Hillsboro independent., July 13, 1906, Image 6

Prisoners and Captives
By II. S. MERWMAN
rilAITEK XIV. (Continued.)
It, be said presently, "you were m)
sister, or If I were fortunate enough t
(himi a right to comment upon jour
ai-ticua, I should bo strongly ieiupted ti
throw rvli) wsler upon larr charity
"Of course you would," she replied
"Sin wen out of tea would do the
SSDie."
"I hope so."
"I ui sure of It, Mr. Tyars, and,
moreover. I do not defend ruywif. It It
very difficult to find a channel for roar
Itable motives to run In. At any rata, I
do no harm to then old men.
"I hare no doubt you do them
deal of good." he said, rather bluntly:
"but you are hardly the person to do it
Thie la not the place for a lady to wsu
der about in aloue. Walt twenty years."
She laughed, and atepped aside to bold
out her a run in expostulation.
"I'm not a girl." aha said; "and look
at me. A thick veil and a clumsy old
ulster without a waist to It. I think, in
deed. It la foolish of me to axk you to
look."
lie did look, gravely, from the top of
her limple hat to the toes of her email
hoots peeping out beneath the ulater.
"It is no uee," he said, "you cannot di
gulae yourself. No woman." be added,
"with your advantages can."
He was quite right. Plainness is easl r
to conceal than bestity. T'uere is nothing
more difficult to hide than a pretty face
and a graceful figure. They walked on
,in- ... ...
"If," she aaid, "we waited for men to
tell us what we can do and what we
cannot, a great deal of good would remain
undone.
He would not argue; and bla alienee
softened her humor, for it betrayed
determination to Interfere no further.
"It la not," aha said, continuing her
defense with womanlike persistence, "as
If I dragged other people into it. I do
not, for instance, bring Helen here."
Aa she said this she glanced up at him.
"No," ha answered, calmly, returning
her gaze.
They were now at the dork gates, and
the constable on duty touched the brim
of hia helmot In double recognition.
"May I call a hansom?" inquired Ty
ars.
"Thank you," she aaid. "There la oue
coming."
While waiting for the cab aba spoke
again.
"I feel," she aald. lightly, "like a run
away school girl. Will you pleasa tell no
tales out of school 7"
"You can trust me, Miss Winter," ha
aald, as be helped ber Into the cab, "to
bold my tongue. It la ona of the few ac
complishments I possess."
CHAPTER XV.
Claud Tyara had taken up his abode
In a residential club In London. Tills
change had been dictated by motives of
economy. lie aaid that he found cham
bers in the Albsny too eipensive for a
man who waa seldom In London. No one
to whom he made this statement was
poets 1 as to the extent of bis income,
and the excuse passed readily enough.
He waa certainly freer In bla new
quarters tree to come and go when the
aplrit moved him, and to aome extent be
took advantage of bla newly established
liberty. His absences were frequent, but
he was seldom away from t-mulon for
more than a night or two. He frequently
ran down to Glasgow, and once to Peter
bead, where he aieut two nlghta.
One morning In early December he was
partaking of a very hearty breakfast at
the Wanderers' Club, where he had tem
porarily taken rooma, when Matthew
Mark Kaston waa shown in. The Ameri
can was also a member of this club, which
was, singularly enough1, composed of mem
lera of aome university or another, duly
qualified by the power and means to sat
isfy the cravings of a roaming aplrit.
Without a word he threw down upon
the breakfast table a letter, of which the
envelope bad been torn. Tyars waa quite
equal to the American in quickness of
thought. Preserving the same atolo si
lence, he tossed across the table another
envelope Identical in every way, and ad
dressed by the smue hand. Then be con
tinued hia breakfast. Kaston spoke the
two words :
"Wednesday week."
"Yes; Wednesday week."
"The night," said Easton, "that we
fixed for (iuy Fawkes."
"Yea. We must have the meeting on
Tuesday night. We muat go to thia."
Tyara Inid bis hand on thejettei. The
American's quick little eyea were danc
ing over bla whole person, even to the
tips of the quieacent brown fiugers.
"Must we?" he Inquired.
Tyars looked up sharply.
"I do not believe," he said, "that yon
appreciate the importance of Oswln
Urace."
"Good sailor man !" answered the
American, "but too many women folk.
They will give ua trouble."
