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i ! i gOLANDE BY WILLIAM BLACK OIIAPTBn XI.-ContInued.) "Whnt I want to know, first of nil," Mr, Wlnterltourno said, with n kind of despair In Ms voice, "Is whether you nrc cortnln that tho Mnstcr will Insist? Why should he? How could It mutter to Mm? I thought wc hint done everything whwi wo let him know. Why should Yn Undo know? Why make her miserable to no end? Look what has boon done to keep this knowledge from her nil through the years; nnd you can see the result In the gayety of her heart. Would nho hare been tike Uiat If "ho had known If sho had always been thinking of ono who ought to be near her, and perhaps blaming herself for holding nloof from lier? She would hnre been quit differ ent; she would have been old In sadness by this time; wliereaa, she has never known what a care was. Mr. Melville, you are hW friend: you know him bet ter than nny of us; don't you think there Is some chance, of reasoning with him nnd Inducing him to forego this demand? It seems fo hard." The suffering that this man was under going was terrible. Ills question formed nlmost a cry of entreaty; and Jack Mel ville could scarcely bring himself to an nwer In what ho well knew to be the truth. "I cannot deceive you," ho said, after a second. "There Is no doubt that I,es lie's mind is mado up on that point. When I undertook to carry this message, ho more than oueo repeated his clear decision " "nut whr? What end will It serve? How could It matter to them living nway from London? 'How couki th- be harmed ?" "Mr, Wlnterboume," said the other, with something of n clear emphasis, "when I reported Ioslle's decision to Mr. Bhortlands, as I was asked to do, I re fused to defend It or to attack It, for that matter and I would rather not do no now. What I might think right In the same case what you might think right doca not much matter. I told Mr. Ehortktndt that perhaps we did not know everything that might lead to such a de cision; Leslie has not len on good terms with his father and aunt; and he thinks lie Is being badly used. There may be other things; I do not know." "And how do wc know that it will suffice?" the other said. "How do we know that It will satisfy htm and his people? Are we to Inflict nil this pain nnd sorrow on the girl; and then wait to nee whether that Is enough?" "It is not what I would do," said Jack Melville, who had not come here for nothing. "What would you do then? Can you suggest anything?" her father said eag erly. "Ah, you little know how we should value any one who could remove this thing from usr "What I would do? "Well, I will tell 70a. I would go to that girl, and I would see how much of the woman Is in tier; I think you will find enough. I would say to her. There is your mother; that Is the condition she hat sunk into through those accursed drugs. Kvery means have been tried to save her, with out avail -every means save one. It Is for you to go to her you yourself alone. Who knows what resurrection of will and purpose may not arise within her, when it is her own daughter who stands before ber aad appeals to her when It Is her own daughter who will be by her side during the long struggle? That is your duty as n daughter; will you do it? If I know the girl, you will not have to say morel" The wretched man opposite seemed al most to recoil from him in his dismay. There was sort of blank, vague terror In hts face. "Oh, it Is Impossible Importable!" be cried, at length. "It is Inhuman. You have not thought of it sufficiently. My girl to go through that have you con sidered what you are proposing to sub ject her to?" "I have considered," Jack Melville raid. "And I have thought of it sulll ciently, I hope. I would not have dared to make the suggestion without the most anxious consideration. I would put the case before her, and I know what her own answer would be." "And to go alone " "Sho will not be afraid!" "But why alone?" pleaded the father he Beemed to be imagining all kinds of things with those haggard eyes. "She could notl My girl to go away by her self she could notl It Is too terrible!" "Try her." "Sho has never traveled alone. Why, even to go to London by herself " "Oh, but that has nothing to do with It. That is not what I mean at all. As for that, her maid would go with her as a matter of course; and Mr. Sfcortlands might see her as far as London If be Is going south shortly, as I hear. She could put up at one or other of the hotels that she has already stayed nt with you. Then you would give her the address, and leave the rest to her," "You have been thinking over this," Mr. Wlnterboume said. "I hnvo not. I am rather bewildered about it. Shall we nsk Bhortlands?" "If