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CHAPTER XXI-
Time la valuable to Zack, and really
there is riothinie more- to say to his
friend. life has already forgotten all
reeteut Sady, nor does she come into
his calculations; but it would leave
leaved him some future trouble.. had he
ured on her in the game.
Re rakes a sign to Achmed, who
lumens the interview is at an end, and
once more leads the way along the pal-
ace foundations, with the intention of
reaching the wall at the polne where
the friendly hope hangs,
Jade has a doze% things upon bis
mind; and is endeavouring to solve s,
certain puzzle, when, something hap -
perm to arouse him, The Siberian wole-
dogs burst out into so fierce a clam-
our that one can ahnost imagine they
have slipped the leash, and are run-
ning loose. This mind gives Zack a
start, and he glances up, to see
.Aohraed trembling just in front, as
though he has looked upon a ghoet.
" Senor jack !" conies in a soft
voice, as if from the Ary palace wall.
The .American dem not restrain the
cry that bubbles to his lips -he recog-
nizes that voice, and yet can hardly
believe his senses. Those *soft tones
he liatened, to in the fleeter mart of
Barcelona, again while the nun from
Gerona bent over his wounded form,
then at the bull -fight in Madrid, and
later when the train stopped at the
station, and the seeming peasant boy.
warned him 'of the danger beyond
Logrono. Ves, it is, Indeed, Mercedes,
but what in the name of Heaven does
the Spanish beauty here -he has fond-
ly believed. she still searches Paris '
for him.
.A. terrible suspicion flashes into his
mind -can the pasha, have arrived
e.head of time? Almost on the In-
stant he dismisses it -such a thing is
impossible -Mercedes was not detain-
ed in Paris like the pasha, and there
has really been nothing to prevent her
following them in some clever date
guise.
These things go through his mind
with the rapidity, of lightning, and a
very few seconds serve to convince
him that there is no reason to believe
all is lost. Of course the mystery of
her presence remains as great as ever,
but that may speedily be cleared up.
a • Re turns toward the marble lean of
the palace, and discovers a small
epening-a window of some sort un-
noubtedly. In this he sees Mercedes
-she is not three feet away, and Jack
can account for the voice almost
breathing in his ear his own name.
" You here, senorita.?" he stam-
mers, and is greeted with a lone sil-
Very laugh.
" Senor Jack does not half know
lay accomplishments, or he would not
he so surprised. Vaya ! I am here,
and every slave in this paltice obeys
my will. If I uttered a signal a score
of janizaries would sweep the garden
from end to cnd and we to t.ny liv-
ing thing they found. there."
She utters these words slowly, as if
to allow them to fell deep into the
heart of the man who listens, so that
he may comprehend their tun slgnid-
cance, and Doctor Jack, for perhaps ;
the first time In his llfe, has a spasm
of fear creen ever him.
An awful thourat takes poesession
of his brain -one that for the moment /
earnest paralyzes his tongue and pre-'
vents speech. Why is Mercedes here
-how comes she to have such omnipo-
tent power in the palace of the Turk -
&h pasha. unless she has sold herself
to him to become his latest wife, and
If this is the mute, why has she done
this, loving another man all the
While?
Teak believes he knows the Spanish ,
character well -revenge comes Into the :
life of most people who live under.
Southern skies, and she-Mercedes-
'
"Indeed -how ?"
"Did you not tell me you were
here, that your word was law ley the
power he gave you, until he himself
comes ?"
She holdts out her hand, and. lee takes
it.
" Thee ring-notiee It, Sorter 'Tana,
It is the sign of my captivity, and
yet it holds a wondroua power -at
sight of it his elaves prostrate them-
selves before ma"
Tieen, Mercedes, you have power to
open the dungeon doors of Aleek Mor-
ton -to 'Set lairs free before the nasha,
roaches Stamboul. Tea will do Ma -
1 beg of you, X entreat you, by the
mernery of the past-"
" Stop That Is the last talisman
Senor Jack should call to his aid. The
memory of the past would eautie zne
to cry aloud and 1111 this garden with
his slaves seeking the bleed of the
Christian. You should have said by
my hopes for the tuture., But it is
all the same -useless."
