois for s me weeks." he w.-r.t on; "it is
i.ow had. v.-ry bad. Yesterday I went to
N-'ireuu to seek a do-rt Jr. hut 1 oou'.d on'y
h--a
one. who -, in Paris at pres-mt.
atd .Manot ooiii-.- imme.iiateiy. At pres
ent w-v have made my n-'Use in:o a hos
pitai t'r the siok. My -e ti-ie hri::; their
s; -k to mo. an i w e our iet. an ': put
our trust in .;.. d. lVit this little h M!e
n kept free from a".'. ii:fe--t:''C.
an : you would i-o safe ;:-re for .''lie ni.-h:.
sf 1 hoped. Ti;e mi.nio'.i'.ie must hive
oaUiiaf t.ie fever s uio- liavs '. Now
I must carry her into my i;ttle h'-spital.
?.:;: you. ma lame, w a.,; am 1 ;o d.- v.-;-.h
y.u:'.- 1 1 -1 you tr;sa t- -o 03 10 .iran-'
vi'.'.v. and l-..ve the m.an -un-.- wit;, 111. ':
We v.-;;; t ike ..-are of a-r as a little a:. sol
of -':. What sa..i. 1 do with vou. n.v
an :
"M ms.eur." Iu
ii.iv 0: M. :;::::;; an-:
pie. I an: v-rv s:
!.- -.:... 1 am ::---. r
o 1
L
ill V'-U s.-.y t,. ui-.. Let Hie s
our huso. in.'., vour frien..s-
To:
"1 a.ive 11 fr.-'ii is." 1 inte-rup'.e 1. "an i
my a..s;.au j ,.. .-s 1. .; , ov.. ::.-. If 1 iiave
tav fever ..:id da- "llv.ry - oil 1 i.m
:: v-.ok-d: 1 am .: ' 'i.r.s;la.:. 1 h.p...
' !. y i- f to- t. v w:-a M .:;.;;.... an! do ail
1 . .:. .: :.., 1. -;.i;... "
"ii' .'.::: ;i;. u y 0.1;.,;." t.e said, "you
s i-i : v. se
' .:s w 07a :
0 lit - nt:n- nt.
ir no
as a r--f .:--.-. N.-it.:er sh ei.d I i- .-. m
I i.-.i to .e.:- e M.nlnia. I wrai'jo..: her
up wv.rn.:y ;:. tii- i l.in.-i-os. anu Monsieur
l.aur-uf.e i.f.ed her e.uefuiiy alii ten
d r'.j f r rr. tiie low 1-.1. Ho ;.: me to
a 'mo .i.y hnn. an i w. ; t.- . our:
i. : .:::-:..; the 10. ;s,. by 1 L, ,,;
s ea : : niht : r-. A i: a-s ie 1
up :- a i.- r. :.. w::i a nad i a
turn -. ::):,. .. :. ;,t..y trt- i-ua '-v, r w ar.;
f '7 ;:.. n ai.d . iii.d Th'-rt- w-re
a;-- .": ma. 1-,1 m ;:. oiu-r-11: s.-e.
1:. .."u.. -o .i i up y
M ii-:--
I. ..::-::
I l.a . o-
N 7 :. e
' M.i iaiiio." he s
a;. "I p-. a..-. :. .; ..
71i.
'muii-s..i!. ;,,r j ,:: .
n -ui.- ui-. .in l m.. -.e
in pe.,o-. It is i.e,v-
sary. laa.iiim.-;
The eomiul
to e.irry ';::.
. -o: mi;.
on f ir
it 'i-y 111H."
uia'ii'ui .i-.-'le was
ad no-d.--ine to a
tta'e i.-wer
o.vn tne
vala-y: an!
,,.Jn . (
st on. l'.er.-e. was appoint-d
to 1 my - ioje. 11 uh the care and ids
:.ive me a s.n -t ..-catse as t,, what
o do
of Us W'as upon
nnv .i'.-'-e..i;n iu 1 n.-ar a- . n-..- -...
.iwellimr: but sf:er .J
ited up. n a flat stone, whi h rierr.- was
10 pa.nt out to m-. ne wa
sn)(ll. iia'.ui -u-.-l. Wih- a he e.arried v,:U
j,,,,. f,lr t-;i!)t ,r,,, -r
a-L We Were to
turn our back and begin our retreat,
before any pe.-sun came uu: of tue iu-
fet'-.ed llo'.lie.
