HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1899-3-23, Page 7BEATONS 1ARAIN.
Hy MRS ♦LiULANDZH.
Continued
Ab, well, there ors no use thinking
spout it. \['hut needed her whole foo.
of mind and resultrtiou wes to Ile,0ett-
ptish her brothsr'a mntriage w tip E,Ytb
Vivian.
"She shall be his wife within six
"Oh. tf you Tilig •s • itleuted the
amiable speeel. 4•.... - ».
"No. no; I do nut, but It seems im-
possible. I found him so kind and and
seUssble. 1 d1d like him, and like to talk
to him, but I am not In love with b m. I
know 1 a not. You do not believe 1
rhuuld let myself lore • mal who stool
not dare about me -do you, Mrs. Win•
mgton t'
"1 should be sorry to believe you so-
so unmaidruly," said Mrs. Wlnington,
with emptiest(
"lnderd--iudeed I am not. I •m more
grieved and dlsaplx,inted than I can may,
to Mink lir. Maitland could spook to use
.Mgt rising from d* 1 sa 4, way,It is auw .f •
°axbims where ' • ' - tldiat, aid . -
potent rage. "Slur shall TrieafeIy orf Mn. WlninKtou.
et MaiUaudi reach long WM. _B'._,"Ar'e you quite son me?"
meant e?"
"Are
meet &gain." peedeted Edith.
She bathed her ewullen eyes, and "My dear, do you fancy I would be
loured from the open window to cool boo to idiotic a to make ■ mistake in such
Sidling forehead. • matter? Believe me, the conceit awl
At length the rallying poeer of a lx vanity of men ore unfathomable. I did
ed reeolubloa calmed per. She tallied expect better things from Jack MIA -
to her wntiug-table, drew a chair, and lend, but It seems be Is no better than
after a minutes thought wrote a erre *le reit. I must My, tboegb, my brother
fully -worded letter to Jack /Hedlund- gives hlm.ol(hno superior airs, and pro-
. churmiug, sympathetic epistle which tends to be nothing mors than • plee-
Colonel Winington might have rend with aani, easygoing gentleman. Ile would
perteot impunity. Nothing could by never talk of a woman in that strain.
neer enideirim graceful than her rxpre+ 'I hough it tiler a breach of could -
(one of !merest in Mrs. Maitland, her once, 1 sin t,-tem/tad.taikow yea
regret for rile anxiety, her ewe eager' the Iwo Tette?' he has written me since
nem for news of the patient. 'then .he you banished him."
paused undecided. She was burning to "Perhaps Mr. Beaton might not like
describe, in surouthly•tuwiug period, the me to see them," said Edith, shrinking
cupid growth of mutual uuderstandiug back, all quivering, from the blow Jed
between Mies Vivian and Heaton: tete dealt her.
evident adunttiou of the simple child of "He need never know. Do read them,
acture for the accompllahed than of Edith. I should like you to see the i+oet'
fashion. She thought bow she Dight of nature you have rejected."
bet change her oontmunfcatlon with the With considerable assistance from
venom which distorted her own mind- Mrs. Winington, for Beaton's writing
But the was purposeful enough to re- was exceedingly wild, Edith rend the
strain the promptings of uoreasuu4tg effuaola, which were admirably cvm-
spita posed, eaay, natural, full of yelled *ado
In such a letter it was out of place nese, tender, even passionate here and
to introduce Edith Vlrian's name, and three In his expreaeiuna se regarded her
such uneeceseary information might self, and touching is their eat:anti s to
r use doubts which she should be 13). Lis slater not to withdraw her Mend
last to suggest if she sally meant to stip and protection from the little dnrl-
carry out per schemes; and carry Chem deg who seemed to have no one to 0a -o
out she would, cost what they might, r for and watch over her.
lying or intrigue. Grant a full belief in the truth and
Mrs. Winington resumed het pen, toad dacertty of every one about her, and no
battening down the useless vengeance girl could have read such letters uu-
that raged for utterance until a mote ;dived. Edith folded them np sad re
couveaiieat sexton, concluded her Ie(lfr tamed them to Mn. Winington with
with a klndly meessee from per brother, trembling bands and quivering Ilpa.
which would convey the impree♦ise and "He is too good. 1 do pot desire that
-r wee -et her elbow, -- - sttooid -tttnk > �IpgcA of mc. 1 tort
A fully detailed account of all that quite angry with' toilet for not lovirs;
bad happened since be had left her was him. But I am very young, Mrw. W';n-
text addressed to her brother worm- Ington; need I marry any one just yet?
paled by much shrewd advice. And I don't feel as !f 1 were fit to be toy
thea, oompletety restored to composure, mom's companion."
and firmly resolved to play bee game "My dear Edith, were you any one
-OlitihotiatI,.A•A•..tewM.. Moa-Wiai•geso I arise - 1. ahead seems. yea -of stork
eitingulahed her light and tried sut•p� modest."
fully to sleep. "No I am riot eo modest as you fancy.