"Grace la worth It. He la something
more than a good aailor. I cannot de
fine It, but he haa something which makes
bim just the man I want."
Kaston was silent. He had a great re
apect for bla big, calm Englishman ; the
sort of respect that one haa for anything
larger than one's self In the way of an
animal.
"Well, then," he said, "we will go. I
shall rail the meeting on Tuesday week
at my rooms as before. It Is the last full
meeting we shall ever have."
With that he rose and held out hit
hand. When he was gone, Claud Tyars
turned to his breakfast again. He spent
the morning at the docks, and in the af
ternoon returned to his rooms tired and
rather dirty. In I few minutes all signs
of fatigue and work were removed, and
he est off on foot to call at It rook street,
one of the best dressed men In Piccadilly.
There waa a sailor like frankness In
the way In which Halter, the admiral's
butler, opened the door when the visitor
wsa fortunate enough to And any one at
home. The formal threshold question
was dispensed with by the genial welcome
or the heartfelt sorrow expressed by the
man's brown and furrowed face.
He welcomed Tyars with a special grin
nd an Ill-concealed desire to grab at
forelock now bruahed scrupulously bark.
Palter had always endeavored through life
to adapt himself ungrudgingly to circum
stances, and he aucceeded fairly well In
remembering on moat occasions that he
was a butler, bat his love for all marin
ers waa thing he never fully managed
to conceal. Iand lubbers he tolerated
now, and he liked a soldier, but his hon
est, dog like heart went out to all who.
like himself, loved breese of wind and
the tweet, keen smell of spray. There
waa bond In mutual love, whether It be
f dog or horse, of sport or work, of land
er sea, and Tyara always felt an Inclina
tion te ehake honest John Salter by the
band when he saw him.
Te these feelings of sympathy muat be
ttrib.ted the fact that Tyara forgot te
your
nquire whether the admiral were at
lotne. That some one was to be found
ltaira in the drawing room waa obvi
ua enough from Halter's beaming eoua
enunce; but the maritime butler omitted
o give particulars.
Thus it happened that the surprise was
DUlual when Tyars and Helen Grac
ouud themselves face to face alone in
he drawing room. '
Kite had been seated at a small table
lear tba window and she rose to receive
ilm, without, however, moving toward the
Joor.
He came forward without appearing to
notice a slight movement of embarrass
ment on he- part, and shook hands. Most
nen would have launched Into unneces-
ary explanations respecting his presence,
'.lis motive for coming, and bia firm re
vive to leave again at once. Hut Claud
Tyars occasionally took it upon himself
to Ignore the usages of bis fellows.
'I have much pleasure," he said, with
irave Jocularity, "in accepting your kind
invitation to dine on Wednesday week;
tnil I am yours truly. Claud Tyars.
Helen laughinglv expressed her pleas-
ii re that be was able to come, and return
ed to ber chair beside the littls tshle.
She waa quite her gentle, contained self
Jgain. The signs of embarrassment. If
ucb they were, had aulte disaDoeared.
and she asked bim to find a chair for
himself with just that modicum of famil
iarity which one allows one's self toward
the Intimate friend of a brother or alster,
This he did, frankly bringing a seat near
er to the small table.
"If." he continued. "It will be any sat
isfaction to your hospitable mind. I will
disclose the fact that my friend Kaston
is also able to avail himself of
kindness."
I am glad," she said, glancing across
at bim with those gravely auestionlnc
eyes of hers, which somehow conjured up
inougnts or olden times, of quieter daya
wnen there waa time to think and live
and love. "Mr. Tvars." she continued.
I have an apology to make to you."
He looked at ber without speaking for
some moments. In snother man nra
would almost bare suspected a desire to
prolong ths contemplation of a very
lovely, shamed face.
For what?" be said at length.
For disliking you I mean for begin
ning to dislike you. I don't I that
waa at first."
I wonder," be said, with quick mer
cy, ir you know why you began by
disliking me."
"I think I do."
He smiled and turned awav hia eves
rather auddenly. There waa a naiwr
knife lying on the table, and he took It
up, subsequently balancing It on his fin
be r, while she watched bim with rams
and mechanical Interest.
"Tell me," he aaid.
"Jealousy,"
"Ah 1"
He glanced almost furtlvelv toward
ber and caught passing smile. . It waa
now bla turn to look III at ease. She
maintained silence In a determined way
which somehow threw the onus of the
pause on his shoulders. At lust he threw
the paper knife down on the table with a
clatter.
