BHB OLD GATE MADE OF PICKETS
There was moonlight In the garden and
the chirr and chirp of crickets :
There was scent of pink and peony and
deep syringe thickets,
When a-down the pathway wbitely,
Where the firefly glimmered brightly,
She came stepping, oh, so lightly I
To the old gate made of pickets.
Thar vtrt Aear and musk and murmur,
and a voice that hummed low
snatches
' Of a song, while there she hurried,
throueh the moonlight's silvery
patches,
To the rose-grown gate, above her
And her softly singing lover,
With Its blossom-tangled cover
And Its weight and wooden latches.
Whom she met there, whom she kissed
there, 'mid the moonlight and the
roses.
With his arms who there enclosed her, as
a tiger lily closes
Borne white moth tlhat frailly settles
On Its gold and crimson petals,
Where the garden runs to nettles
No one knows now or supposes.
tmrm have nassed since that last meet
ing? lnvPH have come and loves
, - - -denarted.
Still the garden blooms unchanging, there
is nothing broken-theartea
Tn lt heaiitv. where the hours
Lounge with sun and moon and show
' ers,
Mid the perfume and the Bowers,
As in days when these two parted.
ttt the garden and the flowers and the
cheerily chirping crickets
And the moonlight and the fragrance, and
the wind that waves the thickets
They remember what was spoken.
And the rose that was a token,
And the gentle heart there broken
By the old gate, made of pickets.
fc-Smart Set.
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Harry opened his eyes and looked
around him like one awaking from a
muddled dream. He was lying on a
oft bed of lone, serrated leaves that
bad been stripped from great tree
ferns that grew near at hand.
An old, withered, bright-eyed Indian
woman, who snt beside him, placed a
leuther bottie to his lips, from which
he drnnk eagerly of pineapple chlca.
The wine stimulated him and cleared
his head, and he sat up and looked
around him Inquiringly. A short dis
tance from him his burro was brows
ing among the shrubbery and under a
feather palm lay his pack saddle and
outfit
As he looked westward he saw that
the sun was halfway down the slope
of the sky, and, lowering his eyes, he
aw the burning, shimmering desert,
and shuddered as he remembered ali
that remained In his consciousness of
the terrible Journey he hnd made
across It Addressing the old woman
In Spanish, ho asked : "Will the senorn
kindly tell me where I am?"
"She will," was the reply. "The
enor Is nt the foot of the western
lope of 'El Trcs Dlablos.' "
Then she proceeded to tell him that
In ft dream sho had been apprised of
his coming and wos there at the edgp
of the desert to roeelve him, and that
bo, and also the burro, had fnllen help
less at her feet when they arrived.
"You are seeking the lost mine near
the little lake in the heart of 101 Tres
Dlablos," sho said, "but I do not think
you will find It. But this I will tell
you: If you can draw the water from
the small, deep basin that contains the
lake, you will find on Its rocky floor
more wealth than was ever possessed
by the Montezunms.
"Tons of blocks of gold belonging to
the people who owned the mine were
cast Into the lake by them bofore they
were slaughtered by the Spaniards,
' and there It 1ms remained undisturbed
nntll this day. I will conduct you to
the lake whon you are stronger. Nay,
do not ask me how I know tills, for I
may not tell you, but here I declare to
you that I spenk the truth."
Thirty days after crossing that val
ley of death Harry had sun-eyed and
mapped the little lake and so much
of Its environs as he cared to possess,
and then took his departure for Mex
ico City.
When Harry arrived at El Tres
Dlabloe on his return from the capital,
he had with him a number of peons
and a dozen mules well laden with
equipment and supplies, and soon thoso
mountains were echoing sounds not be
fore heard there sluce the Spanish
conquest. .
In due time his friend Frank arriv
ed, and after a hearty greeting Har
ry's first question was: "What news
have you of Ferruby?"
"Have you not heard V asked Frank,
excitedly. "Tell me tell me quickly.
What has happened to FerrubyT"
Frank struggled vainly to control his
emotion, replied: "Shortly after your
departure from Eufaula the general,
with Ferruby, left for an extended
tour of Europe, Six months later, In
formation was received that that
"What what Information was re
ceived T" cried Harry. "Is Ferruby
.married?"
"No she 1 dead. Killed In an
automobile accident near Florence,
Italy," said Frank.