• • • • 1 know that in many wars I am not
There is wonderful power In a dear unworthy of being Iored, hut I am very
and thoroughly adopted declaim. No ignorant. I want- to learn so much to
energy is wasted in answering paral)r be at all equal to you, sad lady 'Marl -
ear doubts and queries as to the advise- aid lir. Beaton." Maitland's name was
Linty of some other line if conduce; on her Rips, but she checked herself 1a
with a distinctly risible object ahead, time. "1 etaoot.even know bow to be -
1t is coguparatirely easy to shape ms's Heys myself, or --or Mr. Maitland ovoid
eoums never bare spoked so ioetemptuoualy,
Mrs. Winingtoo ws• afflicted with taw M cruelly of se," and she bunt into a
acrnples. Her own desires, her own pas ioaite flood of tears, so passtemte
ambitions, were the eed• at which shit that Mrs. Winington was amazed. She
aimed. But being a healthy, fairly well- did not Imagine there was such [bre
tempered woman, ca very good terns under ber protegee's quiet exterior.
with herself, she never quarreled about •'!tear Edith, deer child." cried Mot.
trifles, and could gracefully give up a bat Wadngtoo, delighted at the snots of
she did not care much •bout. Iatemaeiy her scheme, yet not unmoved by the
perceptive of what she really wasted, agbt of per dietreu. She roes', not
Se stony, reserved her forces for sec drawing tbe weeping girt to the sofa, put
cautions wacthy ot them. The eucee.d- her erne round her affectionately. "Y-. m
Mg twenty-four hours she devoted to take • mere trifle far too much to hen t.
masterly inactivity. The boasting of an inexperienced men.
?though kind and gentle with Edith to for Jack Maitland really know" noth-
• degree that woke the keenest atiuga of ing of aodety, is not worth a moment's
self reproach In [bat young woman's thought. You don't suppose 1 am Ito
breast, the was so much engajed that ger-need by his absurd speech? 1 sow
she wa 1 reluctantly compelled to vs nothing whatever to remark a
her • good deal to herself. manner. You are naturally we:1 b•e1.
Edith longed to solace her deproolid I lore your candor, your refresh ng
sPirit by writing a full and true history piicity. Pray put theme tiresome mea
of the trial through which she had pas out of your head, don't think even of
ed to Mn. Miles, but she had a deep poor Leslie. I want 10 see you briglit
impre"don that it would be disio)a to again. Co bathe your. eyes. Nothing
Mrs. R'infngton, a well a to Penton, will draw you out of yourself like per-
1f she told the story of per reject(• n of tures, and there ate one or two weeds
the latter. She was to troth rather ful pictutes by a Rotarian artist at
miserable. The fact of per extreme tlnlndglie'a. -?let MOS° led look at them.
lioeline'es was borne In aeon her w tlr Tntet me, dear, i will always be your
telling force. Her eyes had been open- Mend.'
ed as they never hod been before. New Mrs. Winington bad quiet aortas
needa had sprung up. She could clot sympathks, which, nevertheless, never
go back to the bare existence she had interfered with the ulittm.te cornier;
led before she met Beaton and his slats. int of her person.l views, but which for
?ler mete* were quiet enough, but ber the moment Improved even upon herself,
eyes had been opened, and warmly es and made her infinitely dangerous.
she still loved her kind old Mend Mrs. Edith's heart filled with warmest
Miles, las felt that lite would indeed be gratitude a ehe pressed her poor trrentr
dreary had the no ether oompanionehIp. ling lips to the soft smiling month of
Mrs. Wellington Mw with much seta" the besotiful superior being who deign•
faction the pale, pensive little face of ed to love her.
her young friend grow palter and sad- Rut even Mn. Wldngton's hotrod:ees
der. She took oo soba of the remark -
range of each aper. 1 intend to to
great friends with lira Loslla Beaton.
and i suspect we shall ueed the support
of each other's sympathy. Could you
not steal a march on your Imperious
sister, and come up ineog. for twenty
four hours? I feel as If a long talk
w kh you would do me good, fur eons -
bow I have been so disgracefully weak
as to cry over the general 'cursedness'
of things. Yours. as ever. .
"MARY If."
CHAPTER VII.
Yea. WINI\O1'ON lewnr0.
Mrs. 1daiUaud was is a very critics'
...arm-
_doctor in attendance had
erected with the disease successfully,
but feared the weakness which emptied
mlabt do death's bidding ■■ .Reotuslty
.r hi• mon aotiye emissary. •
It was not oath she had been carefully
prepared that the sufferer was allowul
to se her son. Ile was profoundly mov-
ed at tLe sight of the pale, delicate fns
with iia etlrery hair lying so helplessly
on the pillow. His mother could only
anile faintly as he brut over her rust
teak her thin, nearly trauapareut band
In hie. with infinite tenderness. Neither
spoke.
Mrj(Jitpd could nut for a Jest einsaDtrt.
trust hit voice. He knew tbe loueii:ei
of her life. She was ■ creature of liner
:.3)J more senaitiie orgalzation than
Close among whom she had been forced
to pass the larger part of her existence.
herding warmth and outshine, she bud
been transplanted to the cold soil, the
eneterly atni sphere of Major 11a11Iad's
dominion. To him and to their children
her gentle kindliness, her tender reluct-
ance to wound the humblest creetmre,
was but weakness almost rt* 1tempulte
wesknesa, and thin idea permeated ricer
Judgment of her in all things. No ouu
thought of consulting her or tak'ng her
Minion or crediting per with the ability
.he really pdssessil. Not that they were
unkind; they was all well -dispose!, prac-
tical lads and lasses -fund of. „Abe I'.
nether in a way, but warn mediae ohms.
She could never open '1er-bean to ta7
of them, except t0 Jack, the strongest
and most combllt:ve of them all.
llctweeo the mother and ter jyon:Igea_
sots there was profound 'yinpathy, and
the dream of .luck's maturer mastered
was to make the evening of his =SST's
days peaceful, bright, and full of .f'
fecttoc and wermth.
