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CHAITKH XVI II.
I was up the stairs like a flash, to (1ml
Duponceau, on of the old broldswords In
lit hand, holding the balcony. Mm'
Iirsd tm to b seen Jut above the
flooring of the Mrch, where the Invaders
li.id climbed by mean of toy trellises, but
the owners of those heads seemed very lit
tle disposed to come farther. They had
no rwervrs to cow their attack from the
the protection of the dunes, and Dupon
ctan was proclaiming that he wouM lx
Iiead the first rascal that raised himself
smother Inch. At the ring of determina
tion In his voice, no wonder that no one
rolled him out agatnst his comrade. All
till time Monsieur Pierre had fouicht tike
a demon, but now one man fell against
his legs, while another struck him a glane
Ins blow across the shoulder, and before
he could gain his footing he fell from the
table- back Into the room, striking against
the settle. He lay there still. Itodney
was In his place, and I Jumped beside
him.
"Now I I crlci!, and a moment later
we had what was left of the enemy safe
ly at bay.
The- attacking party fathered torether.
ami. wim many III looks at us, finally
came on. I had barely reached his aide, J withdrew. Charles pulled the man he had
tranerer, when a man dung a handful of
Kant) full In Duponcean's face, temporal
II) blinding him, at the same moment
that another leaped up the trellli and
vaulted over the balcony rail. I met him
face to face, and recognlied the surly chap
who had rptrd on me that first day from
the woods, lie had not gained hts balance
when I fell upon him, boptng to topple
him back against the rail. Instead, hit
feet shot out from under him. and, clutch
ing at me, he fell flat on the balcony, lie
lay there panting a second, his arm about
my back, while I tried to get my bands
upon hit chest to push myself up. Sud
denly hts grip tightened, and, with a lurch,
ht rolled me orer, so that now I lay un
derneath and pinned by hi arms. Then
lit tried my game, an-.), bands on my chest,
ought to drive the breath from my body.
He was heary, and 1 felt myself going,
going, drawing each breath harder, sw
ing red more dully, when with a Jerk the
pressure lightened, and I looked up to tee
Charles, bis brawny arms about the man a
boulders, slowly but luexorably throwing
aim orer on his tide. Ills hands relaxed,
there, was a groan, and the man lay Hat on
hi back, Charles securely kneeling on
him while I struggled to my feet.
Meantime Duponcrau, fait sight clear
sain, had held the balcony, and more,
had drlren the men down the supports by
striking with hia sword over the edge.
Throw him over," he commanded us
now, and quickly we had the haptess crea
ture "p on the railing and bad dropped
him Into the sand below. lie fell with. a
soft thud, and we tnrned to other matter!.
It was high time. Raffled at tho bal
cony, the enemy were already trying to
batter In the front door. At the first
sounds below-stalrs. Itodney had drawn
toy dinner-table and the heary oak settle-
across the door, and fortified It with every
heavy weight In-door. Now the batter
ing began, and Duponceau and Charles
Joined him while with an axe I found In
my dtn I backed away the trellises that
climbed to the balcony. Verily the fight
was hot when I would cut down my own
property.
Ocaah crash I A heary log struck the
front door and ripped away a panel. The
log was withdrawn, there was a about,
and again came the thudding crash, splin
tering the upper part of the door and car
rying clear In to the settle. I waa mad,
rnad through and through, at the thought
of these desperadoes, and a glance at
Charles face told me that he was the same.
W bulk up the barricade, we tried to
lay It against the next aatault, but this
time tbe upper part of the door burst In
ward, and we were almost face to face
with the foe. Itodney and I crammed the
dining-room table into place, and threw
the chain behind It. I cured little now
If all the furnltunre were beaten Into
pllnters.
"Now!" cried Duponceau. There was
a boom, a crash, and tbe battering-rom
slot bait way Into the house. At It
cleared away tbe door, Duponceau leaped
high on to tbe wreck of th table and laid
about him with hit sword. I taw one
nan fall sideways, and the rest, startled
Into fear by thlt man with eyet ablaze,
land, hesitate, and fall back.