Whtte os marble, Harry stood for a
moment like one turned to stone. Then
he reeled and would have fallen, but
Frank put his strong arms about him
and laid him down tenderly upon a
puma'a skin. The old woman hovered
evur him, weeping and utteruia- w4rd
incantations. Presently, when he be
gan breathing, she gave him some
chica, and shortly afterward he open
ed his eyes, sighed slowly and deeply,
and then, in a weak voice, tremulous
with a never-to-be-spoken misery, he
said: "I thank you, my dear friends."
That was all.
There was a point on the rim of
the little lake where its dark, deep wa
ters were confined by a mighty wall of
rock. It spanned a chasm a hundred
feet wide, and from Its top one looked
down into a ravine that lost itself in
darkness, and at the bottom of which
two of the slopes of El Tres Dlablos
came together and found a common
base.
For weeks a huge drill had been bor
ing Its way down through that wall of
rock to the level of the bottom of the
lake. Two days after the drill had
been finally withdrawn the peons were
directed to gather up the mules and
drive thom Into the corral at the camp,
and to remain there until further or
ders. When all had reached the camp,
Harry, with pale face and set features,
with Frank at his side, uncovered an
electric battery and pressed a button.
A terrific explosion followed. A column
of fire and smoke shot toward the zen-
1th. A sound like a crash of many
thunders rent the shuddering air.
. The mountains rocked and trembled
os though smitten by a mighty cata
clysm. Wild beasts forsook their cav-
eras and ran aimlessly through the
brakes and Jungles. The peons and the
mules In the corral staggered and trem
bled with fear. The old Indian wom
an turned her face to the sun and
threw herself upon the earth with ab
ject terror. Harry hastened to her
side, and, raising her up tenderly,
said: "It is all over. There is no
danger ; come with me and see the cat
aract that is rushing down the gorge."
The following morning disclosed an
empty basin where the water had beeu,
and now It Is known among the In
dians as "the place of the lake of
gold."
In ndditlon to clearing the lake of
water, the explosion had opened a pas
sage in the rock that led to a system
of galleries that extended far back into
"Frank," said Harry, as he saw the
look of amazement in the face of his
friend, "we are standing in the midst
of the lost mine, with wealth enough In
sight to enrich a nation."
When Frank and the old Indian
woman were leaving El Tres Dlablos
furnished apartment A valet entered
and offered his services and .stated that
a conch would be sounded for break-
fast in half an hour -
"Will you kindly inform me where
I am?" Inquired the gentleman.
"You are at the bungalow," replied
the valet
"What bungalow?"
"It Is called the Eufaula," answered
the valet
After a short silence the gentleman
asked : "To whom does it belong?"
"To Master Harry," was the reply.
"And where Is it located?" was the
next question.
"On tne isle of Los Palmos," was
the answer.
"Pardon me," said the gentleman,
"but could you tell me to whom the
island belongs?"
"To Master Harry," the patient valet
replied.
"One more question: Can you tell
me In what part of the Carrlbean the
island is located?"
"Not many miles off the coast of
Colombia, near the mouth of the Ris
del Hache," replied the valet.
Just then the soft note of the conch
was heard, and the guests assembled
on a broad veranda, facing the sea.
They had barely time to observe that
the most beautiful bungalow they had
ever beheld was constructed mainly pf
bamboo and palm, when the butler ap
peared and conducted them Into the
breakfast room.
4 They were received by an aged In
dlan woman, who, if lightly, was ele
gantly gowned, and who carried her
self with great dignity. While they
were still standing, a tall, broad-shouldered
young man In spotless white en
tered the room, and without a word
bowed low to his guests. Gen. Ewlng
uttered no sound, but stood looking at
his host like one hypnotized. Ferruby
would have fallen, but the clergyman
sustained her, until she rested in the
strong arms of Harry Delmar. New
Orleans Times-Democrat
WHAT NEWS HAVE YOU OF FERRUBY ? I
forever Frank received a sealed packet
from his friend, to be opened later.
In It he found the concession which
his friend had secured from the Mexi
can government, duly transferred.
which made him sole owner of the lost
mine, that for three centuries hud been
hidden from the world.
"Keep steam up on the yacht to
night, dipt. Burton, for this Is a gen
uine norther, and should the wind shift
suddenly eastward, you mny have to
put to sea, for Manatee bay will hardly
prove a safe harbor under such condi
tions," said Harry Delmar. "Before
doing so, however, ' notify me at the
bungalow, for If the Ferruby goes to
soa in a storm, I go with her."