You are right," he aald. almost blunt
ly. "I hsve acted like a coward."
"And you are not a coward?"
He raised bis eyebrows. The els nee
of her eyes as they rested on his great,
stalwart frame canceled the Interroga
tion. "I have never thought so until now."
She shook ber bead with rather a
wistful smile.
"Then I have reason," she said, "to
be jealoua. You are drawing Oswln away
from me?"
Itefore replying he rose, and during
the rest of their conversation he never
took a seat again, but continued moving
about the room with a certain atrange
restlessness which is very uncommon in
big men.
"What la your mission?" she asked.
Again he stopped. He stood before her
with hia strong aruis banging motionless,
bis great brown bands half closed and
quite still, as they alwaya were unless
actually at work. He certainly waa a
picture of strength, a perfect specimen
of the human animal, aa be bad called
himself.
"Arctic exploration," be answered. "I
mean to reach the north pole some day.'"
It happened that Helen knew a good
deal about Arctic matters. The admiral
had been bitten by the atrange erase in
his younger days. Like many others, he
had for a time given way to the spirit of
exploration which la hidden somewhere In
every Englishman's heart. Every book
of Arctic travel yet printed waa to be
found In hia smoke-seen ted den,' and
Helen had read most of them.
She knew, therefore, what the end
would be. To hear a man aay that he
Intends to reach the north pole la one
thing; to know what he la talking about
and believe In bia intention ia quite an
other. To Helen Grace the fuller knowl
edge was given, and she sat looking at
Claud Tyars with a dull anguish In ber
eyes,
"And yon want Oswln?" she whis
pered. He did not answer, but turned away aa
from something that be could not face,
and stood by the window, looking down
Into the street.
He stood beside the window, not mov
ing a muscle. All this had been thought
out. This interview had been foreseen.
Oswln bad aked that he might break
the news to his sister and father, but
Tyara bad claimed the right himself. His
waa the onus, and hia must be the blame.
There was no desire to shirk responsi
bility ; Indeed, he seemed to court It
Helen Grace must be deceived It waa a
contemptible thing to do and be would
have none other but himself. He stub
bornly took It all upon bia own shoul
ders. "I suppose," aald Helen at last, "that
he wanta to go."
"Of course." waa the answer. "What
sailor would not? Put I persuaded him
the fault Is all mine."
She looked up sharply.
"And Mr. Eastern?" she Inquired, with
keen logic.
"Yes, yes; but I chose your brother.
Tb matter rests with me, and the
blame."
"What haa Mr. Easton to do with It?"
she asked ; and he knew that she waa al
ready prejudice.) against the American.
"He Is getting up the expedition the
Bret one."
"And he goes with, you?"
"No," replied Tyars; "I have already
toll you he le physically Incapacitat
ed." She gave a little laugh a very un
pleasant laugh for man to hear from
the llpe of a woman. Fortunately Mat
thew Mark Easton was spared the cru
elty of hearing It.
"I like you." ahe aald, "for telling
me. There were so many other ways of
doing it so many easier ways for you
bat yoa chose to tell me yourself."
To this he said nothing. Despite hia
capable air, despite an unusual rapidity
of thought which took the form of action
In emergencies, he waa not able to reel
off glib phrases at the proper moment.
Suddenly ber proud self-restraint seem
ed to give way.
"I suppose," she said, softly, almost
pleadingly, "that nothing will deter your
"One word from you would deter me,"
be aaid, "but I de not think that yoa
will say It."
"No," ahe answered, with a smile; "I
am not going to ask you to let my broth
er off."
"I did not know bow he waa circum
stanced when 1 first met him," said Ty
ars; "1 did not know of your existence."
"Of course," she aaid. with a little
shrug of the shoulders, "I am not going
to be silly and stand In my brother
way. Only It would have been so mud
better could you have found some one
like yourself without brother or sister,
or any one to care much for bim. It la
not only for myself "
She stopiied suddenly. There waa
moment of tense silence. Then be slowly
approached her until the little table alone
separated tbem.
"Miss Grace." be aald. slowly, "what
do you mean?"