With his father, Jack had Mt!, la
commoo. Major Maitland was sur oil
tial domineering, yet desirous of acting
justly towel all meg; exceedingly cap-
able wfthio certain limits, and consist*
oto fa the fulfillment of his dotes, so
far as he Understood them. He had.
berm levatuable es as Oehler, almestlef
ruler, to his friend and employer, the
late laird of Craigrothae; but yens acid
rout were begiuuing to enfeeble hive,
and make his stern end once equab e
temper irritable, at times querulous.
From the time her sue returned Mho.
Maitland began slowly, very slowly, to
gain strength; but for several weeks she
required the utmost care. The leave o -
cupied of he: maned daughters hal
hastened t0 assist 1n nursing be,, 1.114
still stayed on. But it was her sin '•
daily visit and quiet talk that cotmfo,ted
and supported the invalid.
With all ills tender care for, and an -
s et)' aboor, be mother, Maitland's
thoughts often strayed to the -drama he
knew was bring enacted In London. The
•(mpoer-d little figure of Edith, the
quaint grace of her unstudied_ move-
ments, the curious, intelligent singiGcky
that seemed to expos the tinseled un-
reality with which .he was surrounded,
wle•uevev she sea• brought into contr0t
a ith it, were perpetually in his mind.
The honest pror'i•rence she had unc.n-
.tiotter shown him bad completed the
•da - exercised. Not that be al -
('.Wed himself to believe that at pre-test
it was more titan the friendliness of ee-
o•inclive tomer, but *t might t.e more.
It would he a delicious occupation to
w -'n the feu/ womenly Mee of that ds -
lice, unworldly crrnture, whose gentle-
ness was not week, whose Ignorance
was not dull. She would be a kind,
Wader daughter to his mother; the
nould be happy in a quiet country home.
What • contrast to his first stormy
Lore affair, and to some slighter expe.i-
r noes throngh which he hnd "ince pos-
ed! Ile often conjectured how she was
faring among the shrewd worldling'
vhoee intriguer centered ronnd her.
1\'as he, Jack Maitland, playing an
tvonorwbie, manly part in letting her
tall blindfold into the snare? Yet wh.it
could he do? Her wealth was ■ hind-
rance. What had be to offer that could
;n Any way balance it? He was wieder-
leg these things with more than usu-ii
bitterness, because his •nxirty ret(pe_t-
ing his mother bad been somewhat re-
lieved. She was able to be moved from
bee bed to the sofa Olt the eighth dry
after his return. And Jack had on the
following morning mounted hit father's
favorite back to visit • distant part of
the [state.
DUEL OF GIANTS
Finish : Fight - Between Forty
Ton Dinosaurs..
A FREE AND EASY TALK.
now an Magfteb WON Mit the Ulla
peeve of lemons.
The English lady whore renilnlsos1om
aro eutltled "Foreign Courts and Forelgo
Holmes," says that In her girlhood she war
staying Im Paris and one day wont to cat
upon her relative, Lord Malmcwbury. II
win not at home, and she took up • boil
and mat down to waft for him.
Soon the dour opened, and • gentle
Mali entered. I In soy girlish Ignorance
thought him rather true and say, as he
alae sot down ad entered Into convene,
thin with tits We discussed French poll
thew, ams he asked Die why I wore violets
' ecaus" said. I, "I amu •p Imperial
T also tditi7ned 3)118 that my ataie wet
• pour, misguided Legitimist. We got
,deeper And deeper Into politica. I told
him bow the differait factions called tin
emperot Co Munxlcur la I shade him
roar by telling him Montaletubert had
called on um ytwterday, and how during
his %nit we had heart a commotion, and
all rustled to the window. •
"What did Montalembeet do?" asked
my acquaintance.
"Ho made me furious," I replied "Fos
he was facing the window and deliberately
pulled his chair round and said to me, '1
turu my back on him.' So I rushed at
h11u, eeimed him b7 the collar and turned
him to turn round."
My sister tLen entered the room and
looked daggers at me for talking with as
unknown Frenchman. 1'rouuntly all
walked out, and my friend said:
"Whitt a striking looking gull She 11
like one of Soott's herointxt."
"And what am I like?" I asked eagerly.
"You," said he, looking at me flxodly,
"have • gift which belongs to few people,
'and which I should like. You have ties
gift of gab, and no mistake."
1 war angry then and nearly orled wick
vexation,
- "Are you eamtng>r the Tuileries ball
[text week?" asked bo.
"No," said 1 ttadl7; "I can't coma 1
have never boas presented at our court.
would give anything to come. I have
never seen the emperor In my life."
An aroused look came over his face. and
1 left the room to Join my sister.
Then Lord Malmesbury came in, and 1
beard him and the stranger talking sad
laughing In the next room, evidently lis•
cussing some very good joke. Then Lord
Malmesbury Joined us, furiously angrj. 1
was afraid of him, andSo I determined M
carry matters with • high hand
"Who 11 our shabby look) ttrrl.ndt" 1
looked, tean•ring to out o • brave -are.
"My "bobby looking friend is the em
peror of the French. A sloe opinion bs
will have of my cousins!"
This was • downfall to my pride. I had
talked too much! But next day there para
an invitation to the Tuileries ball, and 1
haew die assiwoe kd�iisra� ..tom
HUMOR OF THE INSANE.
There 1a Plenty et It, Saye the super-
lateadent et an Aq lam.
