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4 $ Second Cousin 5arah nf ir ALUitiK or "AHtir. JViwr. .n(7(v.ir:." "i.imr. katk Kinnr," (JIIAITUIl XX.-ICuiilluiied.) Whnt .11.1 ll nil int-nri 7 If Mnry II. .1 lain! were mil In In' (mated, If ilila Irmik'n k I rl Iiii.I f..r jenra deceived him, It till luutliir'n niiriilntc n.T.. after u II mr rort, iv lull una In l.u dune lit the I. r mill bdnr, when lin win In fii.nl tiniilili'7 '1 lie itimr I'lii'iinl, mill Mnry Holland ruinu Into I In r.i.iin. "Vuil mill fur ini't" she nnld. "Vrg," In. inlil, "III mlarry nml fenr 1 illt fur you. Hit iluwii, ik'ii," In' unlil, "1 ll m anihius to nak yuu many que, tloin." The nit pnllor which Hnrnti llnslbill linil perceived tnl tn Marr'a face na Keilhcu spoke, lint alio took llm rlmlr which lin Ii ii il Indicated, nml which m nt ii llllli dlatanco (nun (lie cuiii'li, and at iliiwn facing Mm. "Though wo Iiiivu nut seen n iirtnl ilial fif mill oilier In iiur Urea, Mnry," ho tu tsan, lilmlly nml cnrncaily, "till It l tlirmiKli yuu Hint Krrnt rliuuiaa hnro ir curri'il -Hint I hnve loaf my father's loo, nml Inline, nml fort utir." "Vcs," said Mnry umlly, "llint la true." "I lint tho tliri'O without InnliiK roitli ilsnro III yon. An I Ifitrtnil to reaped lull, KU I U'Enn In think of the poaslbll ity nf ninny paat inUtnkrn, mi tny dill" ittiil my timlhrr'n. Of late ilnyn I lino con rljrri'il yuu the frli-mt uf nil In thla llOtlSP." "I hnro done my Lent to be the friend," lie anawrred. "I.aal iilclit, nml fur Ihr firat time In luy life, n auipliion aclied me. I hardly know what It waa. II could have pn (il awny, Imt thnt It enuie nualii to dny, StrciiBlhriiiil hy now ilotibta. Vim ne (tits letter? Aid you uwnro of Ita pur port ?" "No, until Hint It win written In my pfrsmce ly Cnptiiln I'otcraon. Inra h iloca ho refer to mo In Hint?" alio cried, With tlio mlor moiintluz to her ehickii fur momi'iit, nml thru dylnv nwny Into tlio ohl gray lint. "Not hy won) He la aa allrnt respect I UK tlio pnit ri'tntlona between you n ) 01) have nlwnya U'lin." "You know, then?" alio unlil. In ilU may. "I know thnt jrmi nm) ho were confer ring loiicthcr In tlio garden lout iiIkI'I ; thnt thi-rn la a aecret between you which 1 Jo not ahare, nml which you hare mode Ho effort to reveal; nml I bcllovo thnt man knona oliere Karah I'm t lictl la, nn.l a In nil rrapecla n villain. Tell me whnt yon know uf lilm, nml when you know Mm drat." "I rnnnut," alio anlil In a low mice. "Ita la at the liollom uf n terrihlo mys (try; ho hna brought jjrli.f to me; he la linked Willi Thmiina Enatliell agnlnat llm prom of thin hniiai'. nml you will nut give tno one rlvw tu hla life." "I know Imt little of lilm. Henta-ii," alio anawiTi'il. "nml Hint I rnmiot itltul.o now. It la iimrv thnn my llfo'a wurtti to attempt It. t could not explain to Hnrnli liaitbell; I cannot explain to you at tula tlmo. I can only any thnt I nm a wuui.ui grievously mlaundcratooil." "Mlaa lliillnml," an I.I ItcnUn, "1 nm aarry, hut I cannot Irutt juu any muru In tills Immiii'." Elie ilhl not apvnk ngaln. 8li lookeil nt lilm atemllly for a few momenta, nil.! then went nwny, ni'i) tip the atalra to lur own riHim, nl the rml of the corridor, n:ul It wna aomo hotirn hefore alio wna acen esitln In thnt houae. It wna nen rly mlii liny when, ilreaaeil na for A Jouniey, ahe roappenreil In tlio rorrhlur nml fneeil Jlnrlley, atlll nt her ol.l poat, n wouinn fiToter on cunnl. "Von nre n truaty aervnnt, Mnrlley," ahe anlil, na atie nilrnnceil; "hut you muit In cttm vliilliuit, extra atroitg, nn.l clurrr, nml running, vthlla I am nwny," "Am you Roliil nt thla time, Mlaa IIollnniM" I'xclnlinc.l llnrtley, In aur ptlae. "Vea for n Utile while. I will write to Mlaa Snrnh hy next pnat." "To .Mlaa Ilnathvllt" exclaimed llnrt ley. "AIennhllo Union nt thla door you nro gund nt llatenliiK, I believe." "Oh, tundnin! I whnt mnkea you nivy tlmtr "All la myatrry In thla houae, nn.l I act you on tho wnleh for nil of tia If 1 lilt vo aeemed pnrt of tlm tnyatery, too, It won your plnre to wnni una who will adon l) rliihtful uinaler hem. Hut llatcn How for nie." "I do nut umleratnnd, mndnm." "On the brink of tunny atrnmie enufea aluna, thai poor nouinn hna alept In much M'i'tirlly. It hna been our mlaalon more tlinn iini'i' to keep tlio truth from killing tier, nml heaven will pnnlon th fiction no liiuo woven ruiiinl her life, na I pray Hint lirnvcu will pnrdiiii me," Mnry nml aulflly down the atalra, nml (Hit uf tin' Imiiao whrrnln alio hnil apeut lii'.irly tlx jfri of her life, wIiiiiIiik no inim'a love, or woinnu'a k'rmltuilo. CHAl'Tint XXI. HeilK" Hill wna moro deaolnto nfter Mnry llollnnd hnd departed. Thonjili Mlaa llollnnd knew It not, alio hnd lieen tho rulliik' nKi'iit of thnt houae, for Kii.nl or evil, for n longer period tlinn thnt from which tho opciiliiK of our "lory dntea. A forlorn little womnii, act forever under vllHplclou by mi ndwrae fnte beyond her power to realat, ahe wna atlll to bo iniaaed wlicu alio hnd paaaed from the homo Into which Milium Clllwk'k'a charily hud In atntlcd her. Tlio new a renched Thouina Kiialhi'll when Wllla hnd brnuglit lilm hla lunch Into tho picture gnllery after he had rmiK fur It, not Ix'forc. It wna atrmmo what n Miliill iimoiiiit nf reapect he had allied from tho aervniila ilurlnx hla atny, nml With uhnt dlatruat he wna rt'Kiirdeil. Ill rrapnliHc to on ur two qucstlona, tho luiwa wna elicited from tho mall aervuut Hint Mlaa Holland had left Hedfo Hill for (.