The wind held true from the north,
however, and the yacht remained at an
chor. At 2 o'clock the captain reported
a steamer throwing up distress rockets
about a mile off the western shore of
the island.
Half iin hour later the Ferruby was
standing by, head to the gale, to lee
ward of the helpless steamer, thai
proved to be the old Brlghtwater, from
Central American ports to New Or
leans, with a cargo of fruit and three
passengers. Two of these had come
down from Southampton on the Royal
Mall steamer Don, and had connected
with the fruiter at Greytown. Before
daybreak the rescued passengers were
resting in elegant apartments in the
bungalow, and the crew were cared
for on board the Ferruby, which lay at
anchor In Manatee bay.
The passengers consisted of a woman
and two men, one of whom was a cler
gyman. The other, when safe on board
the yacht, became anxious as he ob
served the marvelous richness of Its ap
pointments. "Who is the owner of this elegant
vessel?" he inqurled of the steward.
"Master Harry," was the answer.
"Master Harry what?" he asked.
"Just Master Harry that's all' an
swered the steward.
"Well, about the yacht baa that a
name?"
"It la the Ferruby," replied the stew
ard. "The whatr almost shouted the
gentleman.
. "The Ferruby," repeated the steward.
"Strange," muttered the gentleman,
aud lapsed into silence.
When be awoke, late in the morn
lug, the , suullght was glinting In
through the split bamboo screens that
haded the windows of his elegantly
WOMAN'S ATTRACTIVE AGE.
Is the Maid of Sixteen Outrivaled
by the Young- Woman f
"When we speak of the attractive
ness of woman, we really mean the at
tractiveness of woman to man.
"With men the question of when a
woman is most attractive Is doubly
complicated, because it depends not
only on the woman, but on the taste of
the man himself. Not many years ago,
if this question had been osked, the
answer would have been unhesitatingly
made that a woman is most attractive
between the ages of 16 and 20. Most
of the heroines of classical fiction are
mere children.
"It must be confessed that with rare
exceptions, the modern man prefers
something more sophisticated than
sweet 16, though It Is undeniable that
the intelligent woman is at her best
when she is in her teens. This is easily
understood.
'lAlmost all young creatures are beau
tiful, and heaven elves to even the
homeliest women a day of grave be
tween 16 and 18, when she Is pretty
with the prettlness of fresh cheeks and
dewy eyes and glossy hair.
"Twenty-three Is an ideal time of the
clock for the woman of average intel
ligence and pulchritude, unless she
happens to be college bred. If she has
had the misfortune of acquiring the
higher education she is still top-heavy
with learning and self-esteem over hav
ing discovered the ancient Greeks and
Romans, and it requires ten years more
for her to find out taut, for a woman
to be thoroughly charming she should
have had a good education and forgot
ten it
"For the woman, however, who Is
meant to be human nature's dally food,
no ago Is more attractive than 23. She
Is in the first flush of having Just ar
rived. The slim promises of girlhood
have been realized in the full beauty of
womanhood. Sue still has Illusions, but
they ore not delusions. She still is In
nocent but no longer ignorant.
''Her intercourse with the opposite
sex has a certain frankness and com
radeship that is not the least of her
charms. She seems ao safe that she
is deadly dangerous. Statistics show
that more women marry at 23 than at
any other age.
"The bachelor woman Is at her best
at 80, because she Is consciously charm
ing. She has all the advantages with
which nature originally equipped her,
and she has added to them the frills
and furbelows of art She has learned
to enhance her good looks by better
dressing and to put a red shade on the
lamp and sit with her back to the light
She has also learned how to talk, and,
better still, bow to be a fascinating list
ener." iSan Francisco Call.
PHE WEEKLY
ORIAJN
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Slightly Mtaonderatood.
"Mr. Wblffer can't break himself of
the habit of tergiversation," said the
village preacher.
"Weill welll" exclaimed old Mrs.
Snackletree. "Ain't there some rem
edy his wife can pot in his coffee to
cure him? I knew a lady once who
cured her husband of the drink habit
that way." Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Safe Side.
"What are you trying to do for your
country?"
"My friend," answered Senator Sorg
hum, "I am keeping on the safe side.
Some statesmen try to do ao much for
their country that people get the im
pression that they are getting pre
sumptuous and domineering." Wash
ington Star.
A man is entitled to his share, but he
baa no right to try to separate another
nuuj from hto.
1607 Hudson sailed on his first voyage
of discovery.