"I way sitting 1n my ofioe the other
day," said the superintendent of Cho in -
lane asylumParlor City, "when o 3)e of
the patients, • harmless fellow who 1s
allowed to have the freedom of 111.' build-
ing and grounds, came 111, pale with In-
dignation, and said that 11e had • com-
plaint to make.
" 'What is it, your highness?' I said,
for 1t warn the Primo of Wales I was talk-
ing to.
" 'Are the rules of the palace' to be on
served or notr he dernandrd '' I want to
know whether our rules can be broken
with impunity.'
" 'Certainly not, your highness,' I said
'What 1s its'
I was Doming down the corridor this
morning,' he sold. 'and In a rack on the
wall 1 saw • do,.co ted palls marked "Fan
Fin Only." Now, Is that right or tat?'
" ' It is,' I said "1'he sign la oorrect.'
" 'Well, then,' he maid, 'John (referring
to • keeper) must be 1'unlsbed. A. 1 stood
there he came along and lllJrd the palls
with water.'
' 'Ho shall be executed at once,' I Mid,
and the prinoe bowed with great serious
nems and walked out of the room.
"This Incident illustrates a trick whirl
few people know anything about," oon
tlnued the superintendent; "that 1s, that
there is more unoonaclous humor shoat •
lot of lunatic. than there la genuine
humor among sane people. Some of tits
things that my patients say and do an
funnh•r than any of the things 1 read or
bear from the ntutsl,(o world. I tell you,
life Isn't .o'insolt as you'd think In v
intone asylum. "- 1- -change.
condescension could not console her.
able fact that fo: three days Maitland Resides her personal mortification,
bad not appeared at luncheon, tea or there was the anguish of seeing her
Mans. This silence was, In tire. Wia- woof mitered. of fintdlag teat the
blgton's opinion, • bad symptom, ant image of gold had feet of clay. Moreover,
she determined to break It by a bold sad .he recognised with a keen sens of de -
masterly stroke. gradation that Maitland was right. She
Heaton had followed his Mater's is loved him, or was on the verge of h.ving
e rections, and duly sent her letters of him. lube felt 1n her Inmost soul that
the most lugubrious description yet mat- had be he.o in Beaton(' place her am-
orally written -him dramatic moils le, ewer would have been different; that
%hitt mode hint a missies Jewel ie bar doubts of her own fitnes, although
country horses whew th.atrlcal• were rstee might have entertained thein, wi old
bring ovgsals d, saggvsting rhe moue not have presented an insurmnurtahle
characteristic modes ot. ezpresdon. A hnrrier to her mourning the re.poo.iht-
eeperste Mop generally accompanied this 1 ties of matrimony.,
effusion, in whlcb he Implored his recall Rut that was all over now, she must
from banishment, and vowed the most forget her own folly and ered,lity and
abject obedience to his dat.rs can- try to be worthy of the ftienlchlp •,
mends 11. golf. agreed with Lady g,.nernnsly bedewed on her. indeed she
Marys view ot Jack Maitland'• meatal was nlnxost disposed to think rhe onyht
condition, and urged Mrw. Winington not to marry Beaton out of gratitude to his
to let him be cut out by that dairy ,Inr,,,ly sister. e -
colonist. While Edith strove to grin eomrwure.
"i forgot to tell you Mat Mr. Stant- end efface the aims of her unii n. l tome
L nd had been snmmooed away, his ono. \Ira. Wineneton penned • hasty bo;
mother is dangerously i11," geld Mrs` ,+,,,[,ragin( lever to twine.
Winington to Edith, as they sat to-
ether
ogether In the drawing -room, the various "I am really proud of myself," she
hahitnes who had dropped into afternoon wrote. "I here made_ moot dexter",'
tea having departed, and left the patron- 'ice of a hint from ndy Mery, and
dealt poor Edith's 'elf Cove a fatal h.nwe,
from which it must he onto hnrineas to
ors and her protegee to a rare tetea-
"1 am very sorry," exclaimed Edith, restnro per. She is al reads dfapn.ed
M regard von with a sort of grateful
had Jrring
down an offillu.[ s v y f.3) she kindness which may lend to heifer
And jest tkknar He is eery food tg things. I 515(10(1 that \'a'tit:nnd has
bis mother." [seen-kenwingly or not, who t(n tell -
. s. ^'I did not think you knew he bad a •hit of • traitor. Yon const p nst(mble,
mother," slid Mrs. Winington, sharply. he merrier' before he comes en the frnht
"Ile has spoken of her to me wane- er
oe- again. Re read, to start on r.ipt of
ties," said Edith, Innocently. gultw hm- a telegram from me. Ynn will And
embarrassed directions at your old onerters. Your
"8hc is s cba »i lady. i was g3)-
letters do you credit; continue them.
and never forget all you owe to your
ding to nsy 'std lady,' bet do spite of beer very much worried sinter. Jean. P. 8 -
white hour there Ia a verso/Id youth Let me have the gturdian's address M
t &bolt her stat is "mite delightful. I return -I mean Darien's. I may want
hire Jaek Maitland very nowt) ton. He to see him."
used to he such a gond fellow, but I The accord post brought another epi&
was not quits pleated with- kin the
ether dal" Ile to the exile, who was growing Intndsr-
"lndred." &bis weary of his enforced solitude.