you wish. Dut first let me explain, Mr. Wlnterboume. As I understand, several, arrangements hare been made with this poor woman only, unhappily, to be broken by her. Well, now,' why I want Yolande to go alone is to prevent suspicion in the poor woman's mind. I would have no third person. It should be a matter between tho two women themselves; and Yolande must insist on eeelng her mother alone." "You have thought of everything you have thought of everything," tho father murmured. "Well, let us see what Short lands says. It Is a terrible risk. I am not hopeful mysolf. The thing is Is It fair to bring all this distress and suffer ing on tho girl 011 such a romote chance?" "You must judge of that," said Mel ville. "You asked mo what I would do. I have told you." When they got to the other side they found John Shortlauds seated on n boul der of granite. He was not much startled by tho proposal. Now, ns they talked tho matter over, It appeared thnt he stood midway between these two, Inning neither tho eager enthusiasm of Jack Melville nor the utter hopolessncss of his friend Wlntorbourne. "If you think It Is worth trying, try It," Mid he coolly. "It can't do much hnrm. If Yolande Is to know, she may as well know to some end. Other things have been tried, and failed; this might not. Tho shock might bring her to her senses. Anyhow, don't you see, If you once tell Yolande nil About It, I rather fancy she will be dlssatlsiled until she has made a trial." "And who would undertake to tell her?" her father said. "Who could face tho suffering, shame, you would see In her eyes? Who would dare to suggest to her that she. so tenderly cared for all her life, should go nwny nnd encounter these horrors?" "If It comes to that." said Melville, "I will do It. If you think It right It It will give yon pain to speak to her let me speak to her." "You?" said hrr father. "Why should you undertake what cannot be but a dreadful tak? Why should you hare to hoar tli.it?" "Oh," cald he, "my share In the com mon trouble would be slight. Upsides, 1 have not many friends; and when one has the chance of lending n hand, don't you understand. It Is a kind of gratifica tion. I know It will not be pleasant except for one thing. I nm looking for ward to her nnswer; and I know what It will !h I am quite at your service. either on Tuesday or nny other day. whenever you let me know what you have decided." Ho would not go on to the house with them, despite all their solicitations; on the other hand, he begged them not to say to Yolande that they had seen him. So they went on their way dawn to the little lodge, while he went back and over the hills. "He's a fine fellow that, and no mis take," Mid the plain spoken John Short lands. "There Is a sort of broad human nature about him. And I sksnitd think, Wlnterboume, you were very mueh oblig ed to him." "Obliged r saM Yolande's father. "It is scarcely the word." . CHAITEH XII. AH had been arranged. Knrly one morning Jack Melville walked slowly and thoughtfully up to Allt-nam-ba. He knew she was at home; for the dog-cart had gone by with only Sandy In It. Per haps she might be Indoors working at the microscope he had lent her, or ar ranging her plants. She had seen him come up the strath; she was at the door awaiting him, her face radiant. "Ah, but why are you so late?" she cried. "They are all away. Shepherds and gllllti and all, two hours ago." "I did not mean to go with them. I have come to have a chat with you, Yo lande, If you will let me." He spoke carelessly; but there was something in his look that she noticed; and when she hail preceded him Into the little drawing room, she turned and re garded Mm. "What Is It? Is It serious?" she said, scanning his face. Well, he had carefully planned how be would approach the subject; but at this moment all his ebtWste designs went clear away from his brain. A far more happy expedient than any he had thought of hail that Instant occurred to him. He would tell her this story as of some one else. "It Is serious in a way," said he, "for I am troubled about an unfortunate plight that a friend of mine Is In. Why should I bother you about It? but still you might give me your advice." "My advice?" sho said. "If It would be of any service to you, yea, yes! Hut how could It be? What experience of the world hnve I had?" He did not wish to l too serious; and, Indeed, he managed to tell her the whole story In a fashion so plain, matter of fact, and unconcerned, that she nerer for an Instant dreamed of Its referring to herself. Of course he left out all de tails and circumstances that might posi tively have given her a clew; and only described the central situation as be tween mother and