-owl. "And n Kood Job, loo," anld Thomas nantboll frnnkly and Inclesimtly; "what did tho old Kill wnni with her nbout tho plnce7 It'" full enough now of peoplo who've no biialncaa here, nltliougli they're mnklin: thi'inai'lvea aenrco by dcKrcca. Wheni'a Hint t'lilwlclc'i" "Tho yniinis ninaler, air?" "Tho young humbuitl tho younc pan perl" acreiimi'd Thoinan Unalholl with imnecosaiiry vlolenco; "you ahut up about tho young ninatcr,' or you'll go next, If I Imvo iinythlng to do with thla houae which I may have which I ahull linve, mind you though everybody trenta mo bad here." . , , , 'I'linmnu Hnathi'II consumed hla lunch with dllllculty. Ho hnd no nppetlte, but It wna norcaanry to keep hlmaelf up, tho cnptiiln had anld, nml nil hla llfo ho had bi'llovcd In Onptnln rcteraon. Ho foil nalcep lifter hla menl, nml when ho wolto iii ho ntiired vncnntly round, and fought linrd to recollect where ho wna, nnd how long ho hnd aut huddled In tho armchair, nn angular dlatorllou In hla comfottlcaa alumlicr. It wna nlglit, nnd tlio hugo room waa full of ilnrknesa, which had cropt upon Bedgt Hill before Ita tlmo, or ho had alept long nnd Into, nnd nil In that uiiaottled liouao hail forgotUn hla xlstcuce, wtro hla llrat lib'iia wlnii ha began to ri'tiiein I..T Hint In. wna In the picture gnllery nhlch HI ii 1'iilwlrk hnd bulll, U'liut n hciivy ah-ep hla uiilat bar bean, to bo aiirel lie atoud Up, nnd tried In plercn through the darkneaa, mid n aiiddeu chill ai li d upon hla velna, nml tunipil lilm alck na he fuucli'd Hint ha might have wolcn up I. lin. I like hla grnndinotherl Why not) -It wna In the fmnlly - nnd nil leium lilm waa awfully blnek nml thick nml Im penetrable. It waa mining oulalde, too - Hint ni'i'uuntid fur the hlaaliig III l.la rnra which lie had nwnkrned with, mid which lie had Ihuiight wna hla hrnln. Dually he groped hla wny luwnrd llm ilour, keejilng hla hnnd on tho wull, ur on llm vnriilalird auifncea of the (minting with whlrli the wall wna hung He hud mnilii up hla mind, ho would acek Oriili.l in nt lur luatlipll, nml tell her the Irnlli. nnd mure thnn the truth If II were rerpil alle. He wna bring liiipnned upon. Too le nf no prliii-lph' had taken ndvniitnga of hla aluuilirra, nnd wero aettlng hla uenr eat nml deareal rein I lull ngnlnat lilm. Ileit Len Culrvlck wna at the head nf nffnlra, nnd iiulaonlng Hie public inltul. I'.vin the arrvnnta hnd turiii'd upun him, nnd bruught him nu illniu r, nml left him In tha dark. He mine to a full atop, nnd fill agnlnat llm plrturta, arrntrhiug Ihein wllll hla trembling hanila, In hla alarm; for Hi" ilunr bi liliid him In the dlatanr tho aide dnur lending away from tho corridor - had openrd auildrnly and aharply, ami waa ahut ngnln na he glanc ed townrda n fitful gleam of light which unrrowi-d nnd thin paaaed nwny. In that Iti'i'tlltg moment lie had aren rnnugh to aciire n atroiigrr nere thnn hla for n white figure hnd gilded Into the chamlier, mid wna ailvmiclng lownrd lilm, ha wna aurr! Ho remoliird alien! mid trembling till the mailing of gnrineiita naaured lilm Hint anmethliig wna approaching lilm with nolai'leaa atepa, that reminded I. lin uf tho glmat In tha "Caatle Hpecter," which he hnd aren onro from the gallery of n theater. He made a awlft plunge fur the door In hla horror. It waa Ida alater'a aplrll, ho wna aure ahe hnd been murdered by thoae from whoan rlutehea he had made no effort to anrn her nnd ahe hntl come fur him! Hla luat huur hnd nrrlvrd, nnd It wan all over with hla dreama uf glory. "Tom Kaathell." anld n ahnrp voiro In hla enra, "nre you hero? Why dun't you apeak to me?" "Ornndiunthcr," bo ejaculated, "la It you then?" "Pome hero and tit down we can talk Ix-at In the dark, nnd I want to talk to you." "I'd rather hnro a light, thank you," aid Tom, who atlll hod hla auiplctont that all wna not right. He found hla wny to the priuclpnl door, and opened It, In line In a atrenm of light from the corri dor without. lie looked bark at hla grandmother, who waa atanillng by the ihnlr which he hnd quitted, a atrnuge phantom enough In her