1775 Eight thousand persons attended a
meeting at Philadelphia and voted
to resist Great Britain with force of
arms.
1781 Gen. Greene surprised and defeat
ed by the British near Camden, S. 0.
1782 Holland acknowledged the inde
pendence of the United States.
1802 Georgia ceded her western terri
tory to the United States.
1831 Imprisonment for debt abolished
in the State of New York.
1838 Large section of Charleston, S. C,
destroyed by fire.
1845 China issued an edict permitting
foreigners to teach the Christian re
ligion.
1855 Riots in Chicago over the license
question.
1859 First issue of the Rocky Mountain
News at Denver,
1861 Arkansas troops seized the arsenal
at Napoleon and lort Smith.
186G Remains of Abraham Lincoln re
moved from the White House to the
capitol.
1875 Mofor General Sir Edward Silby-
Smyth appointed to command the
' militia of Canada.
1876 Queen Victoria declared Empress
of India.
1877 War began between Russia and
Turkey.
1889 Oklahoma lands opened to settle
ment by President's proclamation.
1891 Czar proclaimed the expulsion of
the Jews from Moscow.
1892 Behrlng Sea modus vivendi adopt
ed in United States Senate.
1894 South Carolina Supreme Court de
cided the dispensary liquor law to be
unconstitutional. . . . Strike of 130,000
miners inaugurated in the bitumi
nous coal region.
1896 International Arbitration Congress
met at Washington.
1901 The Boers evacuated their position
near Dewetsdorp. i
1903 United States Supreme Court sus
tained the clause in the Alabama
A constitution disfranchising' negroes.
1903 Andred Carnegie donated $600,000
to the Tuskegee Institute.
1904 Fire in Toronto destroyed $10,000,.
000 worth of property.
1905 Cretan Assembly proclaimed a un
ion of Crete and Greece.
1905 Andrew Carnegie gave 510,000,000
as a pension 'fund for college profes
sors in the United States and Can
ada. ,
1906 The remains of John Paul Jones
were reinterred at Annapolis.
1908 Thirty persons killed by a land
slide at Notre Dame de Salette, Que
bec. .
QjlOOLS
(OLLEGES
President Eliot of Harvard University,
Is to be decorated by the mikado of Japan
with the Order of the Rising Sun, first
class.
The Minnesota College of Agriculture
granted diplomas to 108 students. James
J. Hill delivered the commencement ad
dress. Minneapolis is to have a university
club, to be open to regular graduates
of all recognized universities. The mem
bership will be about 400.
The new board of trustees of the
North Dakota Agricultural College held
its first meeting at Fargo and re-elected
George II. Hollister president.
Lieut. Burnett, of Fort Snelllng, has1
proposed that military drill be estab
lished in the St. Paul public schools.
The school board is considering the mat
ter. Miss Frances Renning, a Junior at the
Minnesota State University, has mysteri
ously disappeared and the Minneapolis
police are co-operating with the young
women's parents in r t effort to locate
her.
University of Michigan students are
circulating among themselves a subscrip
tion list for the purpose of raising SI,
000 with which to purchase a loving
cup for retiring President James B, An
gell. .
In a notable address Robert C. Or
den of New York opened the twelfth an
nual conference for education in the
South at Atlanta, Gov. Smith welcoming
the visitors. President Ogden said that
during the life of the conference, educa
tion in America had begun to be critical
of itself as well as appreciative, be
advocated the creation of a federal de
partment of education, or at least of a
bureau of investigation, and criticised
Congress for its failure to spend money
more liberally lu this cause.
Rev. Dr. Marion Le Roy Burton of
the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn,
has been chosen president of Smith Col
lege for women at Northampton, Mass
to take effect the coming school year.
There are now about 1,600 women stu
dents at Smith.
The relay team of the Wisconsin Uni
versity will surely participate in the ath
letic games in Pennsylvania, and Osthoff,
Wisconsin's famous weight man, also may
make the trip to win honors for the car
dinal. To the surprise of the stndent
body the athletic council voted J 100 te
ward the expense.
MOST TRAVELED WOMAX
Who Has Been "On the Wins" Con.
tlanonaly for 27 Yean.
Probably the most traveled woman
in the world is Miss Celeste J. Miller,
of Chicago. For twenty-seven years
continuously she has been "on the
wing" and here is a partial record of
her most remarkable travel achieve
ments :
Five times has she circled the globe
completely, in addition to almost in
numerable briefer European and Asi
atic journeys that would seem long to
a less traveled person.