She waa not the kind of woman to
resort to subterfuge or useless denial, and
shs therefore held her tongue. At the
same time ahe began to feel very help
less. With Oswln, with ber father, an
'1th all men whom - she had hitherto
known, she could noid ner own, nut witn
Claud Tyara it waa different. There waa
in his presence a force which did not
take the form of words. He merely stood
still, and his silence was stronger than
any words she bad yet beard Then he
snoks slowly and quite gently :
"You must tell me, be said, "what
you mean.
She glanced up at bim appeallngly be
neath her lashes, at bay and yet almost
mastered. He softened a little.
"Unless," he added, "It would be
breach of confidence."
"No," ahe answered. "It Is not that
for no one haa confided In me but I
think "
"You are not sure?" be Interrupted,
eagerly.
"Yes, Mr. Tyara, I am sure.
He turned away again and went to
ward the window. She mechanically took
up her work, and for some time both
were fully occupied with tbelr own
thoughts.
The short winter day was drawing In
before Claud Tyars left ltrook street. At
be shook hands with Helen, he said:
"I had the pleasure of meeting Miss
Winter the other evening.
"Yes." said Helen, "she told me."
That waa all, but tbey understood each
other. A stress upon a single word,
glance, a little hesitation, will aay so
much that cannot be aet down in print.
The unfinished conversation waa term!'
nated. Claud Tyara knew that there
was some one else to watch and wait for
Oswln Grace if be went to the Arctic
seas.
He had only been In the room an hour
a dismal November afternoon and yet
there was a difference In bia life at ht
left the door. It doet not take long to
make a friend.
(To be continued.)
BY
THE
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NEW TRICKS OF UMBRELLAS.
Maar lasproveateata Made la the
Last Kave Tear oa Tbem.
Up to a few week ago. It la aald.
only seven patents on umbrellaa had
been Issued In the United States In 100
years, this despite the fact that the
annual production of umbrellaa In tbla
country 1 clime to lo,(xxt,(HH, says the
American Inventor.
. The rll and atetn of an umbrella
are generally made In factories having
a aiHK'lulty of these Items and are sent
thence to the real inatnifacturer. Here,
first, the man whose work It la to
assemble the parts Inserts a tilt of
wire Into the small holes at the end of
the ribs, draws them together about the
main rod and puts on the ferule.
Jn cutting the cloth seventy-five
thicknesses or thereuliouts are ar
ranged upon a splitting table, at which
skilled operators work. In another room
are a number of girls who operate hem
mlng machines. A thousand yards of
hemmed good Is hut a day's work for
one of these girls. The machines at
which they work have a speed of some
S.InhD revolutions a minute.
After hemming, the cloth Is rut Into
trlangulnr pieces, with a knife as be
fore, but with a pattern laid uon the
cloth. The nest oierntion la the sew
lng of the triangular pieces together by
machinery.
The cover ami the frame are now
ready to lie brought together. In all
there are twenty-one places where the
cover la to tie attached to the frame of
the average umbrella.
The handle la next glued on and the
umbrella Is ready for pressing and In
spection. Py far the greater nuinlier
of umbrellas to-day are etpilpiied with
wooden handles. A large variety of
materials may be used, however, aucb
aa born, china, bone, agate, ties r I,
Ivory, silver and gold. Gold and sliver
quite naturally enter Into the construc
tion of the more expensive grade of
umbrellaa, some fif which In price have
been known to bring aa high as f 130
or $2o. A wmiden handle may Ilk
wise be expensive, deendlng upon the
quality of the wood uaed. Ebony, pet
rifled wood, fir, oak and elder ore aa
well known to the umbrella man 15,
UUi.otM umbrellas a year.
The umbrella has been developing
rapidly during the last few years.
e pick up even a cheap one nowa
days, press a button and the top
spreads Itself like an eagle ready for
Its flight We are going away and an
ordinary umbrella la too long to put In
our grip. We find among our assort
ment of umbrellaa and parasols one
that la meant for just such an emer
gency, and which, In a most accommo
dating manner, folds up to suit the size
of our traveling bag. Other new ones
lock with a key. Some spread their
hade over eight or nine feet of terri
tory, and manufacturers aver that
these are but a few of the Improve
ments which we may expect
Feaalalae Attrartloas.
Dolly Tea, the prettiest girl In our
Sunday school sold kisses at 99 cents
each to help along the church fair
Somehow, the young men were ahy
about taklug tbem at that price.
Dick No wonder. You muat have
been trying to attract girls. Young
men are Dot looking for VD-cent bar-gains.
