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"The Ahited Cepulchre
X The VV Talc of O Pelee
By Will Lbvi n
Ofrrlcht. l) hf Will
Orrrt'M. IW hr J. IV, Lipntcorr
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rilAPTKIt lit. iContlnued.)
They hnd reached the highway. Con
MaW was thinking that hr would hat
urtteycd across Ik world to study a
laboring onler. like Pel In his pres
ent stress, but th kin of th girl being
In th shadow of danger took nil th
relish from the work.
"I should prefer to hear you discuss the
treachery of oleam outside of the fir
tone," she said, shitcring. "It'" Ilk
listening to ghost Mori in a haunted
house."
"Ill tll you tk best wny out of It."
he declared. "I don't say that Pel Is
about f, rle ami rend Saint Pierre, but
I wnnt to take you all out to ea for a
few day. Tk Madam will behate her
prettiest with you ma board."
"I can't Imagine anything finer, but
yeu know mother is not a graceful sail
or." "Fnfortunatly. any effort of win to
prevail ui kr might spoil matters,"
Constable raid.
"Oh. I don't think that.' h rpltd;
"bat It will be something of a comiHest
for any en to shake kr trut In I'!.
Still. I'll Uo wkat I can."
"And I'll begin work to-nUkt iin
Unci Joy. Ity tk way. Mls Stans
bury." h added la a kiwrl vole, "doi't
yti think that If I cbo to may hr in
Sahit I'lrr. your motbr might cousent
mere willingly to try a fw day on th
Madame? Yo know 11 Is wore than
vr Interesting to te now."
"That wwuld b ntlrly unthinkable."
(k refilled hastily.
Vet rumbtVd again, and tk girl's fin
ger tightened Hpon hi arm. The hvy
wooden skutten of the plantation bout
rattled in the windless night ; the ground
upon which they stood seemed to wince
at the monster's pain. The wan was con
scious of the fragrance of roses and mag
celta blooms abure the acrid taint of the
air. It was as if, through some strange
freak of the atmosphere, a pressure was
exerted upon the (lowers, forcing a sud
den expulsion of perfume. The young
moon was a el low, formless blotch In the
fouled sky. A sigh like the whimpering
of a sick child was audible from the sr
Tants' cabins behind the big bouse.
"You'll plead with your mother to
night?" he whispered, as they walked
back.
Mrs. Stansbury was on the porch. Her
nicely modulated voice, as she spoke to
ber daughter, struck Constable with a
cold force. The women went Indoors.
Ilreen and Uncle Joey were In conversa
tion. Constable drew his chair to the
north end of the -porch, and faced the
mountain a vast black beast couchant
under the dim star. Since he had gazed
In that direction from the ship the night
before, the whole purpose of his life had
changed. Then be bad asked no sweeter
favor of the Kates titan to b permitted
to observe the giant's struggle to contain
the fury of bis fluids. Now his thoughts
were magnetized by a new substance
the substance of fear. Self, the tribune
of all his reckonings heretofore, had b-n
lifted from his Grain, as a familiar vol
urn Is lifted from its case.
"I knew It," he muttered. "I knew It
five years ago that I sboukl come back
here some day, Wok upon that girl, and
become a raver like other men. To think
that I could stay away from her a jear
t a time!"
He regarded the double chain of lights
out in the harbor the Madame pulling
at her moorings among the lesser craft,
like a lustrous empress In the mldat of
dttsky maid-sen ants. Iletween the black
mountain ami the Illumined ship stretched
a battle. It was hi own particular bat
tle. His name was called from the lists.
To win was to run away. The old mas
tering complication was his at last. Yes
terday a splendid contribution to the Im
perfect records of seismology. uh
was now within bis grasp, was Identlffed
with bis highest ambition. To-day the
safety of the woman towered above It,
as the dome of St. Peter's above the
head of a tourist. He was afraid of Pe
lee. Ilreen drew over to blm and tat
down upon the railing.