ivlillo night ilrraa, and with n counterpane wrapped round her togn fnahloii, nnd trailing on the ground behind her. "Whnt'a the matter?" anld Tom Irrea olutely; "ain't you well? What hava juu roine ilownatilra fur, tuch a night aa thla?" "1 can't reat. Thero'a anniething wrong, Tom. I'm unhappy. They'ro nil you with tha reat nf 'em keeping aumelhlng from Ine. Where'a Harah? oh! where'a my Hally? tell me." Wnlt n monieiil I II tell you every thing." An Idea hnd aclird him nt Inat. The opportunity which ho thought that he mlaaed hnd come to lilm In thla manner. Thero waa no Htm to loao. "Sally'a run nwny. he anld. "lib what?" ahrleked Mra. Kaatbjll; run nwny from we?" "Vea thnt'a Itl" naaevernted Tom, be coming bolder In Ida atntrment aa hla grandmother put Implicit fnlth In ewry word ho uttered. Hun nwny forever, do you mean?" exclalined Mra. Kaathell, in her hlghcat key. Vea, forever. Ah! don't aay any more," aald tho old woman, plteouaty; "I'll try and dlo now, loin. I don I want to live an hour long er. I waa nlwnya ao romi ot rniiy, Tom. "Vea ao waa I, he exclaimed: "but If he don't deaerve our love, whnt'a the odda? I've been cut up all day, but I'm celling more conipoaed like. Don't die thnt'a whnt ahe wnnta whnt ahe expecta, prapa can t you ace It nil llm hamla that wero nitilllcii in the counterpane were brought down with I ho r covering from Iho laco, winch aeem ed harder and alerner now, nnd looked ao llko her brother Klmnn a Hint ntiy one nciiunliited with the late owner might hnvs thought that he hnd coma buck In the lleah. All, yea; I in beginning to find out what n wicked and ungrateful world It la, Tom," alio anld. "That a right. Cheer up, and look nliout you." "Sho and that ltciibcn planned thla, then? They have gono nwny together, ain't they gone without a word?" Tliomaa IJaallieii Herniated III 111 reply Ho would hnve been extremely glad to offer that na a aolutlon to tho tnyatery, nnd turn the tnblca agnlnat Heiiben il (tick and hla alater, but Iteuben might come back nt any moment uud defeat bin iiiarhlinitlona. "No, they nlu't gone," ho replied; "It's Holly mid the Cnptnln." "What I" mid Mra. Huatbvll'a high note rung out ngnln with Hurtling ahrlllneaa, nnd .vibrated through the room. "They planned to go nwny. Sully wna to get Jim to miiko n will In her favor, but to pretend to be fond of Itoubeii (Jul- wick all thu while, nnd then alio wna tn atoul off. and Iho Onptaln wna to get nwny In tho morning, na ho did, leaving a lino or two to me, which I found on the tn Mo In my room." "It mattcra a great deal to me and my proepecta thnt'a nil." "Vea yea: but I ahnn't forget you. Why, I can make another will at once, If you will help me." "I'm not n good hand at writing, but I don't mind trying," aald her willing crnmlann, "Yea yea: but thoro'a lleuben, too, lie line been ferveil tcrrlblo bud. Where la ho?" "Ho'a looking for hor. IIo don't know yet of the Cnptaln'a letter to inc. Ho huan't been homo all day. IIo think" eomethlng'a happened to Hally." "I'll wait till ho cornea back, Tom. IIo writes a will like any lawyer. "IIo aald he loft word that ho wasn't euro of coming back at nil, If you could let me write out a fow llnca. I havo got a form hero handy, too, and that a am gulnr, Isn't It?" "Very." "Very alngler. na I any, too ft merciful dispensation like: why not n few llnca now. If voiL've eft everything to Batty i "Very well. Write mo out a line or two, nnd then call In witnesaea na Hon ben did. Ilnlf to Ileubon Oulwlck noth In ir to that ungrateful girl, to begin with nnd half to yourself you muatu't forgot youraolf, loin. anld Tom, m, Hi' look a prlnli.l form from lila puck 1. 1, nml liignii writing In greiil hnale, blot Hug ulnl aloiariog na In' went, being iluinav Willi hla pen, nml uiialonily of inml that day. Ho mid Ihe iJnptulii, pre- puri'il for biialneaa. lin.l liroilgnt itown n form of will, prnylng fur u chniico llko thla. nml, lo! II hnd I'otun In nn hour uf ilepreaaluii nnd Incerlllliilc. It didn't look n Hire will; but It would atiiml Ita ground, bo hopi'd, being a natural aurt of teatn imnt In Ita wny, mid leaving all ihluga fair nnd a'pinre. i'lin old woman wna alnndlng by hla aide, with two cold hands prcsalng heov- lly iiiioii hla ahnnliler, and great henv- enl the gray eyes were unacalcu and alarlng nt hlml 'Don't go on with It," ahe wlilapcr- d. "Holly wouldn't wouldn'l Ko awny for good." "I tell you " "I tell you that yon lie!" Khe turned, on If to toltr fenbly lo her chair again, nnd he sprang up with n about of horror na alio fell back heavily. "Ornmlinolhrr!" ho cried. "Tell iny-dcnr Hnlly that I " It iv n n nil over, mid Irnurdr took n deeper shade unto llaolf from thnt hour. (IriiiidmotliiT nnatbell wna dead! (To bo cnnllnuid.) CROWS LEAHN TO FI8H. TutiKbt by (Julia, Tlley Hnvo Now He' come KXperta, Keu Ihoao crown dying; low over tho wnter out thero?" aald ll Banta ra rullroiul conductor the othur day, nH lila train wna HpeedliiK iilong near tho IJIilnltien river, below Jollet. "They nro thu sninrtoit birds you ever aaw. I've been wiitcblng thru) for year, nml nil others will havu to tako a low er perch when they nro around. .Mnybe you think those crowe nro Just flyliiK nlMiut for tho fuu of It. Diet la, they nro very lituy. 