She has visited every known country
and capital in the world, with prac
tically every group of islands, however
remote, and this, whenever possible,
before the ordinary "tourist route" has
been worked out s
The first woman to traverse South
America alone, she crossed the Andes
twice on this trip, covered the entire
region, and made original discoveries
and explorations.
The first woman to go over the Trans-
Siberian Railway, she traveled 500
miles in Manchuria in a mule palan
quin, sleeping in Chinese hotels, visit
ing the great Chinese wall, etc.
Her first visit to Palestine and
Syria was distinguished by a 500-mlle
ride on an Arab horse. During this
journey she bad no tent passing her
nights in native huts, with sheep herd
ers and so on.
In Morocco she also traveled 500
miles on muleback.
In Central, America, Newfoundland,
etc., she lived with and studied all
manner, of queer people such as the
Chell Indians, Nubia negroes and Es
kimos, it being one of her unbreak
able "travel rules" to hobnob with the
different races met, and to stay in
each country long enough really to
learn somthlng of Its ways and inhabi
tants.
She has made the "Mediterranean
trip" four times, "done" Egypt and the
Nile twice, visited Turkey twice, and
run across" to the Eureopean conti
nent so many times that she long
since ceased to "keep track" of such
comparatively insignificant Jaunts.
She had been all over India, the East
and West Indian Islands, Cuba, the
Philippines, Corea and Hawaii long be
fore it became usual to visit these
places.
She has visited 10,000 mosques, tem
ples and churches.
In addition to all this she knows
Intimately every portion of America,
and even when "not traveling," accord
ing to ber own understanding of the
term, thinks nothing of flying off to
California, Alaska, the south, any
where that her active fancy takes her.
The further is remarkable because t
She always travels alone.
With the exception of a slight smat
tering of French and German, she has,
literally, "no tongue but her own" to
help her about strange countries.
She has realized her life ambition,
though it has cost her, on an average,
$10 per day for 27 years to do so.
She has never been sick a day, away
from home, with the exception of occa
sional slight attacks of seasickness,
though she has been through fifteen
epidemics of the bubonic plague in In
dia and China, visited the Indian
burning ghats in places from which
the American minister had fled in dis
may. ,
Miss Miller enjoys traveling as much
now as when she started and at pres
ent having remained in America for
some time, she is planning "the long
est trip around the world" ever taken.
BUmarck'a Wooing;. -
The wooing of the great - German
statesman, Bismarck, was character
istic of the forceful nature of the man.
He first met the Fraulein von Putt-
kammer at a wedding, and was van
quished at first sight. Hardly waiting
to remove his wedding garments, he
sat down and wrote to her parents, de
manding her hand In marriage. As
Bismarck's reputation was not above
reproach, Herr von Puttkammer's sur
prise was naturally not altogether
pleasant. However, the bold suitor
was invited to pay him a visit, and
within a few hours Bismarck appeared.
The object of his adoration and her
parents were prepared to give him d
formally polite welcome; but Bis
marck's Intentions were far more
cordial, for he Ignored utterly the ex
tended hands of the parents, threw his
arms around the daughter, and kissed
her heartily. Before many minutes
had elapsed the Impetuous lover was
formally betrothed.
Where They Came From.
Scattered as is the sunflower "tawny
and bronce and gold" all over the
prairies of the west as well as the
fields of the eastern states, yet few
people know that it originally came
from Peru. Incidentally here are the
birthplaces of other popular plants:
Celery came from Germany; chestnut
from Italy; onion from Egypt; tobacco
from Virginia ; nettle from Europe ; cit
ron from Greece; oats from North
Africa ; poppy from the east ; rye from
Siberia I parsley from Sardinia; pear
and apple from Europe; spinach from
Arabia; mulberry tree from Persia;
walnuts from Persia; peaches from
Persia; cucumber from East Indies;
quince) from Crete; radish from China
and Japan; peas from Egypt; horse
radish from southern Europe; horse
chestnut from Tibet
Bad Better Taete.
Father1 How do you like your new
mamma, Elsie?
Daughter (turning up her nose)
H'ra! Next time you better let me
pick one out for you I
SOMETHING FOB EVEKYBODY
The diseases to which the silkworm
is liable number 100. ;
Living in London is 40 per cent
cheaper than in the large cities of the
United States.
Out of every million letters that
pass through the post office it Is cal
culated that onlv one roes astrav.