daughter. And Yo lande had a great compassion for that poor debased woman; and some pity, too, for the girl who was kept In Ignorance of her mother being alive; and she sat with her hands clasped on her knees, regarding these two Imaginary figure as It were, and too mueh interest! In them to rememW that her counsel was being asked concerning them. "Now, you see, Yolande," he contin ued, "It appears that one of the results of using those poisonous drugs, Is that the will entirely goes. The poor wretch hnve no command over themselves; they lire In a dream; they will promise any thing they will make the most solemn vows of abstinence and be quite unable to resist tho temptation. And the law practloally puts no chock on tho use of these fiendish things; even when the pub lic houses aro closed the chemist's shop Is open. Now, Yolande, I have a kind of theory or project with regard to that poor woman I don't know whether the doctors would approve of It but It Is a fancy I have; let us suppose that that poor wretch of a mother does not quite understand that her daughter has grown up to bo a woman most likely she still regards her as a child that Is a very common thing at all events sho Is not likely to know anything as to what her daughter Is like. And suppose that this daughter were to go to her mother and declare herself, do you not think that that would be enough to startlo her out of her dream? and do you not think that In the bewilderment of finding her rela tions reversed tho child grown to bo n woman nssumlng a kind of protection ami authority nnd command over the broken-down creature sho might be got to rely on that help and encouraged and strengthened by constant care and affec tion to retrieve herself? Don't you think It Is possible? To bo startled out of thnt d rerun by shnmo and horror! then tho wonder of having that beautiful daughter her companion nnd protectress! then the continual reward of her chain plonshlp don't you think It Is possible?" "Oh, yes oh, yes, surely I" snld ths girl. "Surely you nre right!" "Hut then, Yolnnde. I nm nfrnld you don't understand whnt n terrible busi ness It will be. It will demand the most constant watchfulness: for these drugs nre easy to get; nnd people who use them nre very cunning. And It will require n long time perhaps years before one could be certain that tho woman was saved. Now look at It from the other side. Might not one say, That poor woman's life Is gone. Is done for; why should you destroy this other young llfo In trying to save n wreck? Why should you destroy one happy human existence in trying to rescue the mere remnant of another humnn existence thnt would be worthless nnd useless even If yon suc ceed? Why should not the girl live her own life In pence and happiness? "lint thnt Is not what you would say: that Is not what you think," she said, confidently. "And do you ask what the girl would think? for I enn tell you that. Oh. yes, I can tell you she would despise any one who offered her such a choice!" "Hut she would be In Ignorance. Yo lande: she would know nothing nbout It." "She ought not bo In Ignorance, then! Why do they not tell her? Why not nsk herself whnt she will do? Ah, nnd nil this time the poor woman loft to her selfIt wns not right It was not Just I" "Hut she tins not been left to herself, Yolnnde. Kverytlilng has been tried everything but this. And that Is why I have come to nsk you whnt you think n girl In that piwltlon would naturally do. What would she do If she were told?" 'There cannot le a doubt." she ex claimed. "Oh. there cannot bo a tleubt! You I know what your feeling Is what your opinion Is. And yet you hesi tate! Why? tSo; and you will see what her answer' will lie!" "Do you moan to say, Yolnnde," he said, deliberately, and regarding her at the same time, "that you hnve no duiibt whatever? You say I am to go and nsk this young girl to sacrifice her life or It may be only u part, but thnt the best wrt, of her life on this chance of rescu ing n Poor iH-okon-down creature" "Her mother." said Yolande. "If sho Is the girl thnt you say, oh, I know how she will be grateful to you. She will bless you. She will look on you ns the best nnd dearest of her friends, who had courage when the others were afraid, who had faith In her." "Yolande." said he. almost solemnly, "you have decided for yourself." "1?" she said, In atHstemeHt. "Your mother Is alive." She uttered a sharp cry of twin, It seemed. "My mother my mother like that"' For a time this agony of shame and horror deprive.! her of all iower of ut terance; the blow had fallen heavily. Her most cherished and Iwiutiful ideals lay broken at ber feet: in their place was this stern and ghastly picture thst