'Ibcy'ro fishing;, nnd they bnvu thu petrels, gulls, nnd hnwks bent at their own Knino. Never neuru or crown mat flab? Wu can't atop nml watch lira, but If wu could you'd scu I nm right. 'It's n new Industry, so to speak, with thnn. Two years ago n crow didn't know n thing; about the pisca torial art. Hut when tho drulnngo canal was opened Ihe K'llli followed It from l.nko Michigan, nml they have taught the crown how to catch a nlco shiner. Now tho river alone hero Is almost black with crow, as you can aco for yourself. When tho gulls first appeared here abouts and flow over tho wntcr look ing for fish tho crows ant on tho trees nml waited until tho lako fowl had made n cntiii. Then tho crow would swoop down from tho tree and chasu the KUll until It dropped tho llsli. Very often the null would get away, nnd the crow would hnvo to fly back hungry. They nro wiser now, nnd not inly do their own llshlng, but they hnvo driven moat of Ihe gulls away. "I've seen crowa by the dozen sitting In theso low trees wntchlng tho gulls skim alowly down tho river. Kvcry time gull would dip Into tho wnter tho crows would strike after It nnd nib It of the prey. "When the gulls left tho valley tho crows began llshlng for themselves. Tho only trouble with them waa they couldn't fly slow enough, and they didn't eoom to want to tako to tho water when they saw n fish. They h.ivo got bravely over that now. They sit on floating boards or Ico nnd keep I ni. nl. tlm li'Jllfir noil will cnfcti' two flah while n gull Is catching one. "Homo peoplo say that n bird lenrns only by Instinct to do n thing like this, but this Is a enso whoro tho crows havo been taught by other birds. They nro tho champion fishers of tho Den plalnes vnlloy, and I wouldn't bo sur prised If they would tench all tho other crows until they will become known as watnr fowl. It'll bo pretty bard to teach 'em to swim but they've got the fighting art down to a lino point." Chicago Inter-Ocean. THE SHOE RAO. IN LONDON. The Only Illt or Vnnkao Bline-Hllllllnur Mellioila Introduced There Yet. Now Yorkers who go to Iindon nro nlwnys surprised nt the elementary methods of tho street bootblacks who still carry the traditional box nud expect their patrons to lean against a wall until their shoes aro cleaned. This kind has practically disappeared III New York, but London Is still Ig norant of any better. Hut progress Is not altogether un known nmnng tha London bootblacks, and they have recently takeu to what Is regnnled as an Aiuorlcau Innova tion. This Is thu rag with which tho llunl polish Is given to shoes. Only tho most enterprising of tho boys havo taken to this Improvement, which they proudly describe as nu Importation from America. "I hnvo often thought that thero would bo nmplo return for ntiy man with the cournge to establish boot black rooms In London," said a Now Yorker, who has Just returned to this country, "for at present thero nre no such conveniences to bo enjoyed there. Situated In the right part of Loudon, n hoothlacklug room, In my opinion, would make a fortune for Its proprie tor. "To-day tho average Londoner who has been brought up with tho Idea of having his nhoes denned by tho cham bermaid at home or a smalt boy In tho street, has no conception of tho com fort of the American boolblacklug methods." Now York Htm. HllllNtlllg CllffOO. In Norway, where superb coffeo Is made, a bit of butler Is added to tho lienns while they nro rousting In thu covered shovel used thero for that pur pose. In Trance, as well, a pleco of butter the slzo of a walnut Is put with three pounds of coffee beans, and also a dessertspoonful of powdered sugar. This brings out both flavor and scent, and, moreover, gives the slight cnriimel tnsto which will bo remembered na a pleasing pnrt of French coffee. Desplto laws ngnlust adulteration, "ullvo oil" Is secured from tho cotton plant, marmalade from tho turnip, nnd cherry Jolly from tho foot of a calf. If you havo a bad headacho rub slices of lomou nlong tho tomple. Tho pain will not bo long In disappearing, or nt least In growing easier to bear. Tell neither of your own fnults nor thoso of others. "Thankee, I won't," tiru'i' liing lln tnhli' QIJJ IJCDUKT OF FUN. HUMOflOUB 8AYIUQ0 AND DO. INOO HCHE AND THEIIE. Jokea uii.l Jokelela Unit Are Hiippoant to lluve Ikon llcu ntly Horn- Hiiylnua noil IIoIhuh Hint Are Old, Ciirluua unit I.iiiiuIimIiIc- liic Week lliuoor. "Ken hero!" cried tho merchant, "mhii. nm la KlvliiK nwny our KerrntH." "I'll bet H' Hint yomiK Illiticora you took In na cli-rk," aald thu Junior part ner. "Impoaallile! lie cornea of ono of our lnnt fiiuillli-a. lie luia In bis volDD tlio IiIikiiI of crent " "That'll Jitnt It. 