You will not help rae ?" reproach-
fully.
"1 cenn.et. On oath he made me
swear by everything sacred not to
give Aleek Morton his freedom. His
hatred for that man and you is some-
thing terrible. Re wouldsacrifice
everything in the world to gratify it.
Indeed, it was through this channel
that I made such remarkable terms
with him -in a word, he believes his
feeling% are equalled by my awn."
"Meaning that you, too, hate me,"
sadly, for the future loolm dark, in-
deed, now -Avis seems farther away
than ever to him.
" That is not true, Senor Jack. My
feelings have undergone no change
mince filet we met in Barcelona," she
replies, Quietly, etna a glimmer of the
truth begins to creep into his brain
like the arst gleam of daylight over a
scene of darkness. He has believed
this lovely worns.n possessed extraor-
dinary capacities for good or evil,
whichever way she might incline, and I
now there seems to be a. chance that
the good angel has dropped a seed in
her heart, which, watered With the
tears of her disappointment, may de-
velop into a glorious tree, bearing
fruit fit for heavenly picking.
" Mercedes, you are a mystery to me.
In the name of Heaven, tell me plain-
, le- why did you marry Abdallah Pa-
sha ?" he exclaims, not willing longer
to beat around the bush.
She hesitates a moment, a.nd then
her reply electrifies Doctor Jalek as
human words have never done before:
" To save you, Senor Jack," she goes
on, quickly, just as when she ac-
knon-lecised her love for him, as if r
afraid lest he might interrupt her.
"1 knew you would not give up your
plans, and I feared that disaster
would overtake all. so I resolved to
put myself in a position where I could
save you at last, or, if all was lost,
die wine you."
'marine Jack's feelings -can he ever
go to a part of the world where the
menuny of such a woman's devotion
could not reach him? True, in his
country women do not say such things,
however they may feel, but he does
not forget that she is of Spain, and
that a little gipsy blood runs itt her
veins. lie will know all -if her re-
centment goes to Avis she might as
wel direct it toward him.
"Of you still regard me as your
friend, Mercedes, hew about Miss Mor-
ton ?"
Even he the semi -darkness he knows
a, spasm crosses the beautiful face as
he mentions that name, and in imag-
ination he can see tire flash from her
eyes, "the most magnificent black eyes
I have ever seen," Avis has said of
them.
" Avis -yes, I should despise and
hate her because she has stolen what
hoped belonged to me. That is the
has sacrificed herself in order to get ereed by which I have been raised,
but I Doctor Jack. And yet," with a trem-
even with the man she worships,
ble in the voice, as though a, sob
who can find no love for her in re-
turn. chokes her, "I have tried in vain to do
so -something comes between ma and
What will she do ? She is here as ;
the representative of the pasha, and taa thought every tiene-I helfeve it Is
has his hatred for /Meter Jack to look the face of my sainted mother in Hen -
after as well as her own feelings in ven. instead of hath, strange as it
the matter. may seem, I love Mesa Morton -I
Shaking off the dreadful dutch of "uld save you for her 1"
that dumb mender, fear, Jack ad- 1 jack experiences a revulelon of feel -
dresses the other -he must know the ' ; his fears have fiown, and in tither
worst. place cornea the .deepeet adrairogen
"Mercedes, can it be possible you for this noble crae.ture, amounting al -
have sold yourself to that wretched most to venerattet. The woman •who
Turk ?" he asks. could rise above the weaknerie of lair
She gives a sort of hysterical leugh, sex, above social and reilgious train -
"1 8.m his wife -we were married ing in a country beset with the sin of
retalletion for wrong -for the vendet-
ta is practised In. Spain even a.a be Cor-
nice or our own Inentucky-such a wo-
man is a rame. avis, and deserves the
deepest homage.
The American adventurer adzes her
hand again and presees it hotly to his
lips.
"Thank God, Mercedes, for your no-
ble heart. X knew tot what a pearl 1
passed by When X looked beyond you.