It I not wealth, nor ancestry, but
honorable conduct and noble dispo
sition that make men great Ovid,
TBA fiT pottaI. RIGHTS IS AT HAND.
By Joseph W. Folk.
Political revival la going on all
over the land to-day on the subject
of tlie rule of the ieople. The jieo
ple of Philadelphia. Cincinnati. Pitts
burg. Pennsylvania, and Ohio have
been fighting to regain the govern-
7 uieut they had lost The ieople are
' . . . . . , .......
beginning to awaaen 10 a rraiiMu
of the fact that the government of
the city. State and nation belongs to
i . i...m mm tab thift tfovern.
oa. w. rote. '01U- "r , ,
ment Into their own bands whenever they wish.
W. need more respect for exi.tlng laws rather than
more laws. Tbeonlf way the ,.,,le can ru la through
the law. m.d. by their representatives If these law.
art not olieved, tbeti, Instead of a government by the
people there It government by those with wealth or
Influet enoulh to obtain oflU... nullification of the
laws Had rrotldence ordained that Adam, the first
man. should have life eternal here, and a. the ruler of
hi millions of des.vndants he had received a salary of
$176 a day hit 0.WO yeara' savings would not bring hia
fortune up' to that of Mr. Carnegie. Yet Hie wagea of
the average man It nearer $1.75 a dajT than $173. and
Instead of llvlug ." the Imn of hl" llf' UHrJly
reaches 40 year. If uftn were to r",',ve " "'ry of
$10.0K a year, nd save every cent of It he would have
to live .1,1 M) years before he could niatch hit fortune
with that of the prim-e of oil, acquired through the sys
tem of s lal privilege. How Is It that men can accumu
late In a few jetrt as much aa under normal condition.
It would take tent of thousands of year to obtain? Thl
could not hav been done If the doctrine of equal rlghU
prevailed; It It done because of the rule of the special
privilege.
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A
MAN SHOULD LIVE A CENTURY.
By Sir Samuel Wllka.
It It remarkable why a dog should be worn
out tad old after hia ten revolutions, a horse
after twenty, and uinn when he baa bad bla
three tcore uud ten. According to one scien
tist tn animal's age Is five time that of the
ierlud taken to reach maturity. In the case of
the elephant, which the zoological society sold
to Barnaul, anu wuicn was anoruy aner-
ward killed by accident, the skeleton
and which wai ihortly afterward killed by accident the
was again brought to England In a show, and
It was then seen that the long bones were still distinct
and separate. This accorded with It supposed age of 22
year when It wnt sold. According, therefore, to the
authority referred to man ought to live to be 100 years
old.
There seems nothing opxsed to the possibility of the
age of man hiring been greater than now In the time
of the patrlurelu. There Is a doctrine as old as Aristotle
that asserts that the function comes first and then the
organ. I may rmliid the reader of the large muscles of
the blacksmith! inn or the dancer's leg, and that they
are therefor proportionately strong, and that this In
creased development came In consequence of their being
put to greater awehen they were of normal atr.e.
Just a we uwour musc les If we wish to retain tbelr
strength, so llknrlse must we continue to use the brain
In order to pwerve It In working order. Use brings
A
blood to the organ, and so It nutrition Is kept up and
Its healthy state la retained. A a result of this It may
be said that aa a rule, profeaslonal men. or Judges, or
legislators, whose mlud are continually active, live longer
tbuu those who retire from' business at an early age and
have 110 occupation to employ their leisure. Oevupatlon
may therefore be coualdered aa oue of the necessities of
long life.
POSSIBLE TO FORETELL THE ITTUBE.
By H. O. W0IU.
Why should things ceaso at uiant v uj
should not thl rising curve rls yet wore
steeply and swiftly? There are things to
suggest that we are now In a phase of rapid
and unprecedented development The condi
tions under whU b men live are changing with
an ever Increasing rapidity, aud so far as
our knowledge goes no sort of creatures have,
ever lived under changing conditions with-
"... ti. nrnfoundest changes themselves. In
VUl uiiurtuvinj " . ...
the last century there was more chango In the conditions
of human llfs than there had been In the previous thou
sand years.