I set out with Pi-rre. t sol-mn luo-.inj
i-oy of ais,ut twe.ve years of age. We
passed dow n fae vi:l..gr s-.re-t. wr.h its
closely puck-d h"Us-.-s fortmni: a verv
nest for fever, until we r.-a-h.-d the rou'd
:-y which 1 had first entered 'i!.e-.-n-ixiis.
Above the tup of tue trees appeared a
tal. chimney, and a sudden turn in the
by-road we had taken brought ns full in
sigh: of a small cotton mil., bub: on the
i aai;s of the no.sy .s-.r.-am. A mure
mournfully dilapoiated place I had never
s-eu.
In tiie yard adorning this d'-s.-rt-d fa
tory stooi u mi-erai ie eutiag.- witu a
mi, i. HV-d thatched r.mf. Tue p.a v bore
tae aspect of a pest hoas.-. l'.erre ied
me to a large f.a: stone, and I .aid down
my basket upon it. Then he rang his
hand-bell noisily, and tne next ins;att
was scampering back ab ug the road
Hut 1 could not run away. The tieso-
laie plague-stricken place had a dismal
fascination for me. I wondered what
manner of persons could dwell in it: and
- . . -
as x uncerea 1 saw uie low uoor caeiicd.
and a th:n. sptvtral fip-are standing In ts
ploom within, but de ay;n; to eros tii
moiiierins doorsii; as lone as I remained
in s:--h:. In another ni.n ite Tierr had
rushed haoii for nt. and dragged me
away wi.h all his K-yisn s:rer.,-:n an.!
euer;iu
" .Madame." lie sii. in ainrry rernon
stranoe. "you are d:si':eyiii ; Monsieur ie
L'u-e."
"Hut who lives there?" I asked.
"They a7e ve.rT wicked pe..pie." he an
swered emphatically; "no oiitk poea near
th -iu. cxeept M.r.siear ie Cure. They
t-o.inie wuoketi before u:y time, and
Monsieur ie Cure Ess foraidden c to
jpeak of them with ran roar, ao we co
not speak of them at all."
Who were these pariahs, whose name
even was bar.-.shed from every tonpue?
A few- days after this, the whole com
munity was thrown ir.'o a tumult by the
news that their cure was aivnt to un
dertake the perils of a voyage to Er.p
ian '.. and would, be absent a w-hoie fort
night. He sa:d it was to ohiain a 'me
i:::or:i:a::on as to the Knclish system of
drama-je in apri "uiturai distriots. wfc-..-h
niistht make their ov-n valley more
healthy and less liable :o fever. But it
struck n.e that lie was about to make
some iioV'iir:es concerning my husband,
and. perhaps about M.nima. whose desv
late posit. or. had touched him deeply. I
ventured 10 tell him what dancer might
arise to me if any clue to my hid.ng p.ace
fell into Ui.-h.'.rd roster' hands.
The af:er:i'-on of tnat day was unusu
ally sul:ry ant oppressive. The blue of
tne sky was almost i:v;.i. I was wes-y
w;:h a lni: w-alk in the morning, an!
after our n.id-dr.y meal I stole away
from nia.ien.o.seiie and Minima and be
took n.yse.f to the cool shelter of the
church.
1 sat down upon a bench jus: within
the door. There was a faint scent ye:
of the incense which had be-n bumed at
the mass celebrated before the cure's
departure. 1 ieaned my head against the
wall and closed my eyes. w i:h a pleasant
sense of sleep coming sof:ly towards me,
waen sudden. y a hsiui was iaid upon my
ami, with a hrm. si. en: grip.
(To be continued. 1
Nii-? Turkish Customs.
It is said l y a correspondent of the
London Teiecrspi; that the habits of
the Turkish ladies iu Constantinople
are wonderfully fastidious. When they
wash their hands at a tap from which
water runs into a marble basiu. they
let the water run till a servant shuts it
off. as to do this themselves would
niahe thou; un.ioan. They i-r.nuot open
or shut a dour, as the haudie would be
unolea 1:.
one of these fastidious ladies was
taikiii; to a said; uie. e the other day,
win. had .it-, received a present id a
d(dl fr..;u Furls. IVy and by the ehiid
laid tiie doll on the lady's lap. She
was horrified, and ordered the child to
tal.e it :; v ;:y.