'Illooil will tnll,' you know." I'liiludelphla Public IMlgor. Ciiiirltulilc. IIo How I iiilmlro Mlaa Oldham's rnlinin'iui. Hhv never Iowa hor self poaaoaalon. Hlii.-Tlwit' right, nml If abo doesn't get liuay rltirlnit Icnp year I'm afraid kho novcr will. Tlint'H KIkIiI. Teacher Tommy, what Is a trust company? Tummy It's n bunch of men sur rounded by other peoplo's money. tJiimitlafiictory. "I hope," anld the visiting person "thnt when you get out of this plnco you'll havo n higher aim in llfo than cracking safes." "I don't know nliout that," replied prisoner .No. fill I. "I did try porch climbing for a while, but thero wasn't much In it." Ahklnu Too Much, "My deur," snid Ardupp, "I have mndo a llttlo preparation for your fu ture. Hud my life Insured for $5,Xjij to dny." "(ill. how thoughtful of you, John, extiiilmed Mra. A. "And can I get the money right away?" r". Mo Clinucc for n Hhortuiie, "Whnt puzzles you?" "lib, I wns Just wondering what kind uf nn excuso tho Iceman will give for putting up prices next summer." Chicago Tost Ciitlne nml Ktrcct The editor umlltil broadly. "Mood Joke, Isn't It?" said tho would- be humorist who had handed It In. "Sure," replied tho blue pencil manipulator; "I laugh every tlmo I too It." Chicago News. An Othcro See U. "I never would havo proposed to my wife," said KnpecU with a sigh long drawn out, "but one moonlight night I simply lost control of myself." "1 see," 6nid his friend llif Ulna, "and you have neier bivn able to regain It" Onve Kooui for Imnulnntion. u Ixird Mort liuged Ah, dnr-darllng, now my solUitnu 1ms awnnged with your father for our tnnrrluge, look at me, dearest, nnd sny you lovo me. Lucy Uuldrocks I can sny It easier without looking, m'lord. Hpcclal Inducement, Prospective Ptirchnser I sco you advertise n special Inducement la en gagement rings. What U It? Jeweler Well, wo guarantee to re purchase any ring wo sell wlthlu six months. Chicago News. Itlulit In Line for Uxpcnae, Mrs. Casey The dochtor says yo hor nppciidlkltls, Tim. Mr. Cai-ey Och, Nornh, Nornh! whoy wor ye so foolish as to show him yuro bank book? Judge. Wmitci! u Mourner. Tho lawyer wus drawing up Kn peck's will. "I hereby bequeath nil my property to my wife," dictated Knpeck, "Got that down'" "Yes," answered the attorney. "On condition," eoullnucd Knpeck, "that sho muriied tignln within u year." "Hut why that condition?" asked the man of luw. "llecause," nnswered tho meek and lowly teslutor," I want somebody to bo sorry that I died. Seo?" In Literary Lniiil, "Your new book must bo a great oiler." "I'm sure It Is. My publisher writes that bo's going to Kuropu next week." "And you?" "Well, no lias promisee. 10 let mo suu him off." Atlanta constitution. It All Ilepcuda. IfU yOll UCIICIU in nuwuii ..ii....mi.-, Mr. HUmpurso?" nskeil tho fair dl . vorceo. I "Well or that depends," replied tho cautious Mr. S. "How much er 1 alimony did you get out of your first?" I Hlicrlock Onto II U Job, ' The modern Hherloi k was trying to llml out if Hie iiilxslng glil had a suit or. "Hhow me her gloves," be command ed. The gloves wero brought forward. "Ah." said Mucrlock, "one glovo wns never worn- nt all, and that shows she had an engagement ring on her ringer." Chicago News. Truthful Hiilcaolnli. "No," prolesled th lody customer, "I don't want those shoos. Tho solos nro too thick." "Is that the only objection?" aikcd tho diplomatic clerk. "Yes," sho admitted. "Then I'd advise you to take them, mndnm," ho continued. "I can assure you that your objection will soon wear awny." An Other Hco Us, Her And do you really think my now portrait looks llko mo? Him Yos, It rcnlly does, I'm sorry to say. Ciitiau iiiul llircct, lie Havo you noticed how happy Miss nidcrlelgh looks this evening? I wonder If aim Is engaged? Khe No, It Isn't that She has quit wearing tight shoes. I'liatitlafiicttiry. ndyth Why do you doubt Mr. Slow man's sincerity? Ills voice has an hon cat ring. Maytne Yes, but that Isn't the kind of ring I'm looking for. (ireot lliiruiiln. "Oh, I'vo found n grand Intelligence olllrc," said Mrs. Van Albert. "Charge you 1 for one cook?" asked her husband. "One? Why, they agreed to let me hove four cooks for J3.08." Chicago News. Just n Pointer. "Why did you yell out when you sat on Itovcr?" asked tho pretty girl. "Ho didn't blto you." "No." chuckled the silly young man "but bo's a sharp dog." Mutter nf