Tome on!" he cried. There It room
for two abreast t" Ilut no one came on;
tbe lassage through that open doorway
looked dubious.
A hurried conference, a quick dispersal,
and then the enemy was bade, armed with
clubs cut from tbe woods. Now they came
on with a rush, and tbe battle Joined.
X'Jatolt were discarded; It waa to be a
fight of our old rutty twords, and sticks
found by Claries, and tbe staffs of the
plnea. Two men leaped into the breach
tnd feu on Duponcrau, another slipped In
awl fell to Rodney's care, while Cbarlet
and I gripped our weaiions and waited.
Duponceau thrust at one of bis ossall-
anta and with a Jerk threw the other
cross the broken table almost at my
feet. A blow aimed at my head fell on
Charles' staff, and be had the man reeling
In a corner with a sudden thrust of bis
arm. Another man followed, and he and
I laid about each othor, blow falling on
word, and tword on pine-wood. We had
the advantage In that we stood on the
chairs, the table, and what was left of
the door, and the enemy bad to spring
against our entrenched position. Face to
face with us, toppling orer the broken
furniture, their ardor passed, and gradC
ually we drove them back, pressing them
out of ba doorway harder than they had
p retted in. Tbt man opposite me aimed
a savage blow. I dodged, and, grappling
rkh kfaa, threw him with all my strength
In the corner up before us. and asked
what should be done with him. I pointed
out to where the others were turning up
the tach.
"It seems almost too good for him,"
said Charles.
"Yes," mid It : "It does." I had to hold
myself tight In check now at 1 looked at
my broken door and devastated room.
"(Jet out," I cried, "before I begin to talk
to you, and tell tht rest of your gnng
mai me next time tney batter in a man's
houe I hope they rt their lut dnwrts.
A nice band of ruffians they make! The
next time you look In this door there'll
be murder done. Get out!"
The man got out, helped over the bar
ricade by a none-too gentle lift from
Charles.
I turned to Duponceau; he was Just
sitting up, rubbing hit shoulders. He
struggled up to his feet and looked about
him.
"I'm afraid, Selden. you'll never for! re
jourseu lor sheltering me. I didn't think
it would really come to this."
"I did." I answered. "I knew It. and
I knew we'd beat them off. Ilut If they
over come again. It'll be tbe end of one
cr tbe other Of us."
"I'd better surrender," he said.
I gave a short laugh. "I'd put you In
chains first. This Is my house, and I
have what guest I choose, and all the
powers of Europe shan't prevent me! Do
these people think we're llvlnr In the Mid-
die Agear
"I'm Inclined to think we are," said
Itodney, from his seat on the overturned
settle. -Hut I've always had a liking for
those days, so I don't object."
Thep we went to work to bulk up. tht
front of the bouse at best we could.
Rodney puffed at his cigarette n al
ien ce.
"Vet I've grown very fond of the mnn."
he said presently. "He's brave, ami hot
n gentleman,"
"1'tu fond of htm, too. I wouldn't give
htm up now for the world. I Intend to
stay right hero until something happens,"
Itodney finished his cigarette nml threw
It away. "If you don't mind." he said,
"I'll stent oxer to your farmer's and ride
horse to tho club. Vt n feeling that
something . may Ihj doing In the outer
world, nnd that 1 ought to get next to a
ticket. I'll not be long, nnd I don't think
they'll come. back before afternoon."
"Go, by all means, The man will girt
you the horse and shorn you an Inland
road, so you'll not fall In with these peo
ple. We can get ou all tight until night
fall." Itodney started to leave, then turned
again.
"I was sore,' he said, "that first after
noon when I found you nnd llnrhara hav
ing tra here, I'll admit that I'd followed
her from New York, expecting to have a
clear field; but well, one can't always
get wnnt one wants, and there t lurk In
this sort of a light. Just as there It In
the Street; but It 1 a good fight, and
that't more than I can say for some of
the affairs one see In town. I'm not
sore any longer."