"What on your mind, Peter V
"A mountain," aaU Constable,
ltaln did not fall in the night, and
Constable was abroad with the dawn,
regarding the white world and the source
of the phenomenon, with the sketchy
tints of earliest morning upon the huge
eastern slope. He had slept little, and
that with bis face turned to the north.
He would scarcely close bis eyes liefore
A cortege of volcanoes would pass before
blm, as In a dream all the destroyers
of history, each with n vivid Individuality,
like the typw of face of nil nations
the story of each, and the smear It had
made of men and the works of in-n.
Most of them had given warning. Pe
lee was warning now. Ills warning was
written upon the veins of every leaf,
painted upon the curve of every blade of
grass, sheeted evenly white upon the tiles
of every roof. Gray dust blown by steam
from the bursting quarries of the moun
tain, clogging the gutters of the city, nnd
the throats of men! It was a moving
white cloud in the rivers, a chalky shad
ing that marked the highest reach of the
harbor tide. It settled in the hair of the
children and complicated the toll of the
boea In the nectar-cups of the roses. With
league-long cerements, and In a voice that
caused to tremble bis dwarfed cohorts,
the bills nnd mornea, great Pelea bad
proclaimed bli warning In the night.
1
cton Co m v o k t
trfflnsten OnVft
Covrtii All riihli fTert
Constable was standing In the garden.
"Hood old Vulcan, to wait for her!" he
murmured. "Sit light for another day.
and keep a stiff bridle-arm for on more
! day !"
! "It ln't really ash. you know," he
found hlmlf saying at breakfast, "but
rock ground as fine n neat and shot out
by steam through IVIec's taltes."
"How Intensely graphic!" Mrs, Stans
bury observed.
"It's a graphic morning," said ttreen.
"and IVter l virile from a night of medi
tation. I bllt he has made a covenant
with the mountain."
Const aide had met the eyes of the
daughter, and found no hope there. He
had taken his uncle apart and charged
blm to labor for the cause of tllght.
"t'rsula," the planter began gratcly. ad
dressing Mrs. Stansbury. "IVter has ask
ed us to spend, a few dais with him In
the Cnrlbhean, on hoard the Madame. I
oonfe that 1 don't like the way Pel
is acting, nnd the heat Is telling on us
all. The prospect of a refreshing breath
of the Trades Is a mighty pleasant one to
me. Doesn't It sound so to you I
"As a specialist In toleanoe. I should
think Mr. Constable would find It Im
possible to leave at such a tlm," the
elder woman answered smoothly. "The
mountain needs his doctor more than ever
now."
"I hae not yet attained unto such a
scientific passion that 1 can forget my
friends entirely." Constable said earnestly.
"For my part," the girl hastened to
say. "Mr. Constable's Invitation is im
mensely alluring."
Mrs. Stansbury's eyelids contracted
ever so little, ami sk lingered upon the
words of her ultimatum, as If there were
a tang of pleasure In the utterance. "The
Panther arrives day after to-morrow
morning, with the New York null. I
would not under any condition think of
leaving Saint Pierre before receiving Mr.
Stansbury's letters."
Constable stared at the face of the
daughter. He read there terror of the
mountain, and pity for himself. He arose,
not daring to trust himself to speak again.
Hreen found him In his room a few min
utes later.
"Peter," be said softly, "has It ever
occurred to you that the map of Kurope
and the history of Prance might greatly
have been altered If our beloved Joseph
ine had been gifted with a will like that?"
CHAPTKU IV.
In the Hue de Itlvoll there was a little
stone fruit shop. The street was short,
narrow, crooked and III paved a cleft In
Saint Pierre's terrace work. Just across
from the vault-like entrance to the shop,
the white, scarred cliff arose to another
flight of the dty. Iletween the shop ami
the living rooms behind there was a little
court, shaded by mango-trees. Dwarfed
banana shrubs nourished In the shade of
the mangoes, and singing birds were cag
ed In the lower foliage. Since the sun
rouW Bad no entrance, the shop was dark
as a cave, ami as cool. On window.