As the little girl would not move it,
mid 110 servant was near, and the lacy
Wull'.d be i.e'.iiOd l y touch:!;? a d'dl that
had '.-eon brouifiit from abroad, tiie oniy
t'lui:.- she could think .if was to jump
up and let tiie doll fail. It broke in
p.t"es
The same iady will not open a letter
eomiiia- by n st. but a servant opens
and holds -.t near fur her to read. If
her i:am!i,oro':.;ef falls to the ground it
is fii.medu'.tely destroyed or given
aw ay, so that she may not again use it.
Aiiinii? the men th:s curious state of
th.iis noes not ex. st.
l'ope on Woman's Clothe.
The Tope has rvently manifested a
pret'ereii'-e in rei;;:rd to ladies' apparel
ov.-r and above the strict regulation in
regard 10 ladies who are received by
tii- holy father at the Vatican. A niece
of tiie rope was about to be married,
and her d.s-.ii.guished relative took so
gr-at an interest in her trousseau as to
stipulate t'nut the young lady should
on:y
addii
have whfte. blue or Mack gowns,
:g that these were the three col
ors most becoming 10 young girls,
'.ir.iy a:id brown." remarked his
llo!:n-ss. -are only su. table for old
weiini. and I do not like any other col-
-slb'.r the I 'ope prescribed white
lis- it is tiie symbol of purity, blue
us.- it is tiie color riedioaf'-'d to the
.11 Mary, and bia- k b-i.'.Use it is
.iin-iioia r- d hue of dr. ss for out-w.-u.-
for Spa:n and lti.ly . Lon-
il
d 1. l'aii M..11 .;.iefte.
linprme'.I Meth.Kls in Surcery.
It was in liostoii that tiie first ad
inii.ist r;;f on of ether for anaesthetizing
'ae pn'.b-ii". under the surgeon's knife,
and a Host on pLysi.-lnu. Lir. W. D. Uid-d-n.
has per:' -ted an appliance with
whi'-h the surgeon op-rating secures
the ful: effects of e'.ii-r and chloroform
without any waste, while the insensible
; subject breathes in the same amount of
; pure air with each inspiration as
1 though not using the ana-sthetlc. The
tdood is thus kept oxidiged. and the pa
; tienf is left in the M-st possible condi
; tion for reaction and recovery.
The Speed ol the BUkxI.
It has been calculated that, assuming
The human heart to beat s.sty-tiine
times a minute at ordinary h-art pres-
! sure, the Mood goes at the rate of tAC
yards in a minute, or seven miles a
; day, and ei-32. miles a year . !f a man
-M years of age cmiid have one single
', '-orjius.-le floating in h.s blood sdl his
I life it would have traveled iu that tima
i over 5,15.v.it in lies.
Kqual to the Occasion.
j Liveried Menial "Me lud. the ca.r
: riage waits without."
j His Lordship Without what?
, "Wi-hout horses, me iud; 'tis an at
tomobiie." Tit-Eitfc.
Historic lint 1Kb It. (riuieota.
The names of no fewer than 1U5 ba
' ties are emblazoned on the banners of
' the various regiments which form tba
; British army.
j Firth of the Nil-,
j The Nile is noted for the variety of ita
j fish. An expedition sent by the British
j Museum brought home 2 "Jxt sneciiuena.
GATHERING THE ICE CROP.
Cottiae -STstem Now in Ise la More
KUborate than Hid Vtthol,
In these m.nlcru days the cutting tf
Ice is a much more elaborate process
:h:ui It was iif:wn or twenty years ago.
when workmen simply went out on the
frocu surfact-s of lakes an.1 rivers with
a one-handled crosscut saw and cut on:
the cakes, which were draw 11 up an in
cline into the icehouses ly means of
roives. Nowadays each cake is handled
more or loss by about a dozen men lie
fore it reaches its place In the icehouse.