Ho tmllod, and somehow hit genuine
m brought me to my feet.
"It's a square fight nil round." I said.
He went down-stalre together, and I
pointed out the way to the farm-house.
Then I relumed to my den to finish my
pipe, and to wonder If Uoduey was going
to tbr club for news or only to see liar
bar a. The brief glimpse af her that morn
ing ban certainly set- up both athrtll.
The hours slid past without exertion on
my part. Duponcvau and 1 had lunch a
little after twelte. and then 1 returned to
the 'study and stretched injsrlt on the
leather coueh, with a book before my eyes.
The summer sun, warm and seiirutloit
Culling, came In through the window, and
tho salt breexe was as heavy on the eyes
as iwpple. The world drowsed, the
beach and my house were too warm and
still and lethargic for action, and my eye
lids closed despite my best Intentions, I
n'epl long, deep, and like a tired child,
nltl-cut dreams.
There was a man's step on tbe stairs.
I Mt up and rubbed my eyes; I stretched
forth my arms and put my feet to tht
tloor. Itodney entered and (topped Into
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80MKTHINQ FOR EVEnYllODY
WWAWSA
Wnmni nnd Poultry,
Thcro I no Held open to women to
day that t loss crowded limn tho
poultry field; none that offer m good
returns for ono'a labor; nono Hint
afford no much freedom when taken
na a vocation, nnd nono that mnkos
one to nearly Independent of other.
Some of our best planned poultry
farm, an welt aa our beat-paying ours,
aro tho outgrowth of woman' a W 111
and Ingenuity In planning, nnd her
financial ability In conducting; the en
terprise. Moat women show a quali
fication for neatness abuut poultry of
which men are occasionally void, and
na cleanliness la an Important factor,
tho often outstrips our "lords of crea
tion" In reeulbi obtained. The care
of poultry la productive of good health
to women engaged therein, giving
thorn aufflclont exorcise In tho open
air, nnd Just enough care and respon
sibility to make their work Interest
ing nnd to make them feel their im
portance. Tho field for women t
almost unlimited, nnd It pay her bet
ter profit than ho can reasonably ex
pect from moat other business ven
ture. Commercial 1'oultry.
llestnirlnsr Water llt-nelnth.
Spraying Is tho method followed at
tho present time by the government
In destroying tho water hyacinth,
which ha proved a orlou Impedi
ment to navigation on many of the
Southern river of thla country. A
great numbor of suggestion have
been tried, and the fine spraying pro
cess ha been found to be the most
effectual and economical. Two gov
ernment boat are engaged In the
w.lrlr 1-nfiH la A,tit.itiA,l u-lth Ifinlrft
the leather arm-chair, an Ironic smile on for lho Mllng ot a ,,,, of ,,,,
his lip, his eyet bright with the newt .. .. . ". .. . . .-
urscnic, kii sou a nnu wnier. inis is
sprayed on tho plant, and a the tat
ter are about OS per cent water there
Is very little residue after thoy wilt
down under tho nrtlen of the poison
ous solution. That tho solution kill
the plant absolutely ha been proved
In every cato whore tho condition
wero such a to prevent tho Introduc
tion of new plant within tho area
sprayed.
fcfct tails. From thtrt Duponceau plain tur action.'
CHAITKK XIX.
Ily the time we had finished our reps In
tbe morning was still not far advanced
towards noon. I bad lighted a pipe and
was smoking In tbe full Jor of rest after
battle, when Itodney came up to me with
a puckered line between hit eyebrows.
"I'm afraid." he remarked, "we're going
to get let down for the rest of the day."