Choice. Wiggins I understand your uncle died of a complication of diseases. Muggins Dthcr that or a compllca lion of doctors, t m not sure which It was. Two of u Kind. Lady (to applicant) Yes, I need a good cook. How old are you? Janc auure. mum, nn' It's naytber av us asil ivver see 40 agin. A TrilHiiK Matter. "Why, Willie, I'm ashamed of you for being sent homo tho second day of school. I suppose you broke ono of the teacher"s rules?" "No'ui. I broge her glasses this tlmo." Family A flair. Jack Gayboy I'm going to kiss you. Miss Huddlets Don't you dare; I'll call mamma. Jack Gayboy Ob, neTer mind; I kissed her In tho ball as I came In. Didn't Like lilm. Blox nut Is your private opinion of old Juggernot? Knox Well, he's Just tho man I'd llko to see my mother-in-law marry." Pu'e Idea. Little Willie Hay, pa, what's a bachelor maid? Pa Hcally, I don't know, my son, unless It's a spinster with money. Homo Industry. "Let me show you some Japanese brlc-n-brac," said the clerk In the big store. "Oh, no," responded the man with tht fierce mustache. "I'm a Itusslan sympathizer. Don't want anything from Japan." "Oh, you needn't worry. All this was made In the United States." Chi cago News. A Better Combination. Jenkins What's this talk about your applying to the Legislature to havo your name changed to Montmor ency? Snlftklns My wife objects to "SnlfT klns." Jenkins Huh! she was glad enough to tako that name when she married you. Snlffklns Yes, but we've got a baby boy now that wo'vo called "Claude," and my wife wants n prettier name than "Snlffklns" to go with it Phila delphia Public Ledger. Tonic KuotigJi. "What tonic do you tako In the spring?" "Say tho spring let-up ou the coal pllo Is tonic enough for me." Itarcat of Known Fruits. Tho Ulund of Jolo, covers fully 320 square miles. It Is of coral formation nnd offers n moat excellent harlior to tho west. In topography it Is gently undulating nnd covered throughout Its cntlro length by the rankest tropical vegetation, vnluablo tenkwood being found extensively throughout tho en tiro district. Nowhere In tho world nro moro luscious fruits produced. Among those peculiar to this belt Is tho durlan, which la nbout tho slzo of n muskmelon. Its exterior presents somowhat the appearance of a chest nut burr, being prickly and tough! within tho fruit Is white nud cheeso' llko, and owing to this peculiarity tho American soldiers dubbed It tho "vege table llmburgcr." Tho mangostcen Is another of tho rnro fruits. It Is the size of an aver' ago orange, chocolato colored and has n very brittle skin. Insldo four whlto soctlons contain n colorless liquid. This Is tho rarest fruit known, nnd tho only ono. so It Is claimed, that Queen VlC' torla had nover tasted, there being no way of preserving tho fruit for a sum clout period after plucking to permit of shipping to any distance. Scientific American. Science' U0 ' Jv 1 vention Te silliness of Iho In. ml Hen Is nt- trlbuted by W Akrnyd In considerable. degree to air borne suit from tho Med ttcrrauenn. Hxnoslng nuro oil of turpentine mixed with one per cent of oil of lav ender Is the finest of all slmplo metli cal for purifying tho air of a stuffy room. Leather railway ties aro mado hy grinding scrap leatlier very fine, sub jecting to n refining process, and com pressing to different grades of hard nesa In a moulding machine. A Ilrltlsh naturalist suggests that tho deitructlon of animal llfo by heavy rains has received too llttlo attention. Tho mortality among Insects and all mall animals is certainly very great. In a Into experiment In Switzerland a Scotch boiler was found to be 1.VJ degrees C. hotter at tho upper part than at tho lower part, and the tern peratures changed but slightly after two hours. As this peculiarity Is a chief objection to this form of genera tor, a tout of other boilers Is desired. Tha Fuel Hullders. These are the ferns, which In the carboniferous perl oil attained a rank growth. Tho spores of the ferns, found on the under sides of tho leaves, which answer the pur pose of seeds, form a brown dust and this dust heated and compressed, com poses great masses of coal. Jet Is also another work of these uttie mnmers. A new luminous fungus has been for warded lo Huropo from Tahiti. It Is said to omit at night a light resembling that of tha glow worm, wblcli it re tains for a period of twenty-four hours after having been gathered, and It Is used by the native women In bouquets of flowers for personal adornment In the hair and dress. It Is believed to grow on the trunks of trees. According to a recent pamphlet by an Italian doctor, a suro way of re storing life In cases of syncope Is to hold tho patient's tongue firmly. After two other doctors had worked for an hour without result over a young man who was apparently