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Mothers will find Mr-, Window's Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period. Fortune' Wheel. "See that old chap?" remarked the clubman, pointing out the window to an old peddler, who carried a basket of shoe laces. "Well, he came to this country from Russia ten years ago. He borrowed some mooey to purchase a basket and be gan to peddle shoe laces. How much do you think he's worth to-day? Just mak a guess." Several large sums were mentioned ex pectantly. "Wrong," said the clubman. "He isn't worth a cent and he still owes for the basket." Puck. Encouraging- Him. The Young Man (ardent, but bashful) Miss Hope, I shall try to show you that I am not er as big a fool as I seem. You mustn't judge me Dy appear ances. The Young Woman Certainly not, Mr. Wrightsort. You don't make your ap pearances here often enough for that. 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The results accom plished are considerable. A "model law" drawn up by the American Orni thologists' union Is new In force in thirty States and the District of Co lumbia. The Lacey law excludes from interstate commerce all birds killed Il legally in any State, and makes those legitimately killed subject to the law of the State lu which they are boujht. Laws prohibiting the sale of game out of season, even when killed In sea son, look toward the same end of con serving bird life. Public attention has been aroused on the subject, and even the manufacturer of air rifles no long er calls attention to the fact that they will kill small game within short dis tances. Absolute protection has not yet been given the birds everywhere, but a great and Important work has been well begun and Is being carried forward. MAKING. ARTIFICIAL ICE CREAM. Cottonaeed Oil Vied Inatend of the Ordinarr Ingredient. "When Prof. Stlllman of Stevens in stitute gave a dinner to two friends, at which most of the viands were made artificially by chemical means," writes Lawrence Perry in the Technical World magazine, "he had small idea of the furore his efforts would produce. But he has received hundreds of letters asking how different dishes were pro ducedso many that he has not had time to answer many of them. "The chemical processes which he employed were some of them simple and some quite complicated. To make vanilla Ice cream by artificial means, for Instance, the alchemist took some triple refined cottonseed oil and placed It In a centrifugal machine which re volved at a velocity of 3,000 revolutions a minute. A beautiful emulsion was thereby produced, which was then froz en, chemically, of course. The flavor was obtained by the addition of vanil lin, glucln and nltrobenzol. They say that ice cream composed as above la sold in many Southern States where cottonseed oil Is more plentiful and consequently cheaper than milk or cream. It Is far from harmful, tastes good and does not melt as quickly as the genuine ice." Do you know the secret of the Wave Circle? Wonderful I .Don't delay , another day! 5 MOW1'! JaquesJifg. Co. Chicago get a package of "20-Mule- 10 cents in stamps or silver (to pay postage and your dealer's name, we will send you a Room and Kitchen; Preservative uses of Complexion" and article on the "Hair and DR. T. P. wise. ' Prisoners and Captives By H. S. MERRIMAN CHAPTER XVI. There Is no cloak for tears like aughter. He Is a strong man who mere ly does nothing in the midst of tears. Most men either laugh or weep, but soma there are who reuuiu grave. Matthew Mark Hasten was not a strong man. The last meeting of the association he was pleased to call "Guy Fawkes" was looked forward to by him with positive dread. 'He did not hold himself responsible for Pavloski and his three compatriots, for he knew well enough that he himself was but a means to the end. If these four Russians had not met with him, they would still have gone to Siberia ; for they wore branded, their souls were seared by the hot Iron the thrice-heated iron of unquenchable vengeance. Serglus Pavloski was the first to ar rive. Immaculate, cold, and self-contain ed as usual ; his old-fashioned dress clothes scrupulously brushed, his large amethyst shirt studs brightly polished. There was steady glitter in his unpleasantly veil ed eyes, but his manners were always suave and courtly. "Ah, Smith !" cried Easton ; "punctual as usual. We business men know its value, eh? especially at meal times." tt hen the guests were assembled, Kas- tou led the way to another room, where ditinor was served. The usual silence up on the subject of their meeting was ob served