Never, I vow, did a reeneknow in the
mune day two such Women. ae Avis and
Mercedes. hindersterld me, X beg of
you. For months I carried her plc-
ture with me, discovered In Aleelget
,baggage, 1 loved her even before X
Met her, Omagh, being a cynical old
bachelor, would nailer admit that
feet even to myself. X would rot have
you think 1 Was won trom you."
" Leltui semen of eomethiag
Senor Jack," ;the says, Calietlea reallee
ing that he is becoming slightly hys-
terical in his endeavor to explain hovt
he came not to fall desperately in love
With her, and jack finds birrixelf
brought up with a rietind turn.
"Pardee me -yes, It was of Aleok
we were talking, You Baal you had
made a solemn Vow not to avast him
to ctiodipe-thstt does not cause you to
threw any citenstele in the Way of ma
rescuing hIna ?"
"No, no. My vow WW1binding in
but one way, and then only until h
comes."
4",aek ete$ cause Woe on tee celaneye
in Paris. I hold an istrurnent where-
by he has sworn to immediately dis-
pose of every slave now in his harem,
and never to displace me. It was ar-
ranged through Don Carlos, who
made sure that the knot was tied in
such a manner that no process could
defeat it."
"How came you here ?" he con-
tinues.
"On the same train as yourself, but
you did not know it. There are a
good many things Doctor Jack does
not know -for instance, that I was
aware ot the visit he made Monsieur
le Prefect of Police In Paris, and g•uees-
ed what his intention might be,"
"And you did not warn the pasha ?"
" You see I did not. At the time I
was aleeedy his wife, and little did
care whether he remained in Paris for-
ever. My business was to watch you
-X have done it, and, cexamba 1 a
pretty chase you gave me."
She is a inyetery to him yet -a man
he could fathom, but the raotiveo that
Influencea woinan ere beyond the
ken 01 tray mortal being, not even
excepting herself. He fears Mercedes
now, for her power seems to threaten
the one ha lovee-Ahis Morton.
"Sou know why X have ecnne here,
Mercedes -to save thy friditd Aleck ?"
be lays.
"3s -her brother -I Vinnember,"
with e. theta
"You bave it in your pole er to 9.14$1tt
1614
hextd ether she emphasizes MOO l'eAt
weirder, but JIMA MAY he herdly notice
them,
" The paella is on the Way. X haV0
received Werdeehe will be nere to-ur.
row WSW, or the next day. Beeere a
seeene morning breaks X bone all Will
be done, and my friend rescued."
".rid. then you will leave Stemlaolli
never More to return 2" with sadness
in her voice.
"Yes, Indeed, It veoleld not be safe
fo» us here after that. A. matt Ince the
motile, bold and unsoruaalous as he
is powerful, erbula hesitate et tothIng
in order to carry out his revenga Wo
canuot leave Stamboul too goon. Were
my plane for departure arranned this
very aleciat would see us beyond the
golden Korn,"
go by water ?"
hank hesitates. Me helleves there is
no need et secrecy between Mercedes
and Ideeafele now that ahs has bared
her Inner renal to ells gee% and he
kaswe the noble impulee that entaatee
her, hut ,ie notices theit he does not
intenediatelet reran.
"To no youeaelf, Senor
Xack, about telling me, yet it was not
Wholly ouriomity that Impelled me to
ask. The pasha has a. steam yealet in
the harbor, and perinten-who know?
-this fa -et might elmy an important
Part 1n the game."
"You mistalte me, Mercedes, 1 only
hesitated beeautse ney plans are net
wholly arranged. X lemvo bought a
ornall English yacht -the same cap-
tein and crew remain. Somehow we
ghat' ail get on board, and make far
the Mediterranean."
."Ah 1 you would never pass the forts
below. A, telegraph line connects them
with the city, and orders will socin be
sent them to search every vessel leav-
ing the Golelen Horn."
"1 have considered that. They will
find no one on booed the Thistledown
but the captain and crew when they,
search."
",Ah ! X forgot -you. are a Yankee,
and can boodwink a Turk every day.
Well, Senor Jack, you must lia.ve much
—
ao. It fortune should decide that
we may not meet again, here's MY
hand, and success go with you. Buenas
nochete."