In the Crs: place, if the surface of the
ice is pot perfectly clear it is swept or
scraped free of all snow or anything
else that may le lying ujHin it. Then
tiie marker, the man who is to scratch
the linos along which the Ice cakes are
to N- cut, U-gins operations. In a
frame, to which handles similar to
thuse of a plow are attached for guid
ing purposes, are two teeth, one iu the
rear of tiie other. A horse attached to
this frame drags It over the ice while
it is directed by the driver who holds
the handles. The teeth cut into the ice
deep enough to leave a lissure thai can
easily lie traced. After cutting lines,
all running in the same direction, the
marker cross-cuts these with lines run
ning at right angles, thus marking out
the exact size of the cakes to lie cut.
After the marking off is completed, or
sometimes before it is finished, the cut
ting machine is brought out on the ice.
This machine is somewhat similar in
design to the marker, but it is of heav
ier construction, stronger, and has teetn
aM.ut ten inches in length. Often both
this machine and the marker have an
extension arm fitted with teeth, the
stretch of the arm being the exact
width of a cake of ice. The cutting ma
chine is driven up end down the ice
until the knives or teeth have cut into
it their full length. If the ice is over ten
inches iu thickness the cutting is. of
course, not yet completed and the old
hand saws are brought into play to fiu-
ICE HAKVLST.
ish the job. The cakes of ice are then
ready for the man with the crowbar,
w-ho pries them apart and sends them
ll'iating down toward the point where
they leave the water on tiie way to the
inferior of the icehouses. The cake are
generally cut tiMiut twenty or twenty,
two in.'hes square, as the most con
venient size for handling and transpor
tation. The houses for storing the lee are. of
course, built so close to the water that
the elevator for hauling up the ice can
reach from the top of the building
down to the water's edge. The build
ings are. as a rule, about the height .if
3 three or four story structure, and are
from 1"" to iob feet in width by more
than that in length. The walis are
Usually double, with au air chamber
of almut a foot Ire: ween the two walls.
Sometimes tiie walls are treble, with
rwo air ehaliii-ei"s for the protection of
the i-e. .The interior is d.vided into
several great compartments, which are
as separate as -f they were iu different
buildings- This arrangement is made so
that if will not be no-essary to expose
the whole of the interior to the outer
air when taking out a load of ice fur
market.
An endless chain system, more or less
like the straw elevator of a thrashing
machine, is used for carrying the ice
from the water to the building. This
chain is operated by a steam en
gine pia.-e-d .just underneath it and just
outside of the icehouse. The chain is a
wide, flat surface, wide enough to eas
ily accommodate a cake of ice. or even
more. The chain dips down into the
water, and while it is moving workmen
push the cakes of ice upon it and they
are carried upward and into the ice
house, where they are packed evenly
t.rgether by ice shovers. Nothing what
ever is placed about the ice. the old
sawdust packing system being quite
passe. When the house is filled hay or
toraw is piaced upon the top layer of
cakes and the packing is then complete.
Twenty or thirty thousand tons are
often packed away in one house.
WHY THE NAVY LACKS MEN.
No Chance for a (sailor to Reacb an
Cffieer's Berth.
The Navy Department is having an
exceedingly hard time in keeping the
enlisted force up to within several
thousand of the maximum allowed foyl
law. says a Washington special to the
Pittsburg L'ispatch. Many officers are
wondering why this is so. The br.ght
geniuses of the bureau of navigation,
of which Admiral Crowninshield is the
head, appear to have come to the con
clusion that the "paper" of the depart
ment soliciting recruits is not alluring
enough. So they have "devised a new
pattern of a poster intended to scan
the young man away from the plow to
the forecastle The lir f?-ie cor
of the words "Men Wantodl" foil, wed ;
bv a large number of i-v-lama'-oii ,
marks. This line is set up iu le"1"
about s;x inches high and of pr-P-"-tiona'e
heaviness.. Set up on shofeut (
might well be used as a linlmafk by.
tin- able mariners who .Ics.gncd ;;.
Il.-n.afh the scare line is a Sine !!
to-engraving of the n.-w ba;:le ship
Wisconsin. :he Hieen of the navy, both
as 10 size and to spel. Ib-neath tin
picture are set for:h the terms in dol
lars and cents upon wh'ch the young
man who has forsaken the farm or flie
shop may win undying fame for hun
self iu tiie naval service of his country.
Tiie posier is so unlike ti e ifiviuirons
to enlist heretofore issm-d by the gov
ernment that it is likely 'o infract a
g.Mid deal of attention among the class
of m.u it is desired 10 reach. I'm it
is not lack of g.vod advertising that
keeps Americans out of the navy. Ap
parently it has never occurred to t lit
otiieers who devised the posier that the
fact that a young men cannot rise from
the ranks to a commission is the bar
that keeps ambitious young men from
entering the service.
