PLUCKY DEEDS OF AIODERN HEROINES.
NOT A COLD PLANET.
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THE MOON IS, IN FAOT, EXAOTLY
THE CONTRARY.
in Too
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Scientists Clnlm lt Cllnmto
bitrv fur Human Helms-
-Our Satellite J. AL to
(J rent Kxtrcmc of Colli.
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Astronomers mid scientists now to
us that U10 old popular Idea of t o
moon being n frigid body Is a
On the contrary, thoy declare Unit '
ninth's satellite Is an Intensely mi
body; so hot. In fact, that life as It W
uiiowu on the earth could '"
,1 ..'Pii nm.m Is bo hot," says an
m,.ini ,.r hi.. united States naval om
"tii.n n.i crmtnre known to
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race and live. Nor Is this fact dltlleiilt
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Real heroines are not as scarce as the
story books would have the public be
lieve. Scarcely a metropolitan newspa
per is printed which somewhere does not
contain the doings of a heroine, young,
middle aged or old. But unlike the hero
ines of the story books, the real heroine
may be as homely as ginger cake and not
nearly as piquant. In a string of emer
gencies chronicled in the daily papers
during ten days the reader will be able
to class the heroism of women.
Nora O'Neill, daughter of a small farm
er near Aspen, Colo,, saved a Rio Grande
passenger train from destruction after the
most stilted conventionality. The train
was coming thundering down the moun
tain when Nora saw In the dusk a big
bowlder lying between the rails. She
dashed some kerosene over a bunch of
kindling wood, laid it on the rock, and
eet fire to it. The engineer saw the sig
nal and stopped the train.
Mrs. Kleintop of Stroudsburg, Pa.,
went to a woodbox aud was piling sticks
on her arm, when a pilot snake nearly
five feet long began to coil around her
arm, which was bare above the elbow.
Without moving a muscle or raising her
voice Mrs. Kleintop called her husband's
attention to the snake. He, with a corn
knife, severed its head from the body.
Then, womanlike, Mrs. Kleintop fainted.
Benjamin Arkwright, a farmer near
Muskegon, Mich., was attacked by a
vicious bull. He defended himself with
a pitchfork, but was finally tossed in the
air. Still keeping the nulmnl at a dis
tance with the fork, he shouted to his
wife for help. Mrs. Arkwright seized
a shotgun, and under her husband's direc
tions fired a charge of blrdshot into the
animal's flank. This routed the beast.
The man suffered a dislocated shoulder
and was badly cut and bruised.
Nellie Bullock, 13-year-old daughter of
George B. Bullock, farmer. In Spencer
County, Tnd., sat playing an organ in
the parlor when she heard screams from
a brother of 3 and a sister of 5, coming
from the front porch. She ran out and
was confronted by an immense wolf. The
child had no weapon, but she sprang at
the creature and seized it by the throat.
hanging on with such grim persistency
that the animal finally broke away and
fled, aftd Nellie was not injured.
A Massachusetts grandmother weigh
ing 200 pounds climbed fifteen feet down
a well and rescued a neighbor's child,
who had tumbled Into three feet of water
at the bottom. Mrs. Philip Turner of
Newton Center did this. She saw th
child fall In and no other help was near.
She seized a ladder and went down it,
though the well was only two and one-
half feet In diameter.
Mrs. C. W. Hewitt, alone and friend
less In Alaska, built a raft and floated
for 750 miles down the Icy current of
the Koyukuk river on her road back to
the civilization of San Francisco. Hci
food was from the body of a moose which
she shot near the river s edge and turn'
bleu aboard the tloat.
Miss Darda Polyot of South Brewer,
Me., was onereu ?0 If she would go up
a spidery iron ladder 120 feet to the top
of a new chimney. She put on short
skirts and went up like a monkey. She
got tne o and the cheers of all the men
in town and some of the women.
A SHADOW OF THE ROCKIES.
The mountains from my window lie' out'
rolled
Their solemn peaks with coronals of
snow
O'er which the fires of dawn and sun'
set flow.