drowned, he thrust a spoon Into tho patient's mouth, seized tho tongue, and worked It vio lently until the patient gave signs of life. Considering the possible Influence of alcohol unon human evolution. Dr. Harry Campbell assumes that such clv lllzatlons aa tho3a of Habylon and Egypt may date back thirty thousand years and that agriculture by migra tory tribes may extend back thirty thousand years more, but concludes that tho use ot alcohol as a beverage has not been known more than ten thousand years. Ho finds no reason to believe that, as was suggested some years ago, the discovery of fermented liquor gave the first civilizing quicken ing to the brain of npo-maii Observations as to the height of the aiurnal sea breeze are few In number. albeit of considerable Importance. By means of a captive balloon, sent up from Coney Island a number of years sgo. It was found that tho average height at which the cool Inflow from tha ocean was replaced by tho upper warm outflow from the land was from five to six hundred feet At Toulon, In 1S33, the height of tho sea breeze was found to be about thirteen hun dred feet and a distinct off-shore cur rent was found between .nineteen and twenty hundred feet More recently 1003 on the west coast of Scotland, Dines, using kites, had noted that the kites would not rise above fifteen hun dred feet on sunny afternoons, when the on-shore breeze was blowing. ONCE SAVED ELKINS' LIFE. West Virginian Iteecued from Peril by Bandit Colo Younger. Senator Elklns, of West Virginia, talked for tho first time the other day of his lato meeting with Cole Younger, the Missouri bandit, recently released from the Minnesota penitentiary. It Jeveloped that Younger camo to Wash ington to enlist the Influence of Sena tor Elklns and other prominent public men who showed Interest In his affairs, In an effort to get tho terms of his parolo from the Minnesota pardon board modified In important particu lars. Younger claimed that the condi tions imposed upon him as a "ticket of leavo man" form such a handicap that ho Is practically debarred from making i living In any legltimato way. Many versions havo been given of tho manner in which Younger saved the llfo of Senator L'lUlus in Missouri nearly a half a century ago, but Sena tor Elklns says that none of them have been accurate. The Incident occurred just after tho fight at Independence, Mo. Elklns says It was about 2 o'clock In the afternoon nnd he was returning "from seeing a girl." He was mount ;d on a good horse, had a new pair of cowhide boots and a new broad brimmed hat. In rounding a turn ot the road he almost rodo Into Quan trells' gang, The particular portion of the organization which took him pris oner was known as "Parker's men." Elklns says ho has always belloved that one of tho reasons why he was Immediately accused of being a spy wns tho desire of some of tho rough fellows to have his new boots, his flue horso and his broad-brimmed lint, as they did not hesitato to say that In their belief such possessions were "too good for n Ynnk." Thero was but one man In the command that Elklns know that was Colo Younger. Younger nnd Elklns had lived In tho same neighbor hood In Missouri as boys together aud Colo declared that Elklus had a father and brother lu tho Confederate army and It was Impossible that ho could bo a spy. Elklns said: "I told Younger to stay mighty closo to mo, as I did not llko the looks of tho fellows who surrouua. ed mo and tho way they talked to mo when they told me to sit down on a big walnut log nlongsldo tho road. Colo said ho ncvor had a man before or slnco qulto so respectful to him. I Iiv slstcd upon him standing lu front of mo all tho time. It wns a good thing, too, because there was no question that if It had not been for Younger's deUrmlucd attitude and his announce- xi i . . Lr . mjl menl that ho would Inki X shot ni Iht fellow who harmed mo while tho lend ers wero disposing of my cno I doubt If the Hlnto of West Virginia would ever have been sblo tn nvnll Itself ot my services. Colo said It wns not true, Hint they wanted my boots and horac, but they wero greatly enraged becanso tho day beforn they captured mo Par. Ker, inelr lender, ana old man uiiristO' pher had been killed. They wero bont on revengo." EXPERIMENTS ON THE DRAIN. lilcctrlclty Ta Not llunixeroiia When n Mild Current la Ua.,1. Experiments on tlm brain of a living subject with electric currents hnvo been comparatively rare, as there has prevailed among physicians and phy siologists tho Idea that such a course of expcrlmoiibitloii was extremoly dan gerous, Thero havo recently beeu published, however, records of somo experiments carried on by M. 8, Leduc, with tho object of using thu electric current to produco sleep and of study ing Its effect on tho