If an aperture like the clean wound of
a thlrteen-lnch gun could be called a win
low, opened to the north; and from It,
by the grace of a crook In the Hue d
Itlvoll, might be seen the mighty caliber
ed cone of Pelee.
Pere Kabmtit's fruit was very good,
and some of It was very cheap. The ser
vice was much as you made it, for if you
were known you were permitted to help
yourself. In tbl world there was no
one of station too lofty to go to Plerro
ItabeAut'a; you would meet no one there
to whom It was not a privilege to say
"Hon Jour."
Come ami see my birds." tit crafty
Itabeaut would say, If he approved of
you.
"Where do you live'" you might nsk,
being a stranger.
"In the cooUst hovel of Saint Pierre,"
was the Invariable answer.
And presently, If you were truly alive,
you would find yourself In the little stone
shop, listening to the birds. In due
course Horonla would appear In the shad
owy doorway and it would seem that the
bird songs were bushed as she crossed the
court.
If the little stone shop were transplant
ed In New York, artist would find It
and have difficulty In getting In and out,
for the crowd o nights. Thither Con
stable and Ilreen made their way on this
burning morning which Mrs. Stansbury
darkened with her decision. The pair sat
down In the cherished coolm-as, Constable
at the little window, so that be could
look at the mountain.
"Ilreen, I dare not leave them hero for
forty-eight hours, until the Panther
comes," Constable said.
"Do you really think Pelee can't hold
out that long?"
Constate shook his bead Impatiently.
"I'm not a monomaniac at least, not yet,
Ilreen," he said, and his voice suggested
the world of pent savagery In his brnln.
"The waya of volcanoes are past the pre
visions of men. I do not say that Pelee
will blow his head off this week, or this
millennium. I say I'm afraid for this
girl. I aay there are vaults of explo
sives In that monster, the smallest of
which could make this city look like a
leper's corpse uion the beach. I say
that the Internal fires are burning high;
that they are already; fingering the vital
cap) that Pelee sprung n leak last night,
and that the same force which lifted this
cheerful archipelago from the depths of
the sea Is pressing Against the leak At
this lalnut. 1 say that Vesmlus warned
lforv he broke; that Krakatoa warned
and then struck; that down the Ages these
safety nles scattered oer the far of
rnrlh hn trembled before gUllig way.
I Vie Is trvmbllng now. And there Is a
woman hen whose safety Is Important
to in. She Is two miles away this mo
UK-nt. And I aiu its ponerl ns n limn In
n street tight, with tils lady's anus about
him. YVhnt shall I do?"
"Peter, there Is a short cut," Ilreen
said.
"IVII me!" Constable urged.
"Are you n-nloiis nnd stroug-souled?"
"Try me."
At this J ti mi n re Sonwln entered the
shop from the little court of the song
birds, filling the eyes of the Amerb-ans
A dark, nrdent, alluring face; Mesh like
dull gold, mad wonderful by the faintest
tints of rln fruit ; eyes that could melt
and hum and laugh . a fragile figure, but
radiantly Abloom, and as worthily drnped
as a young palm In a vine richly blossom
ing. Such. lAguely, was Sxronln. She
made one think of n strAlige, regal tinner,
nn eiperlment of Nature, wrought In the
most sumptuous shadow of a tropic gar
den. She was gone, ltreen's face bore a
drained look.
"An orchid?" he whispered. "Will the
visitation b repented? Do t wake or
sleep?"
"Old Per ltahaut married a French
woman." Constable observed.
"Some Daphne of the Islands, she must
have been, sine Per Itabeaut does twit
seem designed to father a sunrise." Itrrvli
added, his eyes lost In the shadows of the
court, from whence th bird songs cam.