And keen, high ridges by fierce winds
patrolled. ,
With evening comes a mighty shadow
cold
Across mr doorway as the sun sinks
low.
And, high above, the loftier summits
show
Faint, as- the twilight tames their out
lines bold.
Then from the heights the spirit of re
pose
Steals earthward, with the peace that
long has lain
Secure amid the deep untrodden snows
A. shadow stream, for which my soul Is
fain.
That from the towering peak of silence
flows.
And pours its balm upon the tolling
plain.
Century.
805
THE TALISMAN.
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rtrtlOLA LEIGH was Bwcet enough
y to fascinate any man who was a
judge of beauty. It Is not singu
lar, therefore, that Bert Dalton nnd
Carl Deverenux were In love with her.
Bert was tho more manly of tho two.
He had no very exalted opinion of Carl
and warned Viola against his atten
tions. So, after a summer's flirtation with
her, Mr. Carl Devereaux was going
away to Boston to be married, and
Bert Dalton
But Viola was not discouraged. She
went homo and opened a little glass
lidded box, Avhere, in a fragrant nest
ff dried rose leaves, half a golden heart
lay shrouded with a narrow pink rib
bon passed through It. Bert Dayton
had the other half; bo bad broken It
In two pieces In tho days beforo Carl
Dovereaux had come, like a serpent,
Into their Eden.
"You shall keep one, Viola," ho had
said, "and I tho other, and If I am at
tho world's end, Viola, It wilt bring me
back to your side."
Tho years crept by, and tho people
began to talk of Viola Leigh as an old
maid. And yet she was not unhappy
In her quiet way, and so Viola lived
serenely on.
Sho was sitting at work at her Are In
the November afternoon, when Mrs.
Deacon Sprlggs knocked at her door.
"Alone, eh?" snid Mrs. Sprlggs.
"Well I'm dreadful glad to find you at
home. The fact is we're getting up a
gift box for the St. Miles mission In
New York, qnd I've come to get a con
tribution from you."
"I shall be glad to give all I can,"
said gentle Viola.
"Well, we calculated you would,"
said Mrs. Sprlggs, drawing out a
crumpled sheet of paper and a paper
of pins and a pencil. "And we thought,
dear Miss Leigh, If you could spare us
some of your cranberries "
"With pleasure," said Viola. "I will
send a box down In the morning."
And after the box wns gone Viola
came Into the sitting-room with a trou
bled face.
"Hannah," said she to her maid, "I
have dropped a pink ribbon from my
neck a pink ribbon with half of a
golden heart attached to It. See if you
can find It when you sweep the carpet"
"Sure, miss, It's bad luck to lose tho
like o' that," said Hannah.
She looked with falcon eyes for It,
but never found It.
The patron of St. Miles was unpack
Ing the Lyndcdalo box when the rector
canio in.
"Goodl" said he, rubbing his hands.
"Another box, eh? Well, we need It,
for I've an Idea our poor little people
won't have any too much good cheer
this winter."
"It's a box, to bo sure," said she; "but
there's not much in it."
"Charity In good earnest," said the
rector, with a good-humored grimace.
"But here's a box of cranberries. That
looks something like it!"
"Yes, sir, and sugar to cook 'em in,"
said Mrs. Worth. "That's what people
don't often think of."
And she turned to tho relnspectlon of
Mrs. Nuttonton's mildewed "comforta
bles" Just as tho rector started at tho
sight of something like gold through
the berries half of a golden heart, with
a pink ribbon passed through it.
"Good heavens!" ho ejaculated, "It is
Viola's token. I should know that bit
of gold In Patagonia. And how comes
It here? Yes " glancing at tho lid of
the package, "tho box Is from Lyndo-
dale. It means It must mean ''
And the staid, 30-yenrs-old rector
blushed like a schoolgirl as ho stood
looking down at the golden talisman.
Alone nil alone!