he had placed before httr mental eyes. He had not softened down any of the de tails; It was necessary that she should know th truth. And she had been so much Interested In the story, ns he pa tlently put It before her, that now she had but little difficulty alas! -she had no difficulty at nil In placing herself In the position of thnt Imaginary daughter, and realizing what she had to face. He waited. He had faith In her cour age; but he would give her time. This was a sudden thing to happen to a girl of nineteen, Well." ike said, nt leactli. In a low voice, "I will go. I will gu at once. D-n-s able; but there was u doubt concern papa know yoi were coming here to-day Ing, the fato of thn Pacific sqnndron. to tell we?" two nnme of Admiral I)t,wey wns llttlo "Yes. He eotild not do It himself, Yo known outside of naval circles nud Ills html. He has suffered fearfully during 0,,ortnnlty for proving his ability In f'rrTkSt'lTwoJld IS ,ita '.".TKeneles lm.l not yet eon., to I.I... j .. rnlsttl the country to tho liHght of ex "What Induced him to change bU.Pctnney, nwnltlng tho occurrence of Hilit.IV a bnttlo that should settlo tho wnr do He was embarrassed: he had rwt ex cislrely on the sea, when tho newa of peeled the question. She glanced at his the battle of Manila bay came to the - American public. Tho two qualities "Was thst the objection at Lynn Tow of Dewoy that wero brought out bo- l'"X "hs.- f k' ralmlf: . t . for tiio public In connection with tho "No. olande. no; It was not. I d.r. v declslvtff.es. and !.! say I.ord Lynn does not quite approve """ " of your father's polities; but that has lulcknus of action, nothing to do with ywi." i It Is the man who has no quibbling Then It was your hlni that I should nbout duty, tho soldier, or tho snllor, be told?" or the civilian, who obeys orders, who (To he contlnnrd.l stands ready for tho fight for country j . i nnd right, whatever the causo mny bo, llnlplni Hinployea to Hunoorrt. WMo j, .(, patriot of to-dny, JlMt as ho The modem American dejmrtmetit wnt tho patriot of yesterday. It Is tl.f store employer Is at his wit's end to rnnn who strikes out from the shottl- ileviMo new muthors to help the crn dor nnd who hits the mark straight ployo to succeed. In the smaller titles who win tho fight. mid towns, the public ha little knowl-j . edge of the free ihwIIchI attendance Probably no President of tho I'nlted nnd drug stores the employer has es- Htates ever suffered moru from per- tMhllshcd for the overworked and sonal unpopularity than did Andrew poor young women nm! men; of the ex- eecdlngly cheap and wholesome food served to employes; of the relief bene fit HswoclHtltin; of the savings-bank futures; or of the ulry hiiiI comforta ble retiring. rcstluK mid reading rooms. The food fiirnlkhed to the employes I provided nt Mil exiteuse to the employ er, not n profit. These departments of help nre what we term "dead depart ments. Iiy thnt Is meant thnt they bring the employer no Income. I should really hesitate to say exact ly what these thlngH cost the depart ment-storo employor. So fur us belli of this kind Is con cerned, the end Is not yet In Mglit. Tho employer realizes that to help the em ploye Is to help himself. It would not surprise me, In the near future, to seo all employes of the great department stores stockholders In the business of their employers. The pro'It-Hlinrliig plan Is ns yet n new nnd untried thing. Helen Slegol In Success Magazine Don't stay away from church on ac count of your clothes. Tho Iord, Is too busy to notice tho handiwork of tull. or and dressmakers. Tho consure of those that nro oppo- slto to us Is the nicest commondutlon that cun be given ns. St. Kvorinoiid. Don't forget that a man never cams half a much ns his wlfo think him capable of earning. INDEMNITY LEVIED ON UNCLE SAM. ?, nin .r- v yy '.j .-, vi.vrm,t "Insects levy n yearly tax on American farm, orchard nnd forest prod ucts of $700,000,000," snys 0. 1. Mnrlntt, I'nlted Htntes entomologist, In n recent report. This does not Include thu cost of fighting these pests, which coats ? 100,000,000 more, Kvery crop grown In tho I'nlted States suffers from Insects. The cereals am Injured to tho extent of J200.