"Why, man!" I ejaculated, "vou
wouldn't be going through that tort of
racket each hour In the twenty-four,
wouia your
He smiled at my answer. "Not axactlr.
but Just at present we're plarlnr the rart
of a lot of cooped op rat too realistical
ly to suit your humble servant. I'll be
expecting them to set fir to the bouse
next Itealdes that. I shouldn't be sur.
prised If the club would start a search for
me at any moment. An) thing may hap
pened la my office, the market may have
gone to pot, and my customer be ready
to tar and feather me."
"Well,MI agreed, "that all true, and
et If yoa go It leave Duponcrau Jutt o
much more unprotected."
"I know," he mused thoughtfully, rub
bing hi cheek with his hand. "1 wish to
tht deuce I knew who the man was." Ht
looked at me ihnrply. "Haven't you an
Inkling. Fellxr
I shook my bead. "All I know Is that
he came out of tbe tea In a storm. wl.K
bis precious treasure-bor, and that Fate
has apjrently appointed us to protret
Mm from hit enemies until ht see fit to
return Into tht ta again. On one subject
he's absolutely unapproachable: hit ante
cedents." Then why," pursued Itodney, "did you
ever takt tuch an Infernal liking to him)"
I considered. "Why did yout"
Our eye met, and w both smiled,
chuckled, and then laughed.
Tbere't an old French adage," said
Itodney " Vheschet la femnie.'" He
took a turn or two up and down the room.
Then "8 here, Felix," he nald, "there's
no denying the fact that we're both of
ut in the same boat, figuratively speaking,
even If no longer physically. You had a
great drag from the start, because you
wore living such an unusual tort of life,
and were probably a woman-hater, cer
tainly had no use for society, Thost
wings raxe witn a gin brought up In New
York."
I smoked stolidly. "You won the flret
wound, and that take with aVvoman any
where." He looked at hi bandaged arm and
smiled remlnltcentlyfl He was probably
thinking of that balf-bour vrtsrl she bad
dressed it.
"Hut the main point It," he returned,
"that w both knew that the nartlmlsr
girl In quettlon loved romance better than
anything else In tbt world."
"And that Duponceau wt romance
pereonMed," I added, "which folly x-
that he brought.
"Well." ht said, "I know: Duponcrau't
Etlenne!"
"Yea, Ktlenne, the French Colossus, tht
man who made fortunes In months and
lost them In hours, who planned to make
the poor of' France rich, and made them
poorer than before, the man who's played
bob with the market of Kurope for tht
hiit tlx months."
I could say nothing; I was aghast.
The most precious scoundrel of the
age," said Itodney. "tat potentially
the cxeatcst benefactor. It wat a toss
which way his coin would fall, and It fell
wrong.
"Well." I said. ".I certainly never should
have thought It!"
"Nor I," assented Isllp; "never, never,
never."
"How do you know?" I demanded.
"It's public property. It' all In the
paper,' he added, pulling a newspaper
from hit pocket and flinging It over to
m. "H escaped from France on a mer
chant vessel, and landed on lb New En
gland coast, carrying with him paper
and securities of the greatest value, A
score of men have been trying to bag him
and the papers without unnecessary
noise."
"Ami we have been harboring him!" I
added.
"We certainly have, and doing our best
to help blm evade hit enemies and mak
off with the remnant of hit spoils."
"I can't help It," I said; "I like him,
and I don't believe he's as bad as people
make out. He' certainly a born leader."
"So wa Napoleon," answered itodney,
"and It wasn't until he failed that people
saw tbe other side of his genius. I fancy
Duponcrau' a genius be might, perhaps,
have been an emplre-bultder but his Idea
went farther than ht means, and so when
his bubble burst the world calls him a
villain."
llMrrwtv Tooth t'nalener,
John A. Johnson, ot (.accnter,
Wash., ho patented a harrow tooth
faaterner, tho object of which I to
fasten barrow-teeth In U bar harrow
without the uso of damps, bolt or
lions In thn mnrkut roiwrta during tho
Inst few months. The rent quoitliAi
then Is, how tu get bettor onttle.