Per ltnlfniit was a worthy soldier ot
Franc. I b heard," snld Constable. "I
hae neer seen the mother, but erery
year I hae seen Soronla for a moment
Ilk this. She was hut a child when I
m first fi years ago Imt a radiant
child even then."
"Fle years ago," Ilreen mused. "Flr
years ago 1 had not ceased to paint. I
should have pot her on canvas."
There was n moment of silence, then
Constable sahl In a low voice, "I must go
back. Tell m th shorter way."
"Peter, you are a man, and ske a worn
an. Forgive me, Imt 1 know what has
sprung into your heart In the past twenty
four hours from the seeds that have lu
thr fiv years. Tell her tell her all
about those fi years and the one day
what they hnv meant to you, and your
dream of the future. If you tell her
mightily enough, she will follow you to
the Madame, ami cast no longing look Im
hind ! 1 shall stay here fur an hour or
two."
Constable left the shop. lie was very
miserable, full of undirected wrath. Nev
er In his life before had there ln a
time when a stiff shoulder, dollars, an ath
letic mind, or all three, had failed entirely
to move an obstacle In his way. Here he
was ground by Impotence absolute. The
suggestion of Ilreen entalh-d such a deep
and vital thing that he dared not think of
It, here In the glaring day, with the pant
ing crowd alout him. It was against the
ery structure of his mind to act precipi
tately In this, of all matters, most deli
cate. It Is true that he meant now to
tvln I-ara Stansbury, If such a stately
citadel lay within range of a man of his
caliber; but he had vouchsafed to strike
only after llawleas lnet men t were
laid.
Ilreen did not return for bineheot,,
awl the nam of Pel was not heard. In
his room, afterward. Constable fell asleep,
with his far to the north. He awoke
out of a horrid dream, In which black
fingers were tightening, like a garrote,
upon his throat. It was th ash and
sulphur fumes again. Pele was obscur
ed by the fresh fog. Instantly, upon
awakening, the 4d thoughts Ami dreads
resumed their hateful awing In his brain.
The sight of th Madame, lying out in the
harbor, Iter ndl-boom pointed like a
Mark, fleshtemi finger across the smoky
sunset, whlped him again In the sne
of action which bad no means of expres.
slon. Thoughts of th night the locked
doors, the still halls, the wall of chil
dren from th native cabins, sleeplessness
without hi-, vigilance without meaning,
ami this new- master-romance shining far
and bright and alone, like a brave star
above wind-hurled clouds out of these
were moulded thoughts of little mercy, as
the shadows grew long upon the whiten
ing lawn,
IVWs moods wero variable that After
noon. The twilight brought ease again,
and with the old freshness of evening
came a glad hour of reaction. There was
a rippling wave of merriment t'tm tho
darky quarters, and a score of children
went blithely forth to bathe In tha sea.
Never before was the volatile tropic soul
so Imperiously evidenced simple hearts
which glow at tittle things, whose swift
tragedies come and go like blighting
winds, which slay but leave no wound.
Constable was ashamed for the mo
ment. Throughout the day bla eyes had
fixed In stubborn gloom upon a cataclysm.
I'p the stairway, airily as laughter, iim
a bright melody from tho piano. Ha was
thrilled, ami held, and his mind wns stir
red with tenderness. Hlio was Ilk her
Island iH-ople, quick to enter the grove
of serenity when the black clou I had
blown by. Could Ilreen In- light? hu
thought. Tho suggestion appealed to him
now In n new high-light. Were th'-ro
not somo words which hail never yet
found tho car of woman from the Up of
man some key to Instant supremacy In
the undiscovered country of a lovely
woman's nature?
(To be continued.)