until the meal was over, and all chairs were drawn round the fire. Then the informal proceedings com menced. Matthew Mark Easton, was a trifle more restless than usual ; his mo bile features alternated between grave and gay, while his dancing eyes were never still. "Gentlemen," he said, "we have done vast deal of talking, and now at last some of us are going into action. Each one of you knows his part, and each one of you, of course, will do his best. The three gentlemen who leave to-nlghf for Siberia take absolutely nothing with them except a little money. There are no maps, no letters, no Instructions, noth ing that an enemy can get hold of. We have, however, taken measures to supply them with money at various stages of the ourney. V e have also completed a meth od of communication, by means of which the safe progress of the travelers can from time to time be reported to St. Pe tersburg, and subsequently, to the head quarters in London. But in case of par tial failure, it is quite understood that the others go on. Mr. Tyars undertakes to get his ship round Cape Chelyuskin, and to wait for you at the meeting plaoe arranged, namely, the westernmost mouth of the river Yam, not far from Oust Yansk, where we have a good friend. On the 10th of 'July he sails thence to com plete the northeast passage, and reach the coast of Alaska. That date, gentle men, is fixed. If no one comes to meet him, he goes on alone, but he hopes to see you all three, and each with a party not exceeding fifteen persons." The three men turned their dull eyes toward the two Englishmen seated side by side. Unconsciously the seven men assembled had grouped themselves in or der. The stout Russian and Easton were seated side by side with their backs to the table, and on their left were placed the three young Russians, while on the right the two sailors sat side by side a big man and a small one the lesser and the greater power. Of course," went on Easton, "the dis tances are enormous, but we have endeav ored to equalize them as much as possi ble. The meeting point has been fixed with a view to this. It is the southern most anchorage obtainable east of Cape Chelyuskin, though it is far within the Arctic Circle. We have succeeded, I sur mise, in keeping our scheme completely secret. No one knows of it except our selves; not even the Nihilist party in London. We must remember that we are not Nihilists, but merely seven men en gaged upon a private enterprise. We have friends who have been unjustly ex iled, many of them without a trial upon mere suspicion. We are attempting to rescue those friends; that is all." "Yes," echoed the stout man, speaking for the first time, "that is -all. I seek my daughter." "And I my sister," said one. "And I my brother," said another. "It is," added Pavloski, slowly, "a wife with me." Tyars and Grace said nothing. They had not quite thought it out, and were unprepared with a reason. Easton was more at ease now. He consulted a little notebook hitherto concealed in his waist coat pocket. "I have endeavored,"., he continued, without taking his eyes from the pocket book, "to make every department inde pendent as far as possible. For instance, my own death would in no wise affect the expedition. The money and information would, after such an event, continue to filter through to Siberia by prearranged channels. In case of the death or iniprls' onment of our agent in St. Petersburg, the eame communications would be kept open. We have each a substitute, and the arrangements are so simple that these substitutes will have no difficulty in car rying them out. I need scarcely tell you that heavy bribes have been sent to the right quarters in Siberia high official Quarters." The stout man grunted In a knowing way, and signified by a little nod of the head that no further interruption need be feared. "la Russia," continued Easton, turning the pages of his notebook, "we all know that every official has his price. The only difficulty lies In the discovery of that priot, Th only parts that have not been doubled are those of the three gentlemen who go out to Siberia to organize the escape of the prisoners and exiles. I sur mise that It Is unnecessary to point out that these parts cannot be doubled. There are uot three other such men to be found. As to our ship, she was built, above and below, under the personal supervision of Mr. Tyars and myself. In Mr. Tyars and Lieut. Grace we have two sailors emi nently calculated to bear the strain that will be put upon them. Humanly speak ing, they may be trusted to do all that man can do to get the Argo around Cape