Hulls are cheap Just now, and In (act
have been telling, lowor than row and
heifer. Denver Field and Farm.
Ants Destroy Nrnle Insrels,
l'rof. Harlan of California ha dis
covered that thn ordinary lilnrk nnt
will remove thn irate from fruit true
without Injuring the tree or loave In
the least. Iln say their wgrk It mora
romplolo than that accomplished by
spraying or by any of the Imported
Insects. The nnt are captured by
placing a plate of sugar near nn nnt
hill, and when covered with nnt the
plate I put In the fork of the Infect
ed tree. Tho nnt leave the sugar ami
go to work on the arnle. A soon a
they all Ictvo the sugar the plate Is
placed at the foot of the tree, nnd a
the nnt come down after having
cleaned tho tree of scale, they again
assemble on the sugar nnd are thut
easily removed to another tree,
Supply t .Nitrate,
It I claimed Hint nl the present rate
of ute tho known supply of tillrnlo of
soda will bo exhausted In lot than
fifty years, while nn n matter of fact
the consumption Is Increasing steadily
and rapidly. It Is thereforo safe to
say thnt before twenty. five year havo
passed tho supply will to low, unless
new field nre discovered, nnd tho,t the
price wilt bo high. Over a million nnd
a half ton were used last year. Thlt
It not encouraging for the young gen
eration of farmer, except for the fnot
that we will ntwny have our clovers.
our alfalfa, our cowpona the great le
gume family nnd properly rotated
these will supply the soil with nitro
gen from tho Inoxhamtlblo supply In
the air.
A llMtlrr I'mtu'l.
An Ingenious fraud In the butter
llnn was brought to light recently In
Kngland. In that country the amount
of tneUturo In butter Is limited by
law to 10 per cent. Australian and
New Zealand butters, on tho other
hand, usually rontaln only 8 por cent
of water. Taking advantage of this
fact, several firm Imported large
quantities of thrso colonial button,
to which 8 per cent of wator wa then
added, thus bringing them down to
the Ilrltlih standard. As tho added
water naturally cost nothing and the
product was aold at tho current price,
a substantial profit was made.
nuts, and consists of a square or
diamond-shaped hole pressed through
the U bar of.the harrow for the re
ception of the teeth, and a V-haped
fastener pressed out of sheet metal In
serted between the teeth and the baok
of tho bar, with a corresponding
round notch In the tooth to rerelvo
the fastener. Thus, one fastener
holds all tho teeth In the bar.
"If hi intention were good, where doe
tbe crime Iter
tTo be continued.)
Strains Omission,
A woman who visited the Drltlsh
museum recently Inquired of nn at
tendant: "Have you no skull of Crom
wellf I havo been looking; all around
for a skull of Ollvor Cromwoll."
"No, madam," replied tho attendant.
"We've never had one,"
"How rery odd!" he exclaimed.
"They have a fine one In tho mujeuro
at Oxford!" Indies' Home Journal.
Am llyv fu llustness.
Art Dealer .What) You want 1500
for that picture? You must bo craxy.
De Aulier Not necessarily. I'm
merely trying to discount the future.
Art Dealer How's that?
De Auber Two hundred years hence
that plcturo will probably sell for
$5,000 but I'm willing to tako 90 pot
cont off for cash.
Spring CleAnlnir.
"Dad, I wa simply great In relay
events," boasted the boy from college.
"Good enough, son. We'll make use
of them talents. Your ma will soon
be ready to re-lay tho carpets." Wash
ington Herald.
Han Pructleiitf
"When wo got married, Nora, I'll b
willing to lay down my life for yoa."
"I'll be rjutto satisfied If you lay
down a carpet or two, now nnd then."
A friend's faults should be knowa
but Dot bhond. Portuguese.