Viola Leigh was sitting down to her
solitary dinner, with the snow clicking
softly against tho window panes out
side, and tho Maltese cat purring on the
hearth within.
"I don't feel like eating," Viola said,
as tho door bell sounded. "Who should
come here, Just at dinner time, of all
hours in the world?"
Viola started to her feet with glowing
uueL-KH una eyes that shone with fitful
revered fire, and sprang forward.
"Bert!" she cried, holding out both
ner nanus, "It Is Bert Dalton."
The rector advanced smiling.
"Viola, are you glad to see mo?"
"Oh, so glad. But how did you chance
to come?"
"You sent for me, Viola, and I came."
"I sent for you, Bert?"
Ho drew from his pocket the little
goiu innsman.
"Look, love; it was In the box of ber
ries j-ou sent to the mission. And al-
tnougn you did not kuow who the rec
tor of St. Miles " v
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inueeu, 1 uju not," protested
uiusuing viola.
"God knew, dearest." In a low and
reverential tone, "and He has brought
ub luijeiuer aner all these years."
"Miss Viola," whispered itn
who had been endeavoring to attract
uer mistress' attention for some time,
behind the kitchen door, "shall I sot mi
another plate?"
"Of course, Hannah," said Viola
radiantly.
"But, VloIa"-the rector had come
close to her now "Is It to bo with us as
in the days of the golden token?"
"If you thlhk I am worthy of it
Bert." '
And so the old love became new
again, and Viola and the rector of St
Miles live happily together in the little
village of Lyndedale, where they spent
un uium uupiiy uays or the little gold
talisman.
Bathing In Caracas.
Bathing In Caracas Is generally done
In the open air-that Is, the bathroom in
tho house is nlraost an unknown lux
ury. In tho first place, a bathroom in
doors would bo too close for comfort,
and, in tho second place, tho plumber's
art Is not practiced to any extent
In every court-and almost all' tho
houses in the Venezuelan cnnltni n
provided with them-there is tho inevit
able fountain, whenco Is derived im
water supply of the house. Attached to
tho fountain Is a largo and dee., hmui
generally about four feet deep and us
many broad. Into this the water runs
continuously and, by stopping up the
escape In tho bottom, you may quickly
provido a full bowl of creau, sparkling
but not cold water. Into this you
plunge, with no other covcrlne tbnn n.n
sky and enjoy yourself to the full, car
ing noiuing ror 1110 world or the neigh
bor who Is watching you from tho .w
of the adjoining house, whero ho u
smoking awny tho mosquitoes and oth
er insects or mo tropics.
nit- ilnllv Ili.Jlt
temper the action of these rays-not by
.lnpedlng their passage, but by bear
ing aloft the cloud-veil which the sun
i-ni.. fmm-niir oceans to form a pro
tecting canopy for us-the surface of
the lnoou must necessarily becotno In
tensely hot even before tho middle of
the lu 11 in- day.
It is true- that the absence of nn nt
inospliere must cause tho moon's hunt
to be ranhlly radiated away into space
It Is our atmosphere which retains our
heat and acts lu regulating our tern
perature. Thus at the summits of lofty
mountains, where the atmosphere
rare, notwithstanding the Intense heat
of midday, so rapidly does this heat
nnss awav that suow forever crowns
the mountain heights. Yet, although
the moon'a heat must pass away even
more rapidly, this does uot prevent tli
heatlnu of the actual surface of that
satellite anv more than tho rarity of
the air prevents the Alpine travole
from feeling tho action of the sun's dl
rect heat even when the air lu shadow
Is Icy cold.
"Sir John Hcrschel long since point
ed out that tho moon s surface must be
heated at lunar midday or, rather, a
the time of lunar mid-heat, correspond
Ing to nbout 2 o'clock In our after
noon to a degree probably surpassing
the heat of boiling water.