And now If It has been possible for men. by picking
out a number of suggestive and significant looking things
In the present and comparing them, crltlcjalng them, and
discussing them with a perpetual Insistent upon "why.
without any guiding tradition, and. Indeed. In the teeth
of established beliefs, to construct thl amardng search
light of Inference Into the remoter past I I really, after
oil, such an extravagant and hopeless thing to suggest
that by seeking for ojieratlng causes Instead of for fos
sils, and by criticising them as jierslstently and thor
oughly as the geological record has been criticised, It
may not be poBslble to throw a searchlight of lnfereuce
forward Instead of backward, aud to attain a knowledge
of coming things as clear, as universally convincing, and
Infinitely more Important to mankind than the clear
vision of the pat that geology haa opened to us during
the nineteenth century?
MAEEIA0E MISERY IF WIFE HOLDS PITRSE.
By Helen Oldfield.
During the first year of married life people
ought to settle the scale of domestic economy
upon which they proiiose to live. It Is better
to set this scale below, rather than above, the
mark, since It can tie far more easily raised
than lowered. From the first the wife should
be enreful to pay her bills every week. The
first few months of married life are the hey
dey of a wife's power. Let her use It not
merely to get concessions, presents, or any Immediate
advantage, but to make her husband the sort of man aud
husband he would like himself afterwards to be.
Prominent among new doctrines in this era of strange
gospels Is that which holds that the woman Is bound to
contribute to the support of the family by earning money
as the man does. Which Is, on the face of It, contrary to
nature. It Is the province of the woman to make the
home, of the man to furnish the materials wherewith
It la made. The wife who does ber whole duty within
the walls of ber own home Is a time helpmeet, and, while
her loving service can be repaid only In love, she Is also
financially well worthy of her hire. A physician, who
addressed the recent health congress In Europe, declared
that "A borne pursuit for women would work miracles
In thousands of cases of nervous dlsesse."
MODERN AVMAKI NO.
s -aes""""-"
Work la theHaraeld Not the I.a-
borloas fwess of the Past.
Ilaymakjif not the laborious pro
cess that It was fifty years ago, or
even ten yn ago. Every step can
now be acinmpllshed by machinery.
from the cutting to the final storing
In the mow or stack, except the ar
ranging of the hay on the wagons.
These convetlences permit rapid hand
ling and enaWe the farmer to make the
best use of sery dry day or half day.
The side dtilrery rake combines the
work of tl dump rake and tedder,
eavlng continuous windrows that enn
one who makes her "good-niornlng" a
pleasant greeting, ber visit a bright
pot In the day and her "good-by" a
hope that she may come again. A wom
an of tact Is one who does not always
gauge people by their clothes or their
riches, but who strongly condemns bad
manners.
A POSSIBLE POPE.
The above picture of Cardinal Merry
Iel Val was sketched from life on the
last birthday of King Alfonso of Spain
when high mass was celebrated In, the
national Spnnlsh church at Home by the
ANCIENT WATER VILLAGES.
Hello ef 014 Caatosne Prevailing- la
tba "Ipreawald."
One of the most Interesting regions
In the "old fatherland" Is the so called
"Spreewald," the forest of the 8pn-e,
situated not far from the German cap
ital, In the province of Ilrandenburi,
Each village Is a little Venice, every
house a little Island, and these Islets
are connected by bridges sufllclentiy
raised to- allow bouts to pass under
them. Most of the houhea, with their
barns and stables, rest on piles, a-td
there Is generally a strip of artificial
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MODERN' HAYMAKING WITH SIUE DELIVERY RAKE AND LOADER.
be taken op by the loader. The curing
of timothy It a comparatively simple
matter If rains can be avoided and
there are no coarse weed stalks mixed
with It Clover bay Is more difficult
to dry out tnd on this account Its qual
ity Is often Impaired, bringing Ita mar
ket price considerably below what It
hould be. Sun and wind both play
part In the curing process, though
the wind It the more Important factor
of the two. Indeed the sun alone Is
likely tu bleach and discolor the clover
fter It bat lieen cut. The hot rays
of the sua wither up the leaves, pre
venting the naturnl ecae of the water
from the stems. To Illustrate thl more
clearly by m example, take two tree
hat are nit down In June, when the
eaves are In full vigor, nave the
limbs removed from one so that 110
leaves remain. Allow the other to He
Just ss It fell. Examine the trees two
or three weekt later, and you will find
that one trunk contains far more water
than the other. One tree was sucked
dry by the leavea. the other was
trimmed of leaves, and no punis were
at work to drain the trunk dry. When
clover hay la spread out to the sun the
leaves wbloh contain these little pumps
re put out of action, because they are
hrlveled and dried up. and cannot do
their duty. If, soon after cutting, the
clover It piled In falr-alxed wlmliows.
id left falrlr open to tne wma, tne
leave remain green and strong, the
work of pumping tbe stems goes on un
til the whole plant Is dried out Mon
treal Star.