The vision at the little window dis-
appears -Mercedes has gone to battle
egain in secret with the great sorrow
of her lift, and Jack gazes only at the
blank white walls where the now
closed trellis shutter marks the fissure.
He has received a lesson on this
night he will not forget. Henceforth
Jack Evans can never smile derisively
when a woman's name is spoken in
Connection with weakness, for he has
seen one woman rise above the level
of her sex and grasp qualities that
draw her clatter to Deity. 11e holds
his breath with awe when he whispers
her name, for she hen sacrificed her-
self in order to assist the man ohs.
loves and her successful rival. Noble
Mercedes 1 euch a woman honours
Spain.
All this while Achmed, the faithful,
has remained near by in an attitude
that betokens him the watchful ser-
vant. Be does not comprehend all he
hears, but quite enough to have a
broad view of the subject.
Jack now joins him, and together
they make for the high wall of the
garden. The Siberian hounds etill howl
at intervals, and Jack hopes nothing
may occur to let them loose on the
succeeding. night.
He is more than ordinarily nervous
over this affair -so much is concerned
in it, and there so mony chances of
trouble, any one of which must upset
their calculations. Never before has he
experienced this feeling, but then the
events if the last week have been very
hard on even his iron constitution, and
besides this is the first time Doctor
jack has been in love.
They reach the rope -the bent cy-
press tree proves a good guide, and the
wall is soon left behind them, until the
succeeding night shall once more find
them at its rocky face.
Jack ben little to say as they trudge
back again to the busy haunts of
Starnboul, but he does the biggest kind
of thinking, arranging the many lit-
tle details so necessary to his plans.
Larry must, of course, be taken into
his confidence. He believes •the dude
has been having a good time all day,
and will be ready to stand by him on
the night when Aleck's rescue is to be
attempted.
$o he separates from Achmed with
a few parting instructions, delivered
sotto voce, which that good man re-
peats, showing he has loid them to his
heart. There le no danger Of his fail-
ing Doctor jack, even if the American
asks him to lay down his life.
When Jack enters his room at the
house, he finds Larry in bed, but the
latter mutat either be a night hawk, or
else has just retired, for he is wide
awake. As Jack dosireis sloop, he re -
fusee to tell a.nyttilair about what a*
has done, saying thennorning Will fie
thele enough-gortingeashes Larry and
the light at one and Vile sane time -
and has hardly reeted his tired head
an the pilicitee: then he is methane thanks
to a good habit picked up durileg his
If in the wildernees.
Morning d.zwrss, and a fairer one
never opened over Constaatlenople. The
sun glints the domes and minarets of
many a mosque, and from a station
tear by an aged. muezzin laboriously
mounts hie ernihence„ and. in a loud
cracked voice atousee every sleeper
by chanting the adan, or call to prey-
er-the falthfel aiussulman has o.
dcreen, more or less, periods during the
day, ter they are the most religious
people in the yorld, so far ars form goes,
and the least sanetimoniotts when it
comes to deede.
Sack and Larty decend together -the
ladies have not yet appeared, so at the
open evindoWs the two gentlemen sit
arid talk -it ie too early or a smoke
betere breakfast.
By degrees Larry learns all that line
happened since their arrival in Stant-
been, and is Vaud In his preittee of
iTenkeil work. He deelares the game to
be so far advanced and so well man-
aged that anthills' short of accident
etan prevent their carrying it te a eue-
cee.hfee corer/lotion.
(To 'Da Continued, e
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FOR FARMERS t
Seesiniable and Pr93101010
Hints for the Elissy Titters t.
ot the Soil.
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FOIThrialr NOTES.
Suitable izoOd for Ducns. - Ducks,
Ukc beeiS, eat a greite variety 01
food, yet, because the duck has no
dietinet crop, the food is passed
more directly to the digestive or -
gams. It is therefore very import-
ant that the food be consumed m a,
soft condition. Itt nature the duck
gathers most of its supply from
stream, panels, or marshy places.
This food, consists of growing
shoots and roots of water planta
simile, and the larvae of various in-
sects, together with small fish and
other aquatic life. Successful duck
raisers have learned a valuable les-
son from nature and give ducks no
hard food.