There wss not any trident antisety In "I don't like yon to hear from any one
the too.. but myself that i accepted 'Go hang
"N0," °outlawed Mrs. WIat,gtao, 1 at night. Let lig cab bins '8taaiey
aug
Mhtflly; "i was vexed with film. I Brown' In flame. 7 And Mgt the tl.
on his cards means Stanley. His f•th"r,
thought him too manly for that sort of 11 moms, named him after his Mndlnrd.
self •'nnceit. Perhaps 1 °tight ma to Corin,e that with his proclivities be
tm11 Ton. but it may be useful ea • Were- should not has tired It beton I0 ex
`1 not to frust appearances." tensa. Of some the eructs' test of ad-
o,wrs was • som.nt'& Wens. The l lem,nta is M roma Heaven grant t1e
'll( ee.r I's slowly in Edith.. emcee, as If 'Mane* may not prove a pend settle-
- entree and mortfaca dos wet, greduel1i mew. i think, however. all will go
1s•Tetrattng h�j seri. Thenf1 ebo dud riabt. and I nine[ say it will h. an Its -
net d..sm of In Mrs- WW2." mento pellet to has a lento 01 187 own,
ape half sAgsamtefosal7 exeW. - , Ynn wov11A And
tgk� tboae�cans gF►nl moll
`1si sasffat bolt have 41st r tr• ails Waco saagM Mfrsdeaf
[7't) 111 onicrttVED.J
Drop de cnir is one name for the new
dnll finished cloth which la coming to
to fill the place of faced cloths
Jonas u an Mater.
The late Dr Jenner. ole fatuous Eng-
lish physician, wasagreet tea drinker and
very abstemious, never hiking any stimu-
lant except a mo•sured glans of brandy
when he had Indlgettlon. Once for that
cause he lived on stewed chops and rips
for luncheon and dinner, with tea. for •
couple of years: but ordinarily he was a
great feeder
1 re ollrrt,' says fib friend, Dr. Coop-
er Bentham, "on one ooesslon Reynolds
came to are him Jenner was at dinner
He hod sup, fish, the grater part of a
chicken, and he was In the middle of •
huge dee pudding when iteynokls encored
enol naked him how he was Jenner drew
a pttital sigh and replied. '1 am not a1
all well -no appetite. "'
Jenner wan no mnoks and had no bob-
by or recreative reroaroe outside his pro-
fession of any kind He Invariably retmwd
society Inventions and, my* Dr Ben
therm, ''fila power of commending deep
wars IttarvClOw
A Sp..eh That Pald.
"Daniel Webster oris got a ehenk for
16,000 that he was In nowise looking for,"
remarked ex Mayor Berrett of Worthing-
ton at the Arlington
"Webster War In the I/IOW[ States sen-
ate at the time and had delivered Isis mas-
terly epoch on the compromise measures,
In which he sought to reconcile the differ-
enrxr. between the srtln0a Its braid
pitrtotlsm wppeshd to Mr W W Oor
°nein en strongly that ho Font the senator
the ohm mentioned the very next day In
a letter exprnwlve of his admiration for
the man and the speech Yeah afterward
1 saw the original of the reply cent by Mr.
Webster acknowledging the reeelp%of Mr
Corcoran's letter. '
For Nl.enith..
For a gevera rase of the hlevonghs font
to nix drops of nitrate of amyl nn a
hondkerehlaf tnhalri at intervals ie prob-
ably the hest r.mrvly In the world.
For mild ease of Mosotho o few mos.
lard oasis may bo soaked 1n water, snd
the apnatanl wsVg*meld k •yila
Ise [autolet l*adrtl_.
BATTLE OF MONSTERS AS LEARNED FROM Y'O88IL8.
Evidences of a mighty battle wnieh tout
place 2,0041 ern years ego. have just been
received at t••-• American Museum of Nat-
ural Risk ry in New York, says • oorre-
spondent Irian that city It was fought
between two of the biggest animals that
ever lived, one a herbivorous dinosaur
pterrlble lizard, about 90 feet long and
tall enough to wade .croas the audition
river at Grans'. tianb without wetting his
head and the or nor • fish eating dinosaur
probably 26 ur SU feet long and weighing
80 or 40 ton■
Tbd details set this battle are M clearly
known as 11 it had happened yesterday
and the body of the monstrous ,Latin Iles
outstretched In Central perk, for Or
Wertman, who hes charge of the museum's
field work In p,ieontology, has read the
soros of the fight In the skeleton which ole
unearthed and - 1 rough$ to New York, a
part of a shipment of two whole carloads
of huge bones.
The light took place to what is now the
state of Wyoming, which was then Chs,
shore of • great Inland sea which extend
ed in a northerly and stoutherly direction
through the renter of the United Stews
Here among the tropical grant and palms
these huge and terrible animals lived and
waded, and here thous that ate flesh preyed
upon those that fed on vegetation, just as
the leerier animals do today When the.
huge dlnoeaar, the skeleton of which Dr
Wortman has found, was killed. It sank
down In the soft ooze and there, as the sea
receded, 1t slowly petrified and layfor
1,000,000 years. And there it was un
earthed and photographed. Along Itaenor
mous 1811 bones Dr. Wortnian has found
deep ridges showing where Its enemy's
claws struck down end stripped off the
flesh, and moms of the lower vertebras ars
entirely broken off, glving some Idea of
the awful violence of the attack
The flesh eating dinosaur, which was
something [ho shape of an enormous kan
mono, molt have crept op from behind
and taken Ila prey by sorprne, as • tiger
falls on an ox, and by the fierceness of the
onslaught overcame an animal twice Iia
size. Inasmuch as there Is no evidence of
the bones baying attempted to mend therm
selves, the attack must have caused the
death of the herbivorous animal
The dinosaur, brontosaur, moros•ur.