"Not alone does the moon Itself pos
boss this extreme heat, but It rellects n
certain amount thereof on the earth
And this Is not nil; tho moon gives out
heat by which It has itself been warm
ed. Nor must these two effects of re
llected aud radiated heat be confound
L'd. The distinction between them may
lie Illustrated In the following man
ner: If on a bright suuinier day we
take a piece of smooth, but not too
wcll-pollsbed metal, and by means of It
teflected the sun's light upon the face,
i sensation of heat will be experienced
Jwhlcb Is reflected sun beat; but If we
Kvalt, while still holding tho metal as
ilescrlbed, until It bas becomo quite
hot under the solar rays, we feel
sensation of heat from tho mere proi
jmity of the pmto to the face, even
.when It Is held so as not to reflect sun
ieat. There can be produced by this
I'xperlment first, reflected heat alone
before the metal has grown hot; next,
the heat which the metal gives out It
self when warmed by the sun's rays;
and lastly, the two kinds of heat to
gethcr. when the metal Is caused to
reflect sun heat and also (being held
near the face) to give out n perceptible
quantity of its own warmth. It Is the
last stage of the experiment which
produces the same effect as the reflect
ed and radiated heat of tho moon upon
the earth's surface.
'But we must not think that the
moon adds materially to the beat of the
summer weather. The actual Increase
of temperature derived from the sll
very orb can bo easily realized when
we consider that If the moon were ex
actly as hot as boiling water we
should reccivo from It Just as much
heat as would be derived from a small
globe as hot as boiling water, so
placed as to preserve the same ratio of
size and distance as the moon does to
the earth."
It Is tho general opinion that an old
woman's life has been useless if the
can't make bread, and fire.
TROGLODYTES OF AFRICA,
Manners and Customs Unchanged for
Beverol Centuries.
If you want to bo introduced to the
slowest people In tho world you must
visit North Africa and make your way
across uie scorcning uesert that separ
ates rrom wie rest or the inhabitants
fit Africa tho race known to tho nn.
cients ns the Troglodytes, from the
Greek "troglols," a hole. Tbev
jglvcn this name on account of the habit
of living In holes In the ground a habit
that prouauiy owes Its origin to tho
fact that old Sol In that quarter is a
very merciless old tyrant, and llfn
above ground is scarcely bearable ex
cept when the sun has retired for tho
ulght.
Tho Troglodytes aro In th lino nt
caravan travel, and are visited by theso
ireigm iruuis ot mo African desert.
no ouismo imiuenco Has been able
However, to wean them from their an!
cient habits, their antique garb, and
their peculiar manner of living. So far
as Is known, the manners and customs
of tho Troglodytes have not changed
since Bible times, and any ono coming
upon a group of theso people In the
present day, and comparing their ap
pearance with descriptions extant that
some historians, have regarded aa fabu
lous, will sco that they are precisely
tho same now as they wero many con-'
turles ago.
A Troglodyte city Is the most curious
dwelling place In the world. From tho
exterior it presents the aspect of a
Roman circus. The habitations are
DAnONESSVONWARrlSS
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of the bolL-H or Wushi 2
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the llooHovolt fnn.iiv ' !Bbi:
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after her debut m nvv y ' u,
criiiMplcimiiH beiuuy ' "tot
elusive net, but .. " . . ? ? n
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face win Imr f,,. i . a4 W
winters with h..r ,.,,...? VV(m
nlliiuu von . 0UlltliBi
With whom she fr,
abroad. Tho iicnmlniarico with n!"'
....... . . ,.. ii.iwnrai.itPn u,. . -.fl
Washington, when tlio diplomat i ,!l
built In layers one above tho other, ana
trance from the otitsiue. a. w.u v.n
of the house open on the Interior of
ti e circular city. Had. habitation ban
"lor and a window. To get to them
you climb a flight of Htop cut In tho
wall, which brlngH you o tho lower
layer of houses. If you wish to go
higher you climb another pair of mops
to the houses above, and from hum to
the third row. If you aie visiting some
one living on the top of tho pllo. Iho
doors are all f.iHtoned with tho most
primitive lock, which Ih turned by
means of a wooden key.