hrnln generally. In early experiments It was shown that tho brnln Is tho best conductor of elec tricity In the human body, being nbout 3,000 times more conducting than mus cle. It was also observed that when continuous current wns paseed through the head from one ear to the other, that tho sensation of giddiness was produced nnd that objects ap peared to revolve In the same direc tions as the current flowed. Howovcr, when the electrodes are placed on tha forehead and neck and the current sent from back to front the effects are In nocuous so long as a mild current Is used, and In some cases may be bene ficial. According to M. Iduc, the most satisfactory current Is one of four mil llamperes at thirty volts, which Is broken or Interrupted 100 times a sec ond for nine-tenths of tho period ot Interruption. Tho first effect noted was the disappearance of the faculty of speech, after which followed tha loss of the motor faculties. Under or dinary conditions there Is no affection of the respiration or pulse unless tho current Is increased, and then It may cease. Th: patient Is snid to awaken Instantaneously from the electric sleep and to experience a feeling of refresh ment POINTER FOR FLAT BUILDERS. Why Not Adopt Bom Hpace-Barlnsr Dcvlcca of bill pa? "It Is a wonder somo of your New York builders don't borrow Ideas la economizing space from shipwrights," said an English architect who came over In the Cedrlc, to a New York Press man. "We are beginning to put up small apartments In London and somo of the big midland cities now. So far British builders have not been so badly cramped for room as tha builders ot soma apartments I have seen tn New York, but wo may coma to It "Tho strict economy of spaco In even the best cabins ot tho modern Atlantic liners Is a revelation to an architect who has never made a study of It Fixed sofas in odd corners that can bo made into a comfortable berth In a Jiffy, washstands that fold up and disappear without any fuss or mess. racks for stowing away small things that always seem to disappear when they open, are Just as essential In a small apartment as they are aboard ship. "The average outside cabin on a liner Is smaller than the average bed room In a bachelor apartment There are more conveniences In It when tho cabin steward has opened everything out But after staying for one week In the guest chamber of a fashionable bachelor apartment near Broadway and Greeley square I felt a sense ot expansion when I went down to tha steamer to choose a cabin for my re turn voyage." Frankly Owned Ills Fault. Although thero has been complaint of late about a growing lack of disci pline in the ranks of the Fronch nrmy, the demoralization has not, It Is be lieved, progressed seriously, as the fol lowing incidents, coming from a French naval port, will Illustrate: A general holding a high command mndo his appearanco a few days ago at the barracks ot on Infantry regi ment, which, In obedlenco to his orders, was promptly drawn up in the yard. Then be explained tho reason In a brief address. He said that as be was walking In the town attired In mufti on the previous day a man belonging to tho corps, who wns tho worso for liquor, accosted him rudely and asked him to stand him a drink, "Let him step out of the ranks," he concluded. Immediately a bugler emerged, and, saluting, said i "It Is I. mon general." Tho Incident Is characteristic and apropos of It ono Is reminded of such an adventure which befell a certain French marshal. A grenadier, who was exasperated at some Injustice that had been done him, pointed hla pistol nt lilm and pulled the trigger, but It did not go off. Without moving a muscle, the veteran cried: "Four days In the cells for keeping your arms In n bad state." Tho bugler's honesty can scarcely have failed to bo an extenua tion of his offenso In tho eyes or tha general. Bumiiioned by Name, An exciting lover's quarrel was once, brought about by tho young woman's accidental reading of a tolegrnm where in tho unfortunate lover had spoken of bis new yacht In terms of endearment, omitting to mention tho fact that Ger aldlno was only a boat. A similar blunder Is reported by a Philadelphia paper. There wero five passengers In tha street car, and as It approached a crossing tho conductor called "Will iam!" Ono man got up and went out "Annl" announced tho conductor, and a woman left tho car. Tucked away In tho corner was a little man with a foreign-looking face. When the conductor called "acorgol" and another passenger alighted, tho little man awoke to tho situation. He rose, tiptoed down tho alslo nnd whls perod to tho conductor! "Boforo you calls out do name of do lady In dero, I'll tell you I wants to git off soon. My name Is Paul." It's tho fresh tuau who Is opt to get In a pickle.