The cow tree of Venezuela Is a nat
ural dairy. Its sap Is very similar to
milk and Is used as such by the na
tives. The transient hotel population of
New York is figured at 250,000 people
a day. The hotel properties are valued
at over $80,000,000.
There Is a great demand In China for
lead. It Is used In several Chinese
manufactures, but chiefly for lining tea
chests for export
Caleb Watts, of Lily Pad, Pa., who
raises frogs for the market, gets the
best results by feeding them on liver,
corn meal and flies. .
Great Britain imports over $35,000,-
000 worth of eggs a year from Russia,
Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Canada
and the United States.
Mrs. A. B. Enrlght, of East Concord,
Vt, is county supervisor of schools and
said to be one of the busiest women in
the State. Besides her school work she
performs all the duties that fall to the
lot of the wife of a Methodist pastor
of two large parishes.
Professor Jowett's comments on the
y.oung men of Balliol, Oxford, often
took the form of crushing sarcasms.
"The college, Mr. X.,- thinks highly of
you," be once said: "perhaps too high
ly; but not half so highly, I am sure,
as you think of yourself."
China Is buying lumber from British
Columbia. It Is largely needed for
railway construction. American lumber
Is shipped to Shanghai. On one day of
his recent visit four full cargoes of
Oregon pine arrived there, says the
Canadian trade commissioner at Yoko
hama.
Miss Selma Lagerlof, besides belnj
the most popular writer in Sweden, has
Just received an honorary degree from
the University of Upsala. She is the
first woman in Sweden to receive this
distinction, and it is said to be only a
matter of time when she will get the
Nobel prize. -
Mrs. Emma Barry, of San Francisco,
has Just returned from a trip to the
Arctic Circle, durjng which, it is assert
ed, she went farther north than any
other white woman. She accompanied
her husband prospecting for gold, and
after she lays in certain supplies she
will rejoin him In Alaska. .
Mrs. G. Meyer Is responsible for the
monument that has Just been erected
at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, to the
memory of the horses that died during
the Boer war. It cost upward of 5,000,
and is in the shape of a stone water
ing trough, on the top of which is the
figure of a bronze cavalryman giving a
drink to his horse.
The State of North Carolina Is one
of the most notable In the Union for
the production of gems, particularly
diamonds, emeralds, rubles, aquamar
ines, beryls, hlddenlte, rhodolite, ameth
ysts and remarkable rock crystals.
These gems have been found mainly
in the course of mining operations, al
though a few systematic searches for
them have been made and two com
panies are now engaged exclusively In
such work.
A British lieutenant In the Second
Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, who
was lately called "Leo Quintus Tolle-mache-Tollemache
de Oreilana Planta-
genet Tollemache-Tollemache," gave no
tice a short time ago by means of ad
vertisement that he has renounced the
names of Quintus Tollemache-Tollemache
Plantagenet Tollemache, and in
tends henceforth upon all occasions and
at all times to sign and use and be
called and known by the name of Leo
de Oreilana Tollemache only.
Count von Zeppelin, the aeronnnt.
was born In 1838. and devoted whH
are for most men the best years of life
to military service. Retiring in 1880
with the rank of general, he turned
with a boyish enthusiasm to the nnr.
suit of his hobby, aerial navigation.
To the solution of the problem which
had baffled the Investigators of two cen
turies he sacrificed his fortune, with
little apparent progress toward tho
goal. Poverty spurred him .to greater
exertion, in ne made a success
ful balloon Journey from Benin
oerne, but his work was lightly esteem
ed until 1900, when the surprising suc
cess or tne nrst airigiDie caused a een-
uln sensation. Since that time his
progress has been easier.
As long ago as 1795 a LelDsic hons.
published a German novel illustrated
oy something closely resemblini a
Roentgen picture. The story tells of
the Countess Abilllnla. who aave her
heart to the knight Glbello. The knight
ly lover was thoughtless enough to kill
his lady love's father, her affection
turned to hatred, she vowed to kill him,
In a dream she saw the man who had
fascinated her, and she stood, ready to
slay him, when suddenly the form
changed, and before her stood a grin
ning skeleton saying, "I have already
been punished." This scene ia Ulna.
f t f asv In trie, Kswitr and V .aj ... .
Is not unlike a Roentgen photograph.
When it was published no one Drobahir
would have believed that science with
in a comparatively short time wmiirt
make it possible to produce this pic
ture, which the author'a imagination
invented. ,