Besides providing protection from
their enemy, the sun, tho circular habi
tations with tho dead walls outside
form a strong fortress to guard the In
habltunu from the attacks of neighbor
lug tribes. In these umro peaceful
days, however, they have no such four
before thorn, and so they use tho wa led
city mostly for storing of crop, whllo
they live lu holes dug lu the ground
within tho walls, and frequently
change their position In search of pas.
lure for the anlmalH.
The ago of the cities Is imnu'iisr. Iho
exact date when they were built Is un
known, but It Is believed that they
antedate the birth of Christ. Tho people
ate peaceably disposed, In which phase
of character they are superior to most
other natives of Northern Afrlrn. Thoy
are Intelligent and hard-working, tend
ing their flocks and farming their laud
with patient energy. The approach to
their country Is so dllllcult and danger
ous, on account of the frightful gorgon
It Is necessary to traverse, and the risk
of being overcome by tho deadly
sirocco, that the Interesting people
have boon disturbed but little by Huro
peans. Now that arehoologlstH aro
turning their attention to the undent
people, something more Is being learn
ed of them thau was known heretofore.
St. l'nul Dlspntch.
LAW AS INTERPRETED.
Signature to a paper by mark made
by a person for the purpose of Identi
fying himself as a party thereto Is held,
... I.'ImI.m. Ilniiui,,.. fUMu I J7 I. It
C05. HUlllelent to constitute a good , !" ''- for Cera,
....nn.iir,. t rnmmm, law without nnv,t0."0t Mub " "l'"l''"u
.ll.iintlnn tli.icusi lit n m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 f
account, oven though they imrUw
witness. 1 ..... . 1 . f ...J..,.,.. 'i'i. ....h 1
I 111- .HUIIIBUUIC JWJ
HAHONKH VOX KWAItTZK.XITin,
Inched to tho German legation, ft!
Huron was also principal of an Into!
tossed of ivcalth.
Baron wns 3.") yenrs old wbfnbfal
mot the beautiful American girl
fell In love at llrst sight, tt'tntti
Baroness von Orendorn took bnita
abroad, the baron followed, and Wr
little romance had for a baekpal
many Kuropean countries. Tbmiu
a wedding by and by In (!criBia,i:l
tho bride said to her friends: "linii
Imvo married my dear (Icrmiatol
If ho had been plain Tom Smith, till
ABLE TO SKATE ON WATER.
Horr a rierrann Heu Captain Mom hi
Hliocs Thirteen Feet Lonf.
dipt. Grossmauu, a German u3r,k
the Inventor of a pair of slioci form
lug on water. Ho recently KatunoH
bltlon on the Uhlneat Worms neuiii
now and Imiioslng bridge scroti &
streniu named. Tho shoes are tn2esl
tin, weigh twenty-two poundsfack.cJ
together arc capable of sustslalp
An assessment of nn annual charge
for the use of common sower under n
statute Is held, lu Carson vh. Sewngo
Commissioners of Brockton (Mass.), -IS
I j. It. A. '-'77, to be lawful, although the
person assessed therefor had previously
been assexsed for part of tho cost of
building the sewer.
Probate of n will by a court having
Jurisdiction of the matter Is held, lu
Chicago Title and Trust Company vs.
Brown (III.), 47 h. It. A. 708, not to be 1 out a coat to his back."
subject to collateral attack yenrs after
ward by a proceeding to annul It, mere
ly because of the Incompetency of one
of the witnesses who attested It.
Sale of goods received on consign
ment, when made on tho same day tho
goods were received, ns part of the sale
of the entire stock, fixtures, goodwill
and business, Is held. In Borneo vs.
Mnrtuccl (Conn.), 47 L. It. A. fiOl, to
be outside the scope of tho consignee's
authority, and Insufllclent to pass title,
oven to an Innocent purchaser.