Spare the Pallets. - When filling
the fattening crates or pens with
cbaek-ens, spare all the hest pullets.
They are certain to be needed this
winter and the following summerin
the production of eggs to supply the
ever-growing demand. There is a
strong tendencjr• with many to close
up all the birds of thecorrect weight
when preparing a lot for market. The
result• of this is already apparent in
O scarcity of .eggs, ,and next season
it will doubtless, be greater. On the
other hand, it will be necessary to
get rid of the old- hone. Any that
have passed their second year should
be introduced to a fattening ration
and forthwith despatched. As egg
producers, after that age, they are
invariably fed at a loss. An ex-
ception, however, may be made in
the case of pure-bred stock which is
kept for breeding purposes, and Where
it is desired to perpetuate the blood
of birds of good quality.
More Room for Improvements. -
There are but few Nebo devote their
whole time exclueivley to poultry,
and yet the enormous product .of
eggs and poultry is due to what may
be justly called the extra periods of
labor. Yet, small as is the atten-
tion given poultry, the value of such
is very great. There is no reason,
however, why a fair income may not
be .derived by devoting the whole
time to poultry. It is done profit-
ably in France, and there are es-
tablishments in England. where hun-
dreds of hens are kept and many
thousands of dollars invested. The
difference is that but few are educat-
ed to a knowledge of the, character-
istics of the breeds and the proper
xnode of management. As our coun-
try is large, there is a great diver-
sity of soil and climate, and the peo-
ple of each section must learn the
proper conditions for succese. There
are a few large poultry farms in
America, but there is room for many.
That poultry can be made a busi-
ness has been demonstrated at, sev-
eral points; but success haaegeneral-
ly attended those who sold poultry
and eggs, at the same time taking
advantage of the 'high prices for
early chicks.
THE WOOL GROWERS.
Good sheep will not remain good
unless well 'cared for,
See that eyery Iamb loses its tail
in proper time amyl at proper length.
Good tender grass is the best pro-
moter of the health of the sheep.
Sheep can be fattened rapidly and
economically with good pasturage
and a little grain.
Good sheep are not necessarily con-
fined to any distinctive breed or
type.
Fatten the light sheliters and dis-
pose of them to the best advantage.
Keep sheep in a good, thrifty con-
dition, but not fat, keeping fat long
is injurious. -
,In the formation of a flock of
blood -breeding ewes uniformity of
chatanter is essential.
It is very important to maintain
and utilize both the wool and mut-
ton qualities of the flock.
If sheep are kept in flocks of not
more than 50, they will de best, es-
pecially if of the mutton breeds.
STAY ON THE FARM.
Clark.M. Drake throws out the fol-
lowing hinte. to those who contem-
plate retiring from the coentry to
"enjoy" -town life, and they are
worth pondering; "Rethaining on
the farm 'where the mind. and hands
may be occupied, and still severe la-
bor be avoided, is really an ideal,
life. How much better thau to eat,-
tle down. with absolutely nothing to
do! There is an abundance of fresh
milk, eggs, fruit and vegetables,
which, are not always readily obtain. -
able after leaving the farm. The
noise, dust and flurry of town life
oro avoided and in their places we
have the genial air, pleaeant sura
romelings, absence of vice, and oth-
er desirable things. A friend of
mine has left the farm 'and settled in
lore-'
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COMPLETE DIAGNOSIS.
"You have appendicitis, and lung trouble," announced the PhYsielohi,.
as he peered through the patient with his X-ray apparatus; "aleo traces
of liver complaint and a mild form of dyspepsia; also, $28.10 in ,our
pocket. My fee will be $28."
Here he turned off the current and told the patient theexamination
was over.
"It's all right, doctor,". said tho patient, "but it seems to me that
you have neglected an • opportnnity to secure ten cents and the other
things you mentioned. '
town, where he has no business to
occupy head or hands. Ile fools
away his time in an arm -chair or in
a hammock. I can see that he. is
losiag ground la physical and men-
tal powers. His days will be fewer
and less enjoyable than if he had re-
mained where both mind and body
might be occupied. Unless one is
actually sick, it is better to have
something to-do. It is the busy life
that elways tells favorably • with
one's self and with the world."