Ainliltcuoiis,
"I would llko to wo inoro moving
verxo from your jkmi," mild tho ad
mirer, "Do you mean itomcthlng pathetic,"
nuked tho poet, "or something about
pTlngtlmo moves?" Knnsaa CIV
Time
To Mnlt lnir I'nroi tlleh,
"Tho progivsaho fiinner Mtntes his
crnm Ho tlliMlrnlti his bind Ho
keeps itnlry nm or mutton sheep or
ImIIi. Ho brctsts tint ft horses mid dv
f.-trin work with liroml luiircn nnd grow
Inc oiltn Ho Imprint tin iwr of
tin soil by growing legumes"
Jntiu-H Wilson, sivrotury of agricul
ture, In the tUxno words sums up the
vltnl principles of pxnl fanning, tie
divlnrvs tluit the miIo of tho I'lilliil
Stntes Imve wnstcil their liitierltniuv of
bind nnd wood, nnd the product luucs
of the mill near the gri-nt (vliter of
ji imlnltoii lias steadily decreased. W
lime Ihvii n notion of soil robbers, but
then Is nt Inst nn nwnkenlng-slow but
sure.
Partners of nil xivtlous tire wnntlnc
to know lino, to stop the leaks nnd In
crease the dclMslts of their business nnd
the gm eminent la helping them In mniiy
wii.va. Then nn oer l.is persons
employ iil In the DcHirlmont of Agri
culture ntHl 'J.(sH) of them ntv scientists,
nil working Intelligently toward help
ing the fanner sohe tho problems
which confront hint There nro sixty
live land grnnt colleges with IO.(s) Mil
ideuts In ngrlculturo. These Iniys nre
I learning tlwt rotation of crot"" l neevs
1 snry. that llvo stock must to rnlmil to
make manure, of whliii there la never
enough.
They nro rUnllng it that ymiig
grosses and tommies nro nature's per
fect ration for domestic animals. Milk
nnd toon t nnd work nro had more
cheaply from the mturo tlmii from
other source. I'nsturo latut Increase
n fnrm help txvome am rev Mutton
sheep ore suggested when Intmr I dear
Cultivated crop rvduoo organic matter
lu the noil nml rviider It mi tit for profit
nble growing. Pasturing replace or
entile matter When gissl crop of
grain or roots nrc wonted the iiastnn.
plowed nnd reduced III season. Is th
boat plnco to got llicm. Wctcrti farm
era In tho corn ImU get their heavy
cni from pasture land.
With the belli of Improved machinery
itho ptvgtveslvo Individual farmer Is
producing much more than th nvemg
farmer did n gvucrntlou ago nnd men of
tills class nro keeping up the productive
iiunllli-n of their farms.
Tho neglected lands of the eastern
and middle stnte niu to brought back
to their primitive frultftilm- through
tho nld of scientific fnrmlng. Secre
tary Wilson say they are tho chenHt
land In tho country and people wanting
home who have mwi n little cnpltnl
from their earning or young men of
mean him! tnste for the linlrHthHiit
life of the country will find rich oppor-tiniltlt-
In thewe lands for profit ami
UfUllHM.
Ilrionsloii Ontillntfs nnd Slump.
In uprooting young tni n team of
hors or oven n single horse with a
elwlll can do effeetho Work. Meat re
sult ran ho olitalm-il where the growth
cotislHt of NMplliig two to roiir Iim'Im
In diameter and where tho pmiI system
I lateral. The plan In to fasten nm
i'ImI of the chain to tit1 trunk n high
iiNive the ground n the tlexlblllty of
MTL'Ur WITH IJUtUAI. ItOOTM.
UI'ttOOTIMI A HAI'MMO.
tho treo will jMirmlt. Whllu tha horse
uro pulling nt tho tree n mini nhould
hvvit tho root nt tho bn. Slumps
of iiKslernto hIio mny uIho ho pulled
with chnliiH and horses. Onu end of the
chain nhould bo fiiHtened urouud a largo
root n hIiowii lu tho Illustration. My
placing tho chain ncroHi tho top of tho
stump u leverage can bo aocured to
toko full advantage of tho ntrcneth of
tho home.
l'ouoe 1'ost ISapans.