Cultivate Hie Orchard,
Tho young orchnrd should bo culti
vated, but not with grain or grass
crops. Corn, potatoes, boans or othor
vegetables, well cultivated, aro Ideal
for a young orohard. The ground
should be stirred every two or three
weeks until the middle of August. In
going through tho orchard with the
harrow, care should bo taken not to
Injure, brulso or "bark" tho trees. To
avoid this, tho horses ought to be
muzzled and tho outside portions of
traces and whlttlotrce padded.
In going through some young or
chards early In tho season for (he pur
pose of demonstrating pruning. I'rof.
Burfnco found many case of treos
which had been seriously damaged
through being grazed by whimotrees,
or struck or bitten by (he hortos, In
going through tho orchard, ruh off all
unnecessary sprouts. Hural World.
MmmMer of lloliln.
Virginia, North Carolina and Ten
nesteo have the undesirable distinc
tion of being tho only states In tho
Union where the slaughter of robins
Is permitted by law. Iterent Investi
gations show that not less than 9.000,
000 robins nre killed In these three
states during the winter months. It
Is n fact thnt every robin earns 1 In
the destruction of Insects Injurious to
crops every year. The hunter sell
tnem nt o rents apiece. This Is a
wnste of millions of dollars and ought
to appeal to the hard, common scnta-
of every farmer. It ought to be
stopped In every state.
Wei nlit nml I'reil,
When ono comes to figure on a
difference In weight for tho samo ago
and feed of 200 to 400 pounds, nnd
a difference 'in prlro of several conta,
ho can sea as plainly n ho can sco
anything that there Is mora money In
Improved stock. Suppose a 2-yoar-old
scrub stcor wolghs 900 pounds and
sells for i cents a pound, while a
2-year-old puro broil wolghs 1,200
and sells for fl'i cents, there will be
$30 for ono and 175 for the other.
Is thoro any man In h'ls right sonsos
who can think It will not pay to keep1
well-bred stock when ho compares
these figures? They are not Imag
inary at all, but roprcsont the quota-Ins well as others' farms.
A Tlire.hlnn llrrorri.
Oeorgo W. McKnlght of Howell, Ky.,
In n run of twelvo and ono-imlf days,
threshed 18,000 bushels of wheat,
moved every tiny, sometime as far as
three miles, nnd never broke' a bolt
or touched the cylinder. Mr. Mc
Knlght reports thnt tho bust yield he
found was twenty-three ncros for
George Wood, Hint averaged twenty
six bushels. Of hi own crop fifty
aeros averaged twenty-two bushels,
and tho whole crop of 400 nores nvor
aged twenty bushels. All of tho crop
ho threshed mmle from fifteen to twen
ty bushels an acre,
I'ooil VhIuo or lliillermllb,
Iluttennllk Is n nutritious nnd
wholesomo food, or drink, ami It I
relished by n Brent many peoplo.
Thoro is n good snlo for It In nil towns
and cities of nny size. Tho quality of
buttermilk, like alt oilier foods, Is do
termlncd by tho wny It Is prennrod.
To securo tho moat wholesome prod
uct, keep tho milk an puro mid elenn
as possible uso tho moat puro water
obtainable nnd priictlca absolutely clonn
methods In churning. ' It must be hold
nt a low temperature In order to havo
It fresh for any groat length of tlmo.
llralrorlMir Weeds,
In Dennnrk the far mors are com
pelled by law to destroy nil woeds on
their premises, and In Franco a farm
er may protccuto his nolghbor for
damages If tho neighbor nllows weeds
to go to seed. It would savn millions
of dollars In this country If laws pro-
vatieu wnicn prevontcd farmers from
growing weeds to seed on their own
Mending nlmnl In one of thu moat
wholesome exorcises,
Tho house Ily become full grown
In about four weeks,
Thn railroads of the world are Val
ued nt H7.7T0.O00.O0i). '
Muscle tu thn number of 4.081 havi
been counted In thu body of n moth,
Hplral wire lump now tako tit plact
of wooden hnopt on barrels nml keg.
Whooping rough kill more children
under & year of age than svarlol
fever.