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DraChaSS75 0Entmerati
ICE ON TerP1 FARM.
It is not unfair, we believe, to
state that not one farmer in ten
throughout the country provides hie,.
family with a supply of ice for the
summer season. And,. yet, ice itt
hot weather is recognized as one of
the very important elements in pre-
serving health, as well as a. very
pleasurable addition to the things
we use. This is a little less than
classing ice as a necessary of life.
But in raany cases of serious illness
ice is one -of the best medicines. This
is true in fevers, hemorrhages, etc.,
and the uses of ice in medical prac-
tice is so important that it is in a
class above that of thd necessaries of
life.
Those . who have not been accus-
tomed to use ice in the. heated term
of sumraer do not know to what ex-
tent it is a money saving article.
For instancb eggs are saved indefie
nitely long without the slightest de-
terioration in quality by storing
them in a common refrigerator
they are gathered daily from the
nests. Ripe fruits and fresh vege-
tables of all kinds are saved from
decay by the use of ice. This en-
ables the housekeeper to. use up sup-
plies with little or no waste. Like-
wise, cooked food of all kinds, milk
and meats are saved' by ice front the
development of ptoinaine poisons and
bacterial ferments, so that not only
is much waste avoided, but much
sickness is avoided. It is an es-
tablished and proven fact that near-
ly every case of sumraer complaint of
children and stomaoh or bowel trou-
ble in adults comes from poisons de-
veloped itt foods after cooking and
whicla the preservation of the food
with ice would prevent. The earth
is a vast charnel house of premature
deaths caused by the want of ice and
intelligent use of it in domestic
cooking.
The well known sanitary uses of
ice prompt Us to urge all readers to
provide it suitable building for oar-
ing ice and a pond for 'making it,
if a stream or lake is not now with-
in reach for making a supply when
winter comes. We know instances
where h reservoir or artificial lake_
made in a few hours' work with a
team and filled by the overflow from
a small windmill pinup supplies a
large family and dairy with ice.
In no case . need the cost of ice
sterage be greater than the poorest
farmer can afford, anti the poor need
ice inore than the wealthy, inasmuch
as the poor need to practice closer
economy in living -the poor can nev-
er afford the, extreme luxury of be-
ing sick!. The cost of storing ice is
nearly all in the 'labor which each
farmer can do for himself, Hence it
15 practical for all to hare it.
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. T.Tenri ITOUriet, a SWISS. 'Veatehmake
er, conneleted a wateli
made entirely otit of the ivory 'taken
from a billiand ball a- works arid
ease complete. It keepe good time.
doer*
BusiM BOXES OF APPLES.
Spea,king of packages for apples,
J, II. Hale,. well-known fruit gro,ev-
er, Said recently that in his opinion
the bushel box Wan not only the..ap-
ple package of the future, bit of the
present. Summing up his investiga-
tions, ho said he found 'growers and
shippers taking great interest in -ft,
beginning to see its advantages, toed
that they nee realizing there is no
good reason why they should con-
tinue to use barrels. The box has
marly advantages over barrels for
the home and export trade They
can he handled more easily and fruit
comes out of cold storage' generally
ia r. better condition. Pot' 'city trade
the box would be very much. more
convenient, as inany families' cannot
afford the barrel,. while they could
conveniently handle the box. Mr.
Hale is, of the opinion that the boxes
will increase the sales verynalaterlal-
ly. He • believes that -fancy apples
ought to be graded in size, like or-
anges, and a definite number picked
in a box. Ile is putting up his
fancy applee in boxes- for present
season's business.
A LAW AGAINST BACHELORS.,
A stringent law against bache/ors
has recently been promulgated in
one of the states forming the Argen-
tine Republic. A man is marriage-
able in Argention, when he is 20.
If, from, that -date, and till he pas-
ses his thirtieth birthday,- he wishes
to remain single, he must pay one
pound a xlionth to the state. For
the next Eve years his taxes increases
one hundred per cent. i Between. 35
and 50 the bachelor is mulcted to
the tune of four pounds a month.