An nnnunl fence post bill of inoro
than l(2.'A00O la one Item In tho ox
ponso account of tho farmers of n sin
U agricultural State. It U citlmated
v$SJfe4 limb
.-Ml.JsUi: sv"
Hint tho fnrmcr of lown uo vot hnv
Itiit u initio exeeedlng Ihl" enoiiuoiis
sum emit inr to imiliilnlii the feiui
on lb afl.HHM ere of linproist imnl
lu the Stale.
In making these estimates, II I'
linker, professor of foiesiry Hi lown
Slate Agricultural College, figured that
tho farms of lown niiilrei 7S.imi
p.Ml for fence, or '.'.KHl In Hie iUiiro
mile. Plaiing tho vitliie of the posts nt
Ift ivnl eneh, the eimt of reneoiit ev
cry eight or nine year, which Is tho
life of the Mist. Is JII.71S.IMI. making
an iilimuil bill for renewals of fl.UVt.
Ms).
I.Ike ninny other farming Stnte.
Iowa bus n Inck of fence ol uinti-rlal.
but Iheie Is little excuse for till" "in
dltlon, mvordlug to tho forester who
lime tiinde studies lit the Stnte A prop
erly iimiinged forest plitlitrithm will
product, when the trees lift to reached
sMt site. M..Vl )otN three to t1 lui'hes
In diameter mt ncre; thus. It would
Inko r.'.oVi" Hen nlxtut ery leu year
to grow the necessary posts to supply
the Stnte. lown Is said to have '.
list ncres tif plntitid Umber, nnd yet th
feuiv t supply Is liisilllleletit. If
prcrly enred for. many of these plan
tntlons etui In made to prluro moro
HiiiIht. nisi thus Insure the future l""l
supply.
These ,.i('l,iis ncre nro not nt present
furnishing the ! which It Is esti
mated can actually to grown on SSJhVl
acres of prorly hainlliI forest Innd
IIITrels til llurMl llrllterr.
There Is n verltnble network of rural
route out of iiarly nil of the towns lit
(hi section of the Stnte. iiihI s.ibii
ibe one tllxl it fanner who la mil
plnttsl In n i-wltl.in to take mlvantngo
of tuie. With present conditions exist
ing, the mail on tha farm has Hi t
portuulty to take his dally tMMr a tho
one In town, ami get hi not 1 1 iu
limes earlier than many of the resi
dent of the cities There are rurnl
mall carrier him! rural mall carriers
each ouo ha hi striking characteris
tic The majority re fnvurlttis In
their artlnilar fiehl, antl as n rule
the patrons of his route would led
trade him for nity other man mi alf
other. The carrier ami the farmer
learn to know- each other, nnd the enuii
try tlsltor on hearing thent greet iach
iither wouhl say they wero both "gtMl
fellows." Th luau that carrlt-a tho
mall should have n whole lot of credit.
He Is obllgtsl to make the trip III nil
kinds of weather and lb l-t of pro
tectlot.s will not make the Job nil ell
Joynblti one. Some time when tie Is not
busy, let ttie render tnlk n few min
ute to n rural mall currier ami ha
wilt fiml that In I In touch with ev
eryone on the route. lllooinlngtnu
(III.) Pnt.tngrnph.
Ilrn.s m ttreal tlrlMtser,
When n tun II I dying of thirst give
hint a drink of wnter Why ul tlo Iho
same with grass? Why should grass to
allowed to Ho nil tiny III tho broiling
sun. It (wtrctHil tiMtgit It listing out,
wltlttHit a drop? H must ho ilreadfwlly
thirsty hImhiI nti. or llttl after;
yet It I allownl (o surfer till tluk
make It ngrewahle for th gnlenr In
exhibit hliie-elf In gay Nllire with a
bos. The gelilletttail KartleMor, the Ntv
York cHiimuter, limk mighty pretty In
rollwl up iIhiiih'I trmtsor nml an ImtlHo
shirt, enutn sIkn-s hihI h .V. enit Paitn
tint timpeflll. Ho laishe tlm utower,
toy with the hoso ami lllrt with the
lassies of the lielghUirboMl, while th
grn I dying - New York Pro,
llrllrves In Jllir.l I'nrinliia.