dlpindocus and others of the same order
lived and dominated the earth during
what are known as the Jurassic and the
late Triassic. ages Some of them were
only as large as our common rabbit; others
reached the great length of 70, s0 and 90
feet. Occasional fragmentary'skeletons
hada been found In Europe, Asia, Africa
and even Australia, but the greatest nom
per and most perfect remains bads been
found in the Americas. The Bad Lands of
abs west are found 1n plass literally to bo
underlaid with obs bones of dlnrsaas
They are of such carious shape and odd
formation that geologists ars enabled by
means of them to draw no unoertsfn pic-
ture of tba conditions which ezlst.4 on
earth druing these early ages From the
teeth they are enabled to say just what
kind of food the animal lived on, from
the shape of the foot they can state the
kind of ground he trod on; from another
fossil they are enabled to state that the
animals had cannibalistic tralta The
completeekeleton of the now dlnosanrwill
weigh probally 20,000 pounds Compare
such a monster with the skeleton of a
mastodon, *h11, will welch prohahly
1,000 pounds, and the mention of great
,stool girders to hold It In position will not
seem mcperflunus
North America was ono* divided by •
..s which mooched from tho gulf of Mexico
to the Arctic ocean Its postern abort( lay
along the lino where the Missouri river is
now. Its wades shore wait as for west as
Utah it was sit and had tides and cur-
rent
urrent the Mate as the Atlantic ocean In
later ages the 'radon! elevation of the land
Mused the dolls of the northern and sdutb-
ere malaria of thea tea ehangtng It ono a
lake. In whlcb the water gradually got
fresh, and musing ehenges In the entreat
forme on Its hanks During mlocenetinsel
the lake reached from the Dnkntaa M
lower Texas Its orators shore attended,
$Aeeegh l;rattb Uakwtw, Nebraska, K --es.
Oklahoma and Tads. whore the share 11113)
made a grnot Innp pias onrth of the KM
Grande and seethed hark again thtnbgb
Ncw Mrx,en Colorado Wyoming sad
Routh Dakota Cheyenne. Chariton Std
nely. Oberlin. Rearm v Wichita and nth*,
weet.rn tette, oro mer situated on Ian4
width ones was ander wase Ths White
the Plats, th. North Plots the -Ashen
aria, the Canadian and other les stroll
eget riven now flew ewe the head fled
, af.Mtteeld thio MC- - rreMlltr.ac-e a-sawtlt
In the later ages Is dried np on the
south, and part of is northern edge over-
lowed,
verlowed, getting finally Into North Dakota
rand taking in more of Wyoming Mee
still 1t dried up entirely, and the ground
became elevated far •hove what It was
But while it lasted It dominated the ohar-
•cler of animal life In Its vlcinity It was
gilts tropical. and during lower oilmen'
.-atans-ita banks fostered many animals
which now live around the equator. suck
as llama. monkeys. tapirs. rhinoceros•
large peboarla and rodents At another
period Its banks harbored the short limbed
rhinoceros, primitive mastodons throe
toed horses, small camels. Wolves and e•
bar toothed tigers Its aquatlo animals
were numerous. for 1ts beaches wore shad
low • long way out In the mar of (6s
ells obtained from its shores wen found
tits bones of many species of dinosaurs. the
animal whose birdlike footprints bad beta
attracting attention In the east for years
e aeholore With rletltlooe Fam111...
Jersey City U shocked It has been db
covered In the school census that scold old
bachelors have from four to nine children
sack Worse still. the accused men deny
it, notwithstanding the record Is against
them But tho record L a forgery Chief
of Polios Murphy declares that In three
ward. over 18.000 fraudulent names were
found on the lista City Treasurer Sam
all D Dickinson. who Is • bachelor. Is
one of the many cited with having four
ehlldren attending school Married men
who aro childless have been abundantly
bleared with large and Intereating fail
11es. 'ninny In many otos elicited the
tact that no school census taken had made
• spans this year. and Chief Murphy's
presumption lethal the enumerators mere
ly took the names from the poll book and
directory and created • family for sob
man resident without making an inquiry
The nens enumerator receive 5 Dente
a name. and the more names they enter
the greater, of wars their compensation
D ademo,.
"Thera 1s never any really sound reason
for despondency,' said Mr Stogglsby
"and the nowt substantial reason that we
own discover for it Is likely to be the ut-
terly unsubstantial one found la some
d ight venation from • eondltlon of per-
fect health It down not seem as though
Intelligent persons would ml.take for true
despondency the mental depression °mooed
by a disordered stomach. 1161 no doubt
we often do The curs for this and Indeed
for practically every other form of de
apondency 1s to he found In good health
"We oars preserve our natural elation of
W rits always by keeping our ph,yalcal
edge The whole .00.11. or so large • per
Tentage of It that the rest doesn't count
Ilea them. To do this requires the steady
exerolee of some measure of self control
but that alone is worth more to a man
than a liberal education without It It
glues him moral .s well as phydoal
strength, and with than two combined .
man ren set despondency at defiant.. He
can laugh at every skinny specter [hist
stalks the earth "-New York Sun
One et the fterarkatle Cues.
He began after the usual form -to wit:
"I have little fay at home who" -
They interrupted him after much this
usual form -to wit:
"Pardon me, old men. I must be going
along. Berry I can't watt, bot I'm dei
at the offloe," etc.