Chelyuskin to the rendezvous by the date named. This Is our last meeting in Lon don. Some of us may see each other again. I trust to God we shall. I trust that He who knows no nationalities will bring five of you together again next sum mer.'' There was a pause, Matthew Mark Easton turned the pages of his notebook in a vague, aimless way. Then in that same position, without looking around, he spoke in a low tone of voice : "Gentlemen," be said, "my report is finished." CHAPTER XVII. On the evening of the Admirals' Club dinner, early In December, Helen had been In the habit of dining at the Win ters'. Although Agnes Winter was now alone, she seemed singularly anxious to keep up this custom, and Helen acceded to her proposal readily enough. Oswln was easily disposed of. A sailor return- ng to London after an abseuce of some years can usually employ bin evenings satisfactorily. It happened that Miss Winter was ab sent from town during the three days pre ceding the anulversary, and Helen was, therefore, left In ignorance as to the na- ure of the entertainment to which she was Invited. As she drove through the fog and gloom of December streets tho thought came to her, however, that had there been other guests her brother Os wln would, in the ordinary course of events, have been Invited. This thought generated others, and before the little brougham drew up smoothly, the young girl was verging upon a conviction that the course of events had diverged already from the commonplace. She was not, therefore, surprised to see Miss Winter standiug at the head of the brightly light ed, softly carpeted stairs to greet her. Be fore she spoke Helen had guessed that they were to pass the evening alone to gether, and as she mounted the stairs she did her best to quell an indefinite feeling of discomfort. Tho drawing room looked Intensely cozy. Two armchairs, and two only, small and low, were drawn forward to the fire, and between them a small table, promising coffee. In response to a little gesture of the hand, Helen took posses sion of one of the chairs. Miss Winter took up an evening newspaper, of which the careful cutting betrayed no tamper ing on the part of a literary cook, and slowly unfolded It. I want, she said, to see who is acting in that new piece at the Epic. I had a note from Oswln to-day, propos ing to make up a party for next Wednes day." "Yes; he spoke to me about it. I should like to go.' Miss Winter continued to unfold the paper with a considerable bustle. She was not looking at it, but at Helen, who seemed interested In the texture of an ab surd little lace handkerchief. "Who is going?" The girl raised her head and frowned slightly, as if making a mental effort. "Let ' me see papa, Oswin, you, my self, and and oh, yes! Mr. Tyars." Miss Winter was not an impulsive woman. There was a graceful finish and sense of leisure about her movements, but before Helen could move, her friend was kneeling on the white fur hearth rug, drawing her toward her, forcing her to face the light. 'Helen, let me see your face." It was almost a command, and the girl obeyed, slowly turning. Her eyes were dull, as If with physical agony. Miss Winter relinquished the warm, soft fin gers. sue nan turned, and sat with her hands clasped in her lap, gavlng into the fire. "When," she asked, "when was It? Long ago at Oxford, or only just lately? "I suppose, Helen answered, quietly, "that it was long ago at Oxford; but but I think I did not know it." This daughter of a sailor race was not given to tears, but now her lashes were glistening softly. It Is not the bitterest tear that falls. "My poor, poor Helen I" murmured Miss Winter, stroking her friend's hand gently. "And he Claud Tyars he has said nothing?" "Of course not." Miss Winter's eyes fell on the news paper lying open at her feet. Mechan ically she read the heading of a long article on the "New Arctic Expedition." Her heart sank within her. "But, Helen," she whispered, "do you think he " i "Hush, dear," Interrupted the girl, "Don't ask me that." "Helen, will you tell me one thing?" The girl moved uneasily, keeping her eyes averted. "I think not," she answered, "you can ask it, but I do not think I will answer it." "Long ago," murmured the low voice of the elder woman, "long ago at Oxford did you think Helen, forgive my asking did you think that he loved you?" There was a long silence, broken only by tho officious little clock upon the mantel piece, and the heated creak of the glowing cinders. Then at last the an swor came : "Nono, certainly not. But ho was different from the others- quite different. It seems