The Tm9t.
A woman f tact Is one who feels
that the ,tory told to hurt your feel
ings It eaaentlally bad torm tai 'n-
slderit of the feelings of other. A
woman of tact l tba woman who Is
courteous to old Ppl' wno fM
with the yonnl snd who mskes her
telf igreetble to all women la all con
tfiUoni of uf. A womaa of tact Is
bishop of Solsona. Afterward his emi
nence Cardinal Merry Del Val gave the
benediction. The Spanish church, ded
icated to Santa Maria Dl Monserrato
la a pretty little building, known to
;not English eople In Rome on ac-
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count of Ita nearness to the English
college. At the last conclave Cardinal
Merry Del Val was considered a likely
candidate for the pontificate.
Medical Proexsnr (to student) Give
me the beat method for re-eertai)!!ah!ng
tbe circulation.
Student Call a cop. Translated for
Tales from Le Rlr.
terra Anna either In front or at the
rear of every building, lty means of
uiese iana strips and of the bridges the
i.n-iiiir innu communication Is kpt
throughout the district, but most of the
nusiness and amusement are carried
on through the canals, which not only
form the main highways, but penetrate
ana cross ana recross the whole region.
.u inrse ingoons that all traffic
is connuctea in boats during the period
from spring when the last vestiges of
frost snd ice are disappearing until
the end of autumn. Tou see the letter
carrier shoot up and down the csnaln
performing hi duties In his frail craft:
Mia rllM -U.I. 1-1 . '
I". t sum- icisureiy along the
nann. watching everything going on;
liessants bring the product f their
toll to the nearest towns; children Po
to and rrom school; yng mothers,
dressed In their Sunday clothes, ar,
rowed to church, carrying D their arm
a small, queer looking bundle from
which two large eyes In a tiny fea
stsre at the stranger In wonderment
bsby Is going to be baptized, an Im
portant moment with this strongly re
ligious people. Technical World Mas--
WILL DREDGE FOR COAL.
i.a Kavel Flaw
Paster Oaea m Mlaee
t Hals .
With the aid of d'e.!ge whU-h
scoot,, up coal from the bottom of
Susquehanna River, tu.
Hague, pastor or me -
' . '. ' . ......... osrn enough DJOU-
list LDurtu, ui-- - , , ,
eynot only to support ulwse f and blj .
family, but to build up bla church and
Increase bis congregation, as well as to
do the charitable work among i"
workers of bis district
Pastor Hague Is a mine worker n.m-
......1 tnierluteudeui si
sen, umma -- .
the wine, of O. II. MarkU & Co.. and
later of E. B. Coxe Co.. aay.
Wllkesbarr. corresjiondent of the w
York World. He felt callea to preaiu
...,..1 mi bla domUIou and
after being graduated from a theolog
ical semlusry became, at tne ngtr
11 . iiu.,i. ,.,inut..r in 1SU7 be gave
up a prosperous church In Plymouth
..1 t.vi.k cimnre of the congregation at
Lee Park, where be saw the need of
much missionary work. Ills lubors re
sulted In the erection of a church, but
It waa badly damaged In the flood of
11101 and ao-aln the next year. The same
year the mine workers strike left the
church so beavlly In debt that It has
not recovered. Forty -two mine workers
constitute Its membership and tbe pas
tor draws no salary.
In the bed of the Sutuiuehanna River.
between this city and Ilurrlshurg, are
thousands of tons of good coal which
has tieen washed from the culm banks .
and storage yards by the floods. For
years dredging for coal bas been a
profitable enterprise. Tbe Iter. Mr.
Ilumie designed and had a dredite built
and Is now about to begin work. Ill
Iredge bas a capacity of from eighty to
too tons a duy and raises tho coal by
means of buckets on an endless chain,
rinvm bucket transfer tint coal to
screen, where It Is assorted and wash
ed and the various sizes distributed in
chutes and delivered Into pockets Ilk.
those or a breaker. 'J Here it la ready
for shipment by small boats to the
bore or from the river bunk directly
Into wagons.