"Jolt s minute," be urged, buttonhol-
ing the two neatest. "II won't take me s
minute."
They sighed and resigned themselves.
"All I want to say," he went on, "Is
that I here • Iltt.le boy at home who never
said a bright thing in him life ."
They grasped his hands with a thank -
Miners that could find no expression in
words, and then he added:
" He's ton small. Hs can't talk yet "-
Chloyo Post
Cele• I. 1.1es.
It's a white 11e when mamma tells papa
"that baby has bean saying, but when
pas gore and repents It at the office ft's
another maJterr a lie becomes more Or loss
Soiled by Ming mopped around. -Detroit
Journal
Ie. F..ple.loa..
A traveler In Slber;n Meter an extracts
(Unary occurrence s,rno07 Cho frozen re
clone of that country. In the intensely
cold nights, he writes in Good Words, the
silence was sometimes broken by • loud
report as of • cannon. This was the burst
fog of one of the foe babbles on • river-•
phenomenon I had neither beard nor read
of before.
The streams coming down from the
hills were frozen on the sears snare six
to nine inches thick. The water beneath
flowed fasts than It could escape, and
the pressure, on the principle of a hydr•ulbi
prey, Seams irrewfstlble. First the els
tlolty of the los was seen by the rising of
circular mounds some six to eight feet in
diameter and from tour to five feet hlgb.
The bursting point came at last with •
report like an explosion. The water s-
oaped, but soon froze Again. I have sees
scores of them hoe hillock' In • few verses
of the river.
Jahn. Themes, Riehard. Rte.
The popularity of John is believed to 1e
due to the supposed suitability In baptism
of the Baptist's nathe, just as Jordan
was a name usually given to children who
were baptized In water brought from
Palestine by pilgrims or crusaders. The
prevalence of William Is due to William
the Conqueror, that of Robert to sympathy
with the misfortunes of h1. eon. Thoma
Time In with the murder of the groat arch-
bishop. The crusading exploits of Rlehan
I made the name popular, while to the ad
ventures of the paladins we own Roland
Roger and Reginald In the fmurt,rrrtl
oentury Charles, Janie! and George ars
almost unknown. Charles only basses
popular after the execution of ['hones 1,
and tl.orge enrne In with the Hanovorlan
d,ynaaty.-Notes and Queries.
Early Accidents
Cause Lifelong Suffering.
A Case that Is Causing Talk.
When a lad about eight years of age I
fell olio a cellar a distance of ten feet,
striking on my head, and causing con-
cussion of the brain. 1 war" taken to •
Loudon, Eng., Hospital, the first seven
days not rec'utrring Consciuu melte. 1 ant
now 35 years old and t the time of my
act iU,-nt until I began taking Dr. Ward •
Pills five months ago I had born suhjectto
fainting spells, never being more tht:n Ise
weeks without an attack 01 fainting. As
1 grew older these !poll, became more
Ireyutnt• lasted lur•cer, end loft nmr ,t
YTaBt j"`
leas y. uma+trcak.rad no streoo;h
or stanista, alway► very- low-spirited coed a
dowp-hearted; imagined that, every this= )
and every person was going againstand life onlyhad a dark side forme. M /
poor ,A•
appetite was most of the time, fat
am now happy 60 say that, since taking
Dr. Ward's Blood and Nerve Pills, f have
only halt/ one fainting spell, shortly alter;
1 began taking them, so, 1 have
hesitation in saying that Dr. Ward'
Pills cured me. Before taking the
pills 1 always looked .for a fainting spa
not more than two weeks apart ; not},
1 would be greatly surprised it a rec
rence of these spills. Life is ints brisk
thecorsotant, morbid, do*w-Wearted f.a
dog ls gone, bring replaconn
ed, hopeful ort -ling. 1 frcfced like a w9vkitengt-
.
My appetite is good, and in every'respeet
Mare, the health and strength
restoring properties of Di. Ward's Blood
std Nene Pills. They certainly have
proved -,a great blessing to me. Yours
truly, (Signed), Thomas Stanton, Brigh-
ton, Ont.
Dr. Ward's Mood -sod Nerve Pile •
are sold at son per box, s boxes for $2.0e
at druggists, or marled on receipit of price
by The Doctor Ward Cor.
ar9ato
AWFULNESS•OF PRISON LIFE.
The teal) tlnalkal the araed .1 '•Cee.
•let•' Never can K. K.ea...d.
`.'TAe Leat of prier* 'fife shah'
striker one who enters w•Ithin the doors
lirribe Ity�,111ia iw►4 fuss► -the w.wSt-o iteIttO;"
Mss Max llallingtun Bu,1..11 In 'rh.
atlltse' Hunte ,bursal. ' Thu man aha
has friends who still cur' for him may
tened.e ii 'stated number of visite it year,
when for • few minutes he mike with
Wife or mother or friend in the guard-
room, and he Is allowed to write one Itch
Ter a month and to nrelve ieternrtw,we-a
week. To him there 1.1, therefore still
this little bridge bottvec'n his cell and dm
world from whish he hoe been Lunlshed.