I tlrmly liollete in mlnst frttilng. but
even then wo must spwlallte on sonic
mrtnln line of stock feetllng nml rota
tioii of croi If wo make a decided sur
iiih of the busliie Cull It genernl
farming, but let' not call It mixed
farming. A grandfather used to sy,
"lie aoiiiethllig. If you cHlilint l n long
tnlletl rut. bo a mou." Ilavn nn
tiobhy. some kind of n crop or Mini
kind of Iho slock hihI spcclallre on Hint
nml make your other fnrmlng snliservl
cut to Hint one peclnt crop or kind of
llvo stock feetllng. Wo hnvo tmi tunny
common . mixed farmers. John C,
llnmea, Indlnun.
PriifllntiU faille.
A train loud of cattle wild In Ouintui
recently for IllMKH), la-lug exactly JH
K-r hundred ixjiind for tit cry steer on
Usird. Thooo cattle wero fatlenetl on
a mixture of cum ami alfalfa. To en.
coiirago feetlem to take up the Imlum-vtl
ration an best for nillle, the pnekera
nro to hnvo exhibit at the National
Corn i:xwisltlon to bo held In Oinulrn
next Deceinbfr, and will show In tho
cut of meat the mipcrlorlty of that
from alfalfa-corn fed sk-or. Knni
(Tx.) Netvn,
Nail rurinenllon,
Halt I purlllcl by melting In the new
nnd rapid 1!iikIIh1i proce. Tho crude
rock salt In ftil nutouuitlcally to a table
contained In n largo furnace, In then
fused ami run Into trough, from
which It In drawn at one nldu of tho
furnace Into largo caldron. Air la
forced Into Iho molten inns nml llmu
la added. Tho Impurltlen sink to tho
bottom, and tho upper jKirtlon la ground
and ncreenol while tho lower part It
used for chemical manure.
WniLT5PT0!
' 'Pot tpl
ristt. skill lllsense
Icllthyiwl from Hie llrttij u ,ri r ,f
fish I the sell nillle inline for n p. ul
Inr tllseam or nttlier t luru.ii i .,
skin ehartierlel liy nn oioji ti
of a horny, wnly U)er nml an u ,r
inal ilryucft It uunil) eiisis mm
birth, although it fow iits.Ht .if ,. , .rn
Itsll skill dlsoaso llrtto be 'i'it
Its cause Is uukliowii Ittifim if.-t
seteral motllliers of the same r. .itj.
Hlitl III malt) case Is et lilt-in i ,rrnj.
Itary.
AlttHiiigh etlsllng from birth it (,,,
not Iwt tery wurktl lu Hie ti.f.it imt
may (hi little more thnu a raik iM4
ami unusual .-IImihi ami ilri,is
th skin It Increase gr.uliiii ).
romlng tery nptireiit ty the if m r
fourih year, for six or eight ytais rf
ttHs. ml tlni It progress si ps ,, , u
rt-ttmliHi prnt-tleHlly uiH-haigtl f if,
although a slight lMipr.it iinti.l (s -i,m
tltlrt-s mtlleoil ns the . hll.l np, r . HI
hiiiIhhI or womantHMst
It tnrle with tho seasons u-i' t bet
tr Ih th. summer ami t-ti. r ii. M
lor ami molster th air Is sol -rst
glo In winter Tlo skin Is nt itss
to lllmttbm III odd W.;.!'.- sl
cha easily, git lug rise t- i i'ifl
crack ver tm kntn-kl noil at " i.pi
of ih finirers Th nail are r- o1 aM
often break atitl split, nnd tin 'i r li
tto dry nial frt at the i is
There nr all degree f l ' tnt
frm a slnt4. tlry niughiii a -l .sl-Ih-m,
tn a isatdlthai lit wbl-b '' ur
fao Is eoterisl with thick plaits n-si.