There Is now nn International stand'
ard unit of oindle power, which will
bo soon In uso In every rwuntry except
Germany,
Of the I.OOO.OOO.OAO gallon of wins
mauufaotiired In the clvfllied world
every ye.tr about 40.000,000 nre mad
In the United Hlates,
Waterways In Alaska navigable by
steamers approximate 1.000 miles, nl
which nearly 2,700 nre lu thu water
shed of (he Yukon river.
The deadly gauge of Nero's drunktn.
nest was n .finely wrought Intaglio
ring. When he could not see the fig
ure on It he knew he was drunk.
At the present rate of Increase In
travel It I estimated that the rail
way of Manhattan and the llronx will
carry 1.700.000,000 passenger In 1D20,
According to a statement by tht
German colonial secretary, the vntui
ol the dUmoiidlferous deposits In Ger
man Houthwrtt Africa amount to
i:50,ooo,ooo.
Ancient Kgyptlan to save thtryi
decorated their eyelids with beautiful
black velvety antimony pstnt, which
protected from glare and Kgyptltn
sore eytt. The paint went back near
the ear to tnd In a lymbol
Thn way In which tome tailors give
crtdlt." said Judge Itenloul, nt the elty
of Umdon court, "la awful The Mm
of giving a man credit for 1100 worth
of clothes, Firms who give tuch eredll
mutt charge enormous prices"
For msny year the observatory o
the vatlean has been divided, a por
tlon being on the vatlean hill, tome'
llttls dlslnnre from the square of Ht
Peter's, but by a recent rearrangement
the entire establishment will be moved
to tho top of the hill.
Tho men of '49, the California pio
neers, are rapidly dwindling. There
nre now only seven member of tht
flacrnmento Roetety of California IMo
nrers. The eighth member recently
died, and the survivor acted at pall
bearers and mourners.
The resexrehts of Professor Flinders
I'etrlo nt Memphis have resulted In the
unearthing of the palace or King
Aprles, the I'haraoh llophrn of the
Scriptures and a contemporary of Jere
miah, Armor and bronie figures ot
gods were found In the rutnt,
The Auatrlnn Alpine Club has recent
ly come Into possession of a fins build
ing, the gift of the elty of Munich.
The new building la excellently situat
ed on (he banks of the river Isar.
The club hss a great quantity of In
teresting material pertaining to the,.
Alplitf district and It It proposed to
start an Alpine museum In Its now
home.
A new use for convicts hss been
found In Missouri, where a number
were taken out of the penitentiary at
Jefferson City and put to work on the
Calloway bottoms helping the farm
ers save tholr wheU from the ad
vancing water of the Missouri river.
The prltoners worked well, enjoyed
their outing nnd would wrlcomo an
other chance to get outside the walls.
And now the southern corn "pone"
nnd "Johnny cake" are In danger. A
story comos up from Durham, N. C,
that there are some serous cases of
pellagra under treatment In that rtls
trlet. Pellagra Is a disease of the
skin somewhat resembling leprosy Its
appearance has caused many families
to give up the uto of comment at food,
It being held that tho disease finds Its
causation In maize,
Tho sign of the times Is thnt homl
elde Is going to stop short and .stay
stopped here bettor than In any placn
the world has ever known, tho Golden
Ago of Imperial Home and Kngland
not excopted. Time may yet come
when a child at midnight with a bun
die of long green may go through New
York's stroels nnd no thief dare molest.
There nre places In the United Htntes
where even stealing n chleken Is un
known, and no door needs lock or bar,
New York Press.
Gaston nonnler affirms that the abil
ity of bees to fly straight to tholr hives
from a dlstanca as great as two miles
Is not due. a some have belloved, to
either sight or smell, but to a special
sense of direction possessed by bee.
Monsieur Donnler basts his relief In
the exlatenct of this strange tense,
which would be extremely useful to
man also, on a series of experiment
with homing btoi, H does not know
In what organ the sense Is tantmi but
he says that, at any rate, It Is not la
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