From his fiftieth year to 75, six
-pounds a month is the tax; but, hav-
ing reached the seventy-fifth year, re-
lief finally comes, and the tax be-
comes nominal, being reduced to two
pounds a year. After eighty amatt
can remain single without paying
anything. There is a Paragraph re-
lating to widowers, who aro given
three years in which to mourn. and
pick a successor. A. man who can
prove that he has proposed and been
refused three times in one year is
also considered to have earned im-
munity from taxation..
TOLIGE GLASS.
One of the so-called "lost arts"
appears to have been rediscovered,
partially, at least, 'by Louis Kauf-
feld, of Matthews, Indiana. It is a
process of making glass of extraor-
dinary toughness, so that it will
withstand rough usage and violent
changes of temperature without
breaking. The composition of the
new glass is the secret-tthe inven-
tor. The product is said to be
quite as transparent 'as ordinary
glass, and perhaps even a little clear-
er. Tests that prove the surprising
toughness of this glass are: Boiling
water in it lamp chimney made of it,
and using such a chimney to drive
nails% If the chimney it; first cooled
he ice .water and then suddenly held
in a flame it, does not crack.
4 -7—
POISONED l3Y IIIS BOOTS.
A. young man of nineteen the other
day had his yellow boots blackened
by an aniline dye at a Paris boot -
maker's. After wearing the boots
for one day he was suddenly token
111 and developed symptoms of pois-
oning. Be was removed to a. hos-
pital, where .he now lies in a. pre-
carious ccindition. The Paris po-
lice have, in consequence of the
youth's illness, ordered all boots
blackened with aniline to be seized.
Biggs - "I hear Borem is working
for one of the big railway com-
panies. I didn't suppose he knew'
enough for that. :What sort of o job
has he got?" Dog'gs - "He listens
to the complaints <et people who
have claims against- the company.
By the diem he has talked to thein
for half -an hour they are willing to
give up their claims just to get
away from him."
or,
LE a
The Wonderful Benefit to Coe Obtained by the Use of Or. Chase's Horse Food.
When yoti Meet with pate, week
Woreen who complain of lack of
vigor and vitality and suffer more
or lese in afeminine Way, you con
be almost sure that they did not
have proper care at that critieal
period in the* lives when the func-
tions of womanhood were develop -
These physiological changes usually
take place at a time when, girls are
bonding every effort to succeed itt
their school work, and are depriving
themselves of the outdoor exercise,
rest, and Sleep which is so important
at this time in order to keep ,up
good health in the face of the etrelh
Vehicle is lent upott the Whore seettem.
When your daughter gets Pale and
listless, seems to loSe interest he
her sie.roundinks, and suffers with
stomach pante and headache, you
nasty. be Stare that her nerve force is
being exhausted raore rapidly than
it is being created, and that her
nerves and body generally are cry -
hag out for more bleed -for rich,
pore, life-sustaining blood. •
As a treatenent for growing
Dr. 014.Se's Nerve Food has the high-
est endorsement of all who have
tested its virtues, It is Suceessful
becatlen it actually fonts new, red
eoratiscles in the blood-inereosing
the quantity as well as improviag
the quality of the blood -and creates
now perve force. Blood end nerveuel
force- are consumed at a treinendous
Vete during this trying thee, arid
THE MST CHARITEEST.E TOWN
IN THE WORLD, ' •
Nest -Erg on. AtEs,ining Najority-a.
Chance for the Plainest
IVIaidegs.
Almost every town ha n ainhiVenin
inalorifte
oavos.0.ii Floztcla is ,mxou5 to
be known aS the meet charitable
City in, the\,, world. Last year it
gave away an, sum ef $11.6,000e. in e ---a
eharity, includeleg old
to every one of likeefieliabitante over.