bllng lb -l-i-s of a i-rs-u.iir t si
mttst all as there are in-'f. r ,e
tlerliilte marking. ejie.uiiy v.r Dm
Xtetir surfarvs nf Ih J"llis ri. in
bllng ftsh sale or a serpent s . The
d I . may otiir In patilo r li
rurtetl baifls of tnrylog wt). wdk
healthy or nearly healthy skin iim,
lut most coonioily It iiit.dvi- tl r
tlr surface, l4ng last mnrktil whN
'ho skin Is naturally Ihln
Th treatment Is mainly ba ts i
)t-t lllig lit remote the exi-t of It mf
eale nml keep Ih skill soft At. hit
lug tho lly at night with ..ft P
followisl by n wnrm Imth nml th r ut!i
rubbing with n er twel or a H-ov
brush Will, If oftrtl rejM-atisl. keep U
sfnllng tt Ithlu limit. The f ni u of
gts i-idtl cream. Itrax ami glytrb. la
wnter. lamdln or tnlln, iiHlinl l'"io
tllately after tho tattli, nlut If liivesMrj
Mgaln In th worlng. will g' ft' '
kop th kln soft nnd pllt-ie M r
s..r asi will rUlr nere muf
resmdle. which should Is iiim I
under nwsllcal rtlrrstlmi
llrUlii iif xnterlea "
"I sun I am the mil) isi ' ''f
who hssant 'Aiuerl.- aung " 'rt
tlm In Ihls ruuulry," ald He U-t
llilnntit Kterett Hale. I D ! n t
tlr nt the DM Wt lloxbur) ' ' "
Imhis. "I I ttn on n Fourth - f J-T
when I wn a ly I had n ni t
celebration mony atl "ii n" T
hom laid t m Park Strtit i r.h.
I derided In t lnl Ih fhlir It w'r
tbre wh n celebration of ttt' ii ' ' "'
tnilblav.
"There wa a chortm of !') m I " l
. - . ... .!.... .1 .. t r lit '1
wmt ailg .trairns "it inni .i n
first llm. I tliHi'l rvmeinur w 'r
I irbsl in Mug It. Utcr In ir' I'"
Smith tiftsl me how he came to wr i ttw
erv lit the tun of 'Uod Sm lb
King.'
The minister of Park Nlnvi s turcn
told htm tlmt there tvn to l a rrU
brntlou nf lb Fourth of July nt '
church nml tlmt he wanted Dr smith
to write some terse nf u ming f r It.
nnd ha nihil to Dr Smith a min 'r of
Kngllsh nml Herman mimic lk ai'
told him to final aomn tune III thini ntl
'It hi verse to the music
"Dr. Smith looked through the l'i
mid tlectisl tho tune, which he bl
never heard, nml which tin Ihvii suul
n America' In thl tuntry ever alnrft"
llontoti Trnimcrlpt.
After i'l.lll III llrlitH.
Tiitvno There nro some hot gin'
up nt the bull ground theo tiny WW
ilmi't you lake your wlfu to one ef
them?
Ilrowno Hraelotwl I dnn't want t
lo n widower, She's ttni tender heart
isl nml nyinpnlhetlc,
Totvno What him that to ib !
It?
Ilrowue Why, It would bo Jiit H
her to Hyinpittlitrn with thu unil'lriv
I'lilliulelidila Pre.
XV hit I It Wits.
"Oh. John!" Hho exclaimed, "no
tlmt you've mini mv new bonnet. )'iVi
nlnil'ly can't regret tlmt I got It. Iut
It Jut a MMm?"
"Well, If It la," replied John, "I guff
n proiHir tltlo for It would lie '
to a uiiUlner,' " Phllndelihla l'rw
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