To many, however, these' dues nut 'z14
1111+ link -no friends have they to call to
rl , and the''•livenu of letter. puss
tLaji
is
intriange ,ymuft the liar; .,...,
topping W not n mesaalt • i ,rougih the Lar
to them. Stern tlleelpline, 10nellueas, long
hours of work, a 'taros llttlo yell with
just Kann enough for • *tool and a bell.
with a thick larrrd door throygh whirls
the light falls (Linked with ahortows as •
e•+m+tout reminder of ootrfinew.'nt. -these,
In parr. ke up prison life. The felon .
of wealth ane[-eth.-poor,prts.ner from the
d may month 1iokt each other In tM
l.w-katep and tsruPy aclje'.ent cells on this
Raillery. for to ell Intents and p urpreee
they aro ullke now. 'rhe strlpwd doral
egos cropped hair, the utter stripping off
,of all numfort. have • leveling lnfluenoe.
"The awfeln,,ts of prison life loaf 1a
the nemoritss of the past; the dismal
Tmtrast Mrtwes'n hone and prison yell;
the tonging tordoved onto whose hearts
are aching away out at rush; rho knowl-
edge that.the wretched armpernlonshfp of
misery must bo theist 1n the we ar'y
round of prism toll from morning od11
night, for the long gain ahead, which
seem interminable. Above and beyond
ell this, prisoners have the bitter nuhat-
tium of the brand that has faller) upon
them never to be retnovo.I-conviete-tha$
Moro are degraded brlsrru_the public. and
Will ;a 1,444 -ii . l 'forever -at accursed.**
Cases,. r" r '�
flaying nbeervel that in pertain forint
et nsnei!r fin lymph-tenni% all -kith[ after
ed at all, Dr. Herbert Snow, an Engllab
canes specialist, hna herrn lel to the Inter
estt1)g and Important conclnslon that It k
Nile function of thole glands to resist ani
stonily destiny the nnno.rmna growth
This Oakes place up to a rortaln paint
The gland in eventually overpowered 1t
numbers, but the cont et. is often an oh
Minato one, and the number of infer -W:8
particles killed must be very oonsldernhla
Many well dressed London dandles have
enntrach with went end florists for the
supply of buttonhole bouquets As a rola
the chargs L about 16 a week, and this
Includes two buttonhole. daily, one fot
wear during W day and the oiler for the
aenac.l.e'M
What Oar Knowledge Is Dead Por.
The attalnriient of skill is the alpha as
It is the omega Or eeienee. It was the is
tempt to gain perfection to bis everyday
work that testi primeval man to take the
first (steps In that greet movement of
which the fruition appears In the final de
velnpment of our nio.dorn universities,
For Cha mon 3)t highest culture also the
end and object of study tit, as Arfstntls
teaches ne, not the attwlnmcnt sof know?
edge, but the perfecting of condnet, and
this 1. true not only when ws. [enol./4 of
pendent as our action In relation to other
man, but alto If we look npo n it se *Minn
is relation to the objects and eondltlot s
4iftelf yttffbsffsi dta4 itidfnli ll"•a• • 1
LEGS ENTIRELY RAW
From Itis feet to his body,
and ran a'blpod tinged,
irritating water.
Mrs. A. Kelrstsad,Snlder Mt., i.B .1.11s
how her little boy suffered, and how
E.B.D. cured hilt permanently.
a
There is en o t a
m ahcr in this land
who has a chijd Buf-
fering from akin dis-
ease ininv form but
will thap klNrs. Kris
stud, &Snider Mt..
N.B., for telbng e>f
the rem ark abid mall.
nirenwhichherboy,
Freddy, was cured
of one of the seven
est and most tortur-
ing
ortureing of skin diseases
by the use of Burdock Blood Bitters 1 and
not only relieved and cured for the time
being, but, mark you, a%fir eight years
the distant had shears cosign of r t..rn.nga.
The following is Mn. Keirstead'•
letter:-
" With
etter:-
"With gratitude I can testify to the
wonderful curative power of Burdock
Blood Bitters. Eight year. ago otir hula
son, Freddy, was afflicted with salt rheum
amino, in a dreadful condition. 11 is legs,
from the soles of his feet to his body. were
entirely raw, and ran a bloody water,
which appeared to bourn and itch until Is;
was often in great agony.
" After trying several remedies, we rao
oohed to gist H.B. H. a trial.
"You can imagine with what deli(ht
and gratitude we saw our boy entirely
cured after using one bottle and part or
the second. We gave him the remainder
of time second laid,', and from 11,..t time
611 the present he has never had a sign of
salt rheum or a sick day. You need not
wonder that 1 think there is no other
medicine can equal Burd0tk Blood Rit tens
to purify the blood and build up the health
and stren(eth."
A CHATHAM LADY
Tt)II. How Her Health Came Back.
There are too many Women whn.1Ud:tit . _ ,,,
dreadful hat knehes, pain in the aide and
headaches, who aro weak, nerv-
ous and run down, whose life, energy
and animation seem gone. here's a
lady who was cured by
n llaU11 N'e AND Steer pllli.
Mrs. Mary Bordeau, King Rt., Chatham,
Ont., says: " For sons. months I have
been aMieted with nervousness and
general debility. Going upstairs wonld
prodnee a great ahortnea• of breath and
• tired exhausted feeling.
I had palpitation mid fluttering of the
Start, and for months have not been well
et MMenwg. HMO 1 took Milhwne'a Heart
and Nerve Pills, i almost despaired of a
MON. I have only' taken one full box, and
now feel splendid.
My nerves are strong, all the heart
troubles are completely removed, the
shortness of breath has vanished, and
the constant tired nut, all gone feeling
is a thing of the past. it in needless w
soy that i esteem MS remedyhe best 13)
the world for heart end nerve front -Armor's
MIlh sena heart and Nene Pill. ora
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