ridiculous, but at the time I thought that It was because he was tt Cambridge man." "Then If you had not met again this would not have happened?" ''No," answerod llolon, gravely; "it would not. I wonder why Oswln should have saved him, of all men, In the middle of the Atlantic ocean." CHAPTER XVIII. On Mils same day Oswln Grace dined with Claud Tyars at his club. It was In this manner that he disposed of his un occupied evening. During the actual meal, served in a tall, hushed, and rather lonesome room, by a porteutous gentleman In red plush breeches and pink stockings, there was not much opportunity for private conver sation. The elder man was the first to break the silence. He vatched the fire burn while he spoke. "You have not." he said, Interrogative ly, "got leave from the Admiralty yet?" 'Not yet," was the answer, returned confidently. Grace evidently anticipated no difficulty. "Then don't do it." A Tho little square-shouldered man tat up, but Tyars bore with perfect equa nimity the glance of a remarkably direct pair of eyes. "Why," he asked, "do you want to get rid of me?" 'I don't want to got rid of you. There s no man afloat whom I would put in your place. But I must be consistent. 1 have refused many good men for the same reason. You have too many home ties." What do you mean?" It was an awkward question, for Ty ars had been assured by this man's sister that there existed a distinct understand ing between him and Miss Winter. "You see," said Tyars, awkwardly. "I am quite alone in the world. I have no one to sit at home and worry over my ab sence or my silence. I should like all the follows who go with me to be in the same circumstances " A somewhat prolonged silence followed Hie stately silence of a club room, with padded doors and double windows. The two men smoked meditatively. I suppose," said Grace, at length, "that Helen has been gottlug at you." "I merely told her that you were going She did not say In what way it would affect her; only suppose we are away two years suppose we don't come back at all. Your father is an old man she will be alone In the world." Oswln Grace stroked his neatly cropped beard thoughtfully. 'Helen," he said at length, "will mar ry." Like most big men, Tyars possessed the faculty of sitting very still. During the silence that followed this remark he might have been hewn of solid stone, so motion less was he as to limbs, features and even nerves. At length he moistened his Hps and turned his slow gaze to meet that of his companion, who was sitting forward In his chair awaiting the effect of this argument. "Yes," he said, "that is probable, and she always has her friend Miss Winter." Oswln Grace relapsed suddenly into the chair. "Yes," he said, "she will always have Agnes Winter, and If she married, her friendship would be only the more use ful." That settled it. Claud Tyars gave a little sigh of relief, and helped himself to coffee. "Of course," he said, "if you feel quite free from the slightest moral obligation, I have nothing more to say," "Thank you," said Oswin Grace, with relieved cheerfulness; "that is exactly how I feel. But, old fellow, I wish you would give me notice when you feel a fit like that coming on. It gave me a beast ly fright. Quite a turn, as my washer woman said, when she saw my shirt-cuff covered with red paint." (To be continued.) For Spring;. "Hello," Ed, have you seen Billy?" said friend No. 1 as they met on tha avenue. "Yes," answered No. 2, "I Just saw him going into a seed store." "What was lie going In there for?" "Don't know, unless It was to buy another package of wild oats." Cheap Enong-h. "Isn't It ridiculous," begun Henpeck, "to say 'talk Is cheap' when as a mat ter of fact " "Oh! I don't know," Interrupted Newltt. "I can take you to a place where you'd get dead loads of It and a shave thrown lu for 10 cents." Catho lic Standard and Times. The Need. "Here Is another question that ought to be brought before Congress," said the earnest citizen. "My dear sir," answered Senator Sorghum, "Congress now has all the questions it can take care of. What It needs Is some answers." Washington Star. Looking After Inaecta. Bacon Why do they put all those dead Insects, in the museum, In glasa cases? Egbert They consider that is the place for them. "I think It would be better for the public if they put 'em in glass cases before they died." Yonkers Statesman. A Small Beginning, Elsie Your Uncle Harry seems aw ful young to be a doctor. Willie Yes, but he ain't a real, growed-up doctor yet I guess he's only 'tendln' to children yet, so's to get some practice. Philadelphia Ledger.