(sX.lXH); liny, IM.000.000; cotton. IdO.OoO.OOO; tmek crops, ,Vt,000.000; fruits, f.27,UOU,000: nnlmnl products. $I73.1H).000; forest trees mid forest products, $100,000,000, nud products In storage, flOO.tXXl.000. Tho stnr performer of nil tho Insect peat Is the Mrs-Inn fly. In 1000, It Injured the wliout crop nt least JlOO.Ooo.OOO worth, nnd the loss nny one your front It Is rnrely less tlinn Ji'O.OOO.txst. Only n little behind tin whent lly nro live ttO.uoo.OiK) littsi. These nrc tho corn root worm, corn loll worm, chinch bug, cotton boll worm nud codling moth. Then follows n niiinerou nrrny of third nnd fourth rater whoso ntiuunl levies run from five to fifteen millions ench, nud hosts of little fellows who ont tip nud destroy nuiumlly two or three millions' worth of fnrin nnd forest products. Hesldes these direct losses. Insect enuso other serious dlsturlmtiees. A largo shortage of any crop, siirli hm Is often eniiscd by some Insect, causes n greatly Increased price for stunt to the consumer. It tuny cause commercial disturbance nnd thus affect largo communities very seriously. Another ills turbnncc chargeable to Insect Is tho spreading of disease. Mnlnrln nnd yel low fever nrc dependent solely on mosquitoes, typhoid fever Is carried by lions, tiles, nnd Texas fever, which cnuscs nu annual loss of $100,000,000, i directly traceable to the cnttle tick. kittle Lseon in patriotism "lt our object be our country, our whole country, nnd nothing but our country." Daniel Webster. The cvttit of the tmttlo of Manila bay Is so recent In tho minds of tho American people that no recountal Is necossnry to rocnll tho deed of Ad miral Dewey. Po ems have been written and songs linvo been sung; volumes hnvo ap peared concerning the man who di rected tho Ameri can ships In tho far-off foreign wa ter during tho Spanish -Amerlcnn OEOIIUC DKWCr. war. The outcome of the war lind not for n moment been In doubt; that the United States would win wns Itievlt- Johnson. Klectod f as Vlco President, and called upon to assume the reins of government at the death of Lliicdn, Johnson found that he must compkte tho difficult task of the reconstruction of the Southern States. Johnson had been senator from Tennessee and a Artiiiirvv Jim, isoN. war democrat Many believed that m would ba even more severe on the South than If ho had been a North emer, but many others believed that he would not adopt decided measuros to meet the serious situation. John son pushed forward tf jo work of re construction when Congress was not In session. The blockade was raised and the Southern port opened once inoro to tho commerce of the world. Congress attributed to Johnson's hasty reconstruction the Mils that were passed by so many Southern leg islature that sought to rtgulato the condition of the nogroe In the ro- constructed State. Thero ensued a on.ajid for the Impeachment of tho PreildenL That he wns not Impeached I to the credit of the American ttnato, 'or uch a measure of obloquy would but tnglortou rsturn for a man r- - Cl(6ZQ C-A? $$ who did lit duty In a dltllcult position and served his country In a way that now reflects renown on Andrew John son. NtW SCCRLTAKY Of SFATC. Kllhu Hoot, who has accepted tho portfolio of secretary of state, wns wnr secretnry under President Me Klnley nfter thn retirement of Hits sell A. Alger, lie Is n warm friend and companion of President Itoosevrlt. He wa !oni In IHI, the son of a professor at Hamilton college. Ilo was first n school teacher nnd then n lawyer. In iMrsonnllty Mr. Hoot Is In clined to be nusterti nud very mueh under self-control. Since March. 1KUI. when ho was appointed by President Arthur Tutted Statu attorney for thn southern district of New York, Mr. Hoot has been almost continuously IXIIIJ UOOT. concorned In public affair. Ho oc cupied that position until 1WS. In lfeUJ he wa delegate to thn statu con stitutional convention nnd chairman of tho Judiciary committee. August 1, 1890, he was appointed secretary of war by President McICInley and wa renppolnted March fi, IlKM. He re signed In August, HO,!, to take effect Jauunry 1, Hl, Mr. Hoot was ono of tho leading members of tho Alas knn commission. Not Slnro Curiosity, Tho world has a store of plcnsuro In waiting for tho unaccustomed traveler. Sometimes, Indeed, they may be most ly In anticipation, a wns thn en so with Amos Itlgg. of Pluiutnwn. "How d'yo do?" snld Mr. Itlgg. cordlnlly, to tho stern-vlsagcd man who was hi sontuiHto In the cht on the occasion of Mr. Itlgg' first trip to Iloston. "Now whnt might your name be? Do you live in Nashuy or be yond?" "I should like to know what busi ness It Is of yours where I live or who I nm?" snld his companion, crossly. "Well, now, It nln't nny partlc'lnr business o' mlno, strictly speaking," snld Mr, Itlggs, mildly, "but It's Jest llko this; Pvo got n cousin up In Canody that Pvo never seen, nnd Pvo alwnys thought I might como upon htm somo tlmo Jnst by asking folk their name and so on," MnanlnK "r Moxluiiu Won). The word "pec," found In so ninny Mexican names, mean hill, C'l.i.pul toroc mentis grnshopper hill; Oeoto pec, pitch pine hill, nud so frt!i, It I an Aztec word and It use I nlmost ontlroly confined to that