They rah never rise above the rank
of a uoii-ooiii!iiis.s;onod mil 'er. No mat
ter how deserving lie may be. the boy
who enlists in the navy must always
regard himself as socially and mental
ly the inferior of the more fortunate
bov who has been educated at govern
ment expense at Annapolis. He must
also be ready win-never one of the more
fortunate souls so cbvrees to render
almost liify sort of menial service.
j Cloths Woven from Koeks
i The weaving of stone into material
! for clothing, the making of flexible and
j lasting granite trousers, black marble
j coats and fancy onyx waistcoats may
! Ik- a ssili;lity of the future, the weav
I ers say. They remind the Philadelphia
i Kecord that already curtains are made
j of asbestos and cloth manufactured
! from chalk.
J -
out-
-s V
AT ITS HEIGHT.
James Mci.lm-k. a Mamiyunk sp.ni.er.
has an armchair covered with a soft
and silky fabric .if Titian red. w hi.-h he
wove toilsomely out of n-k. out of "red
shell." the crumbling stone .if which
Mamiyunk masons build cheap houses.
McGuck thus describes the Weaviir-:
"1 threw niroiit a ton of the r-k. iu
lumps as big as your head, into the
picker. The picker b!ad-s were dnll.-ii.
but the ro-k was crush eC. and came
out good stock, with a staple an ine;,
long like asbestos.
"This fluffy stuff I threw- into my
carding-ma.-hine. and flr: it be.-aine a
soft, inch-thick rope, then a harder,
guarter-iuoh twine, and at tins point
my mule took it and twisted it till it
was an ordinary tlit-ead. like that you
see on a sirool of cotton. 1 wove it on
a hand-loom then.
"This little piece .-' .-loth-ifs eigh
teen inches s,uare-;.s all I got. It took
a ton of r.H-k to make it. I .-lain, js
Hie 1.1 si. .KtLU 'er WoVell out o;
rock in the history of the Wori 1."
t'ea 1
Propicillin,; the Mistletoe.
The stoiw of how the lulstiotoe gets on
the trees is a most ilifeivsfii.g ,,!. (-,,v.
ering the mistletoe twigs ar.- p,-ar'v
white berries. These eoUie in the will
ter season, when food is comparativelv
scarce, atid hence some of our birds i-.'
them freely. Now when a robin eafs"-,
cherry he swallows simply ,iie uu,a't
and flips the stone aw a v. The sewl i.f
the mistletoe the bird cannot Hip it ,s
sticky and holds to his bill. u;s
resource is to wipe it off, and he dues
so. leavmg it sticking 10 the branches
of the tree on which he is sitting at the
erne. This seed sprouts after a t inl
and not finding earth-which ind.vd its
ancestral habit has made it cease ven,"
lng-n sinks its roots into the hark of
the tree and hunts there for the jv'r,. -that
carry the sap. Now- the sap in W
bark is the very richest in the tree f ,r
richer than that in the wood, and the
nnsuetcregets from ils )K,,t
of food. With a strange foresl-ht i
does not throw its leaves ,,. ,ls
most parasites. l,t ' -
m winter, when the tree is leahVss J .
dies Home Journal. "
Klnbby'. Rr-iort.
"You men are all alike," said Mr
Klubby, concluding her ..rt,. rs'
"always ready ,0 put an eneniv i
luomus 10 steal away your ka.iIIS
"Yesb." replied Klubbv. "but wbnr .
bjessiu' 't'dbeif you-womeU,
put n enemy in your brains f
The amateur spurtMuau'. bag- Conn
try Boy-Killed anything vft ,
Hunter-As soon as 1 kilfthis one Vnd
two more, I will have three in 1
apolis New. lue Iudian-
-r - - - ' r r m
XI
Advertising is the lever that tuovei
tiie business world.
, manager of the dry goods house of
Marshal! field A. Co.. of Chicago,
,!,,,,! as sa; ing that while some sort
of' i-gmiient may be urged lu favor of
nearly every form of publicity, "yon
can roach more people in the best lunrj.
nor and shortest time, anil- get better
results for your money, in the coluuira
ot a go.nl newspaper than in any other
way."