A charitable gift to n foreign cltv Is
upheld In succession of Mounter (I.n.),
48 L. It. A. 77, under a treaty nrovlalon
authorizing such gifts to citizens of a
foreign country, nnd notwithstanding
the fact tlmt when the will, took effect
the city had not obtnlned n necessary
permit to take the gift, and Its capacity '
10 inne 11 was suspended until tho per
mit was outaincu.
A girl 17 years of age. who enters n
convent for the purpose of becoming a'
nun wimout naving obtained her nnr
ents' consent. Is held. In Priotn at
Alphonsus Convent of Mercy (La.), 47
11. A. oou, 10 he subject to the rlnlms
of her parents, although she had been
received In the convent on the supposi
tion that she had obtained such con.
sent, under such c rcumstnn. it
held that she could be released hv writ
of habeas corpus, oven If the girl was
willing nnd anxious to remain In tho
convent nnu was under no actual re.
stralnt.
Murphy's Intelllaoiit
Murphy, when ho lived In tlm l.nal.
"'""' nuiireu ins uinnket with tho
pup, but when ho shifted to town ho
uu 10 oreaK me pup of Its old hnblt.
First time ho caught it In lm.i im t,ii,.i
It out. Next tlmoToby heard him com
ing, and Jumped up quickly, but Mur-
"'."" suspicious, put his hand on
"ou ami round it warm. 'I'hnn thnm.
was trouble for one small dog. That
uujr io ,,p earnestly watched Mur
phy cooling his dinner by blowing oa
it. Following dav Murnhir 1
fit II 11 fl 1 tl.nn -. 1 .
7 . ""' eu quietly up
stairs, and observed the nun Mn.in
on the bed for nil ho was worth. That
i.ui is now in a circus, and Mumi.v 1.
a gentloraan-tho dog earns enough to
keep 'em both.-Sydney Bulletin.
Fed by Ant.
It Is certain that nuts Intenfinnnii-
sanction tho resldenco of certain In
sects lu their nests. This Is .the case,
for instnnce, with tho curious blind
beetle, clavlger, which Is absolutely do.
pendent upon ants, ns Mulloy first
pointed out It seems to havo oven lost
the power of feeding Itself, at nny rnto
it is habitually fed by tho ants, who
Hiipply it with nourishment as thoy do
ono another.
Barriers Well Looked After.
"Paulino Biff is very exclusive. tn'i-
she?"
"Oh, yes; sho never, never Introdueoa
an ellglblo man to any other girl."-?
luuianapoiis Journal.
People almost universally
tempt for a girl who Is "boy struck."
I " BLLaT.
OIIOSSHAMN ON WATKB
weight of more than lil'O POundfc,0,J
aro nbout thirteen feet long
provided with'threc-blnged at
flukes, which admit of easy
. 1 -nr.i movement wl
warn in 1110 wmur. -- . ti
uses a paddlo to assls hln I
tvntcry promenade, and finds 11 wj
:lally useful in turning. It J
1... t,nniv lives by tbeose
una pu fvw
;hc bo shoes.
Kxumt of tl.o Florist B"""j
Tho florist business lu the VM
l. ...onus an unlmporu'J
nines w " . .hnttberewi
udU8try- '8J e"1" ' . .Tally to I
lvalue ot n" !. " , n nts $10M
COO,ow nnu 01 jn.iH.-u . -MtM
000. There are no ; ifl
tnbllshmcnts In tl.o un t
voted to tho growing of plants
glass.
Well Preserved.
to
VlkHll
. .. 1 in in u
What Is bciievou wq
l.n Imnn IIIIC II
Damendorf, In. Schleswlff. anfl P
. ..... Tr.l Xfimonm. H ,UP ...v,
served, had red hair, and wa
. ,,-r.nlnn clothlUgi . ...
WttS DUriuu nnvvf
Bouiu ""- coven""'''!
Knnnna acres 01 ...ntrfWO
uw,- -- oiiineci iw
land which is " --'
qualified nppiicam.. ,
.terms wun m - - 1(J m
eon that wneu ---
run tho houso.