part of tho Mexican republic that wa ouco ruled by Montezuma, Two Professional Opinions. "Will It be possible for Wndlelgh to rocorer from that railroad accident?" "Well, the doctors any no, but thu lawyer ay ye," Milwaukee Hontl nel, I Most of u or like tho nverag card player) linaglmt we could do a lot If we could rsr gt a good hand. ISLAND OF SAKHALIN. litissla's I'eiml Colony Which Hits llssu To Ice 1 1 by the Jnpnuesr, Thn Island of Sakhalin, Itiisstn's pnunl colony In thu fur ldtsl, which Jitpnn lias captured, Is MH) mile long nud from 17 to 1CV0 broad mid Ims it population of no.OOO. Kor thu most pnrt Hut land U cov ered with prlmovnl forest, so denso Hint tho rivers nro thu chief uallvo highways, navigated by dugouts In summer mid crossed In dog or reindeer sledges In winter. Willi the opei.lnit of wlnlor ll.o narrow Strait of Tar tary, dividing Snkhalln frotu thu SI berlnit coast, nro frozen over, nud so far ns water couimuulcattuu Is con corned the Island Is cut oft from tho world, and tho mails nro brought across from Nlcolnlevsk on tho main land by uiirtns or sledges linmessed with long tenuis of nrctlo dogs. In addition to the Itusslnus five dif ferent peoples nro to bo found on tho Islnjid. these Including tho Oroehon. Ainu, (lllysks, Tungus nnd Ynkut. Thero nre altogether nbout 5.000 nn live, of whom thn largest number nro (lllyak. Tho Itussian occupation Is prncllcnl ly confined to a rmllu of thirty mile around Alcxnmlmvsk on tho west gpt or QfCzarxx IRI.AMI or SAKIMI.IK coast and another smaller nrcn around Korsakovsk In the south of the Island. Alexninlrovsk Is the big gest prison center. Tho stiwknde prison Is the center of Alexnndrovsk. which place seems to exist for the prison. The few iner chants' store nud the Iron foundry nro for tho prisoners; (he wiMnleii Uoiises nro the residences of the nlll clals. Hostile the prison, the church In thn main street nnd the market pin re there I not much to call for at tention. According to Mr. Do WlndL who visited the southern (Hirtlon of Sak halin, thero nro r..(s) criminal con vict located at Korsakovsk, only attout l,"00 of whom aro netunlly under lock nnd key. Thn town con slst of one long, straggling thorough fnre, beginning nt the Inndlng stngn and nbruptly terminating nt tho lingo prison. The condition existing In thn Islnnd aro nlmost beyond desrrlpllou. Al most everyone I n criminal nnd tho worst type of Husslnti criminals at thnt. Hes'.de convicts, ci convicts. their wives and children, and the oitl elal and troops of the garrison, thero probably nrn not n dosen free I mini Individuals on the Island. It Ims been estimated Hint nt least H.000 murder ers are held there. The whole of Sakhalin I under mnr tlal law. In nun of the prisons, out of a total of 000 prisoner, &O0, mostly chained, aro kept In unforced Idleness, so that many go mad. The convict' turn, of confinement In Sakhalin Is fol lowed by six years' enforced resldrnco In the Island as "exile settlers," and n further lx year In Slberl a "peas ants," after which they nre free to re turn to Hussln, but ns n matter of fact ntne-triiths of the convicts never lenvo tho Island. Insanity Is very common. Crime Is rnmpnut, even under the very i eyes or win oiiicmib, The Island Is henvlly wooded, vnst forests sweeping away for hundred of mile. These forests are the homo of great bauds of bears, wolves and escaped convicts, of which tho latter am not least dangerous. John Moore's lliiay Kvniilnt. The fnmlly of John Moore, In north crn Cotunncho county, went to n plnca of refuge from n torundn the other night only to find Hint they had gotten Into n en to mr footed with it rattle snake. The luturlor of the cave wa In complete darkness when the In mate were startled by hearing the tin mlstnknble sound mndo by a rnltler. Mr. Monro hastily struck a mutch unit by Its faint glimmer saw the sunke In the attitude of striking. The match went out and tho family began to scream. Another match was lighted nud the sunke was still visible, ami rattling furiously, Then Mr, Mooro made n Hying leap for the steps, Jump ing over tho sunke, opened tho door nnd socurcd n pitchfork. Then whllo his wlfo held n match ho killed tho rattler, which monsurcd over thre foot long, Kansas City Journal, Hi rim ip, ludriml, A woman from Sault Htn. Mario Saldi "Painter who dault pte Hi sis Don't tint the wave blue, A I think they should do; They use green, or they seem fault tnult ml." nl llorsn Win ltnoos. Found In tho ranks of Imilon night cab horse and purchased for f'JQ, a lino old animal, lottery, has won eight point-to-point races for It now owner. It la mighty hard to do business for pcoplo who don't know whut the want sJ&v5AHMAlltf i 1