It is worthy of note that book pub
lishers have nearly abandoned the use
of elaborate and costly art posters to
push tiie sale of new books, and are
taking more space than formerly in the
newspapers. They have learned that
the most effective as well as the quick-
est and cheapest way to convey infor-
mafioti to the people is through the m
of the columns of the newspapers.
An instance of the influence of adver
tising is mentioned by Ir. Walsh, 1
New York physician, in an article oa
sarsaparllla.
He states that for man;
vears before nobody had used gar-1
saparilla for any purpose: but about
that time a firm began advertising I; I
in the newspapers as a medicine. Since I
th"n millions of gallons have been con-
sumcd eory year, and an enormou
sum is annually expended in its man
ufacture.
lb-re is the opinion of the New York!
merchants who form the Sphinx Club:
I'.Usiiiess consists of but two things.
which are oiiuaHy important. The firs:
is to have something that the people
want, and the second is to let people
know it. That tlie'iiewspnper offers th
best medium of communication witil
the largest number of people is appar
ent from the fac-t that the most success
ful business men rely chiefly on the I
newspaper for advertising.
There is a Wisconsin fanner who doe
what a great major. ty of the people wll:
do iu a few years. When he has any
1 thing to soil he places a small "ad." a
the lo'-al liewspap-riiud soon hears fron.
tiie dcaicts. When he wants, to buyil
horse. oov or anything else he spend-
1.1.0 a ilo.iar for newspaper space, an:
everybody ii. the lo-ighborhood wli
wants 0. so'.! calls 011 hum or writes t:
mm. The newspap.-r adverti-emec:
saes time ::nd labor. Phlladelpta!
Kecord.
INGLMOIS SCHOOL DLSK.
A very !i:g"t'.lo;:s intonation in sch
furn.'itre has r.-ceptly been iBtroduce.
iu ;erinatiy by a Berlin inventor ar.:
promises to be-oine popular both i;
i'tfOac and r:vate s-h-Kds. It is a deii;
of which the s.-it. f..Hitrest and wriUi:
1-af can be adjusted at the option of UK
pup.!. Then again, the scat and foot
hL I.I.LiuHT THE BOT.
res- -an be l;rt..,l M1Hi ,,Uslhwj Uackt
a.e e wr.t. r gets tired of his sed.
a-.v I'os.'lou so that he can stand at tf
li'-sK to do i-s w ork. I
A!l to'-se vi.rh.us transformations cs
' J" ,'ft""-'v' ''?' Jigiit pressure of a du:
. o. outtons on the side of the di
ihe u.-sK of s;m,,:e construction. 4
' v-upytag no more room than the orthff
! ar'v Sl'""1 and can be manipuUi:4
iveubylii;u.t.li:1jren I
! l'r-profitable Rrl,n-..
i Mn'.v banar in the 'Steenth War
1 tallow-fa..i -. ......
- .-vuuj mini
r':,'a' '"'d tlil' u!,le w here the strappfcf
; s'ifl with the red cheeks was sell-!
1 candy. I
1 "If 1 buy a dlino's U-..-..1. ..r .1.-"
1 - ..s-i 1 11 vi iu.;-.
I Mu.. "what will you give me a kiss
! 'h addition':"
I "Twenty-five cents" ch m
t 4 . , cine: 4 ii .
I 1 v mil' got 15 w.nts ij.. tl
" o.s. viU. it to me for that? It s!
j - .winy, remember."
; "Y es." she ailswereil relnetantlv "l
j .We 'Vsp Ull,1"'.v "n everv one I sell li
t-iat. -ihicago Tribune.
.11... t OS .
rk 8 Woodbine ." f
A paragrapher wonders where J
risk got his farftH. -,vl
. -...t VH'1 IMl'll f -
'f had ruined an enemy or vers :
n r ,Uent: "He has ?one where 'e
woo rtwlneth." Itwaasimplji
Pietntc,,,,,,. -vav of saring. .-GoD(-.
the spout" AU through Jim Fisks'if
uve Mate tho -ii.,-- .
..,.1 o lwnea aru-,
Uj, lue lm 8nout leading
the eaves, of the veranda or porct
New .irt w i.
Ever notion n.. .. .. . .
Rn H. "l me niguer the
anothce w siu on. the lower hii
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