Pastor Ilaarue and bis six sons will
operate the dredge, but Mr. Hague will
neither neglect bis duties as pastor nor
as president of the Town Council of
Plymouth.
Harm Doae.
Judge Here are three witnesses who
heard you call thl man a liar. Have
you any excuse to offer?
Prls-mer-Why, ywr horior f.
were all good friends of his; they knew
It alre.dy.-Tranalated for Tale. fro
t ami lie-Journal.
Saaaeea Taat Wtr,
"Pa," aald little Willi, Skulebagger
"teacher told us to be prepared toW
row to tell what meter the -Charge of
the Light Brigade la In." '
"Ehr replied old William Sknleba.
ger. -that's easy. Oa. meter, of course
-Tbe Cathollo Standard and Time.'
Unfortunately a
man with an
mine dtanrlly. I- - -. - . "
m - Mm Mi jm
leounL"
"no ao-
The. limpet's power of adherence to
tbe rock Is eijuul to two thousand time
Its own weight.
It Is said that there Is a woman In
Manchester, England, who bas eye.
which magnify objects fifty times their
natural size.
Fish have beeu resuscitated after
freezing at 12 degrees or 14 degrees
ahrenbelt below freezing jioliit, but
do not survive zero temperature.
Tbe American hickory Is the best
wood In the world for fuel. If Its
value Is reckoned at one hundred, oak
1 worth eighty-four, beech sixty-five,
nd white pine only thirty.
Russia has 4H,.VMH0 acres of for
est. That Is to say, more than one
third of the whole country Is covered
by trees; aud there are four acre, of
forest to every Inhabitant
The first artificer ever ennobled for
his worlt was Henry de Vic, a convert
ed Arub, who built a gigantic clock for
Charles V., King of France, In 1370.
The clock weighed five hundred ixjuikIh.
De Vic also received a life ikminIou.
Aniline colors, similar to those from
coal tar, are now made In a Russlau
factory from petroleum. They are free
from a troublesome constituent of the
coal-tar dye, and do not turn green
with age. The factory Is producing,
annually alnnit fifty thousand tiounds
of these dyestuffs, which are luoatly
used for coloring cotton goods.
While X-rays have usually shown no
lenitive effect uiioii the germination of
seeds and other plant phenomena, H.
Seckt claims to have shown that they
have a real Influence upon circulating
protoplasm. The movement quickened
in the Isolated hairs of somo plants,
and leaves aliout a foot from the tulte
tiegan to close after exposure for twen
ty minutes to the rays. The youngest
leaves closed first.
The aniline and soda works at Raden
take rank as the largest chemical fac
tory In the world. There are 421 fac
tory buildings and 04!) dwellings, and
the employes Include 148 scientific
chemists, seventy-five technical engl
neers, 305 clerks, and more than 6,000
worklngmen. steam Is furnished by
102 boilers for .253 engines of 12 ltW
horse power. The factory has twenty
seven miles of railway track, with 387
car, also a freight vessel.
The original development of fifty
thousand horse s,wer on the American
side of Niagara Fall I soon to be sup
plemented tiy an eoual amount
Canadian shore during the coming year.
ami contracts are already slinie,! -hi..i.
contemplate a total of not 1. ..
HO.tHK) in units of ten thousand horse
Iwer each. It Is, t factt exp,H.tp,,
tnat about 8.10.01 H) horse
won be supplied, ami the rental I estl-
: T ""mt W'.foo annually.
Within , ten year. It Is prophesied that
a million horse nower. t 1 ......
be furnished by N'lagara Fall. Tll.
most careful measurements fall to In
dlcate any efft on the fall, ,hem
elve. when the power I. now
on or off.
oaads I.Ike If.
Mrs. Malanron t .-....
nrlsed sr n niy am Sur-
prised at Prof. Rooker. I didn't never
supose he touched a drop
. I'rown And he doesn't r
sure be doesn't drink. m
Mrs. Malat
why. be wrote r.i . L 1 111
Pblladelnh is it. "uic
nri,
A hen never tria
. n spread h
wing, over her grown rooster-alze JoT
to protect him. but you will jL n
-who haven't a. M
There ta man. - .
-w wear, clothe, that are nt