sixty, and, in addition, it finanees
two hospitals . and edueatee every
child up to the age of fifteen free
of cost. Buda a thing as a pauper
is iinknowa, loz• if a beggar conece
into the town and naiv$ for alma he
le given work it the silver mines"
With a cottage to live in, alai is
only required to do four hours.' wank
a. day, while he also receives a ehaxe
in the pi ofito Of the mine. The will
of a Frenchman na.med Materd is re-
sponsible for this,he having be- •
queathed taro silver mines to the
town seven years ono which nave an
average output of 2,000 pounds . of
metal .a year, the condition attached
to the bequest being that they shoulIl
be worked only for charitable pur-
1)6seriOther, a.Mbitious toa
Ale isMons,
in Belgiuni, which is desiretee of
abolishing poyerty withinits bor-
ders. To this end every child io ofb-
cially registered as soon art it is.
born, and a banking aecount .eipeneci.•
in its name by the municipal aue
thorities witha deposit hd fr. a
Ilehen the youngster attains his ma-
jority st, little nest -egg awaits hiin-
to assist his
STARTING IN BUSINESS.
manThye, tisowatnrirovfi•rtgrlastoehgmivaerthveizetw gGizeri-e. --
.whether 'richly endowed with good
looks or otherwim, 'an equal. chance
in the marriage market, and -with
this object municipal prizes ranging
from $260 downwards are mannalint•
bestowed upon young inen wh-o will
marry the plainest maidene in the
city. Crippled girls bring their
spouse a higher reward than . any
others, while tho girl who has been
twice jilted is worth $50 to the man
who eventually leads her to the al-
tar. The money for the -Phrpese
was left by a Polish baron -who died
in 1897, since when a SUM of nearly
$5,000 has been diatributed in. this
manner.
The ono desire of Berea, in Chilli,
is to be known as a seeonet Lon-
don, and within the last deciade
Money has been poured out like wa-
ter to make it an exact replies: of
the British capital. The stheets
have been laid down and named af-
ter' those of our Metropolis, while
four competent architects were peat -
over to study London's principal
buildings in order that they inight.
be reproduced iri miniature. Nov, to
crown all, a satin of $1400,000 is
being spent in diverting the eon:is-Se- -
of the River Prahi itt order that it
may run through the town and be
re -christened the Tha.mes.
-
BROEK, IN HOLLAND,
aspires to the distinction of being.
'Lim neatest town in the world, arid
certainly no expense is spared to
make it so. Tile 2,700 inhabitants
are so strongly bowed by municipal
rule that to throw a. piece of paper
or waste of any kind in -the public •
street :entails a fine of a shilling,
and it is only recently that horses
have been allowed itt the streets.
Once it 'year every house is gieited
by the town eleaners, who scrub it
from ton to bottom, insideand out,
Without any expense to the tenants.
Equally extraordinary. are the mu-
sical ambitions of Marlburg,
Texas. By a municipal order every
one -of the 2,000 inhabitants is re-
quired to Imre. a Musical instrument
of some kind,- the authorities ne- .
lieving that only by imbuing the
masses with a. love of music can e'ne
drunkenness so prevalent there be
stamped •outn-London Tit -Bits.
PROVED IT.
ilia skipper was a man Who had. a
good opinion of himself and his no-
tions. Ile had pulled throith
ship-
wreck, mutiny, and other perils of
tho deep, but he came a cropper
once.
For ore of . his voyages he had
shipped a boatswain's _mate, who
bore kanething of a reputation. Ono
day the skipper ordered hilu aloft to
examine a. sail on tbe royal yard.
!"Tein't safe, CapPn," protested the
boatswain's mato. "The foot -ropes
has got. to be fixed hist"
"Do as I bell you thundered
the
captain. "The foot -ropes are
right. I know they ate." .
The man went up. rive Miner:els
.
later be theme tumbling diewia
dthrerodie
ughett.he rigging front the top of
the mast, it distance of over a lune
With it bares be landed on the belly
of the maiinetil and bounded into
Dee of the canvas -covered boats. The
sailors, thinking him dead, crowded
about him in a circle. To tliCir
amazement • he -eat up. Hie eyel
wandered vacantly about lintil they
rested ,on the elen.therrilicienefothe
skipper, rtNevehen they i g h led up wi
f
"Carina" he said, slowly,
was mistaken about them
tope.s !"
Dr. Chase's Nerve Food keepe the
Supply in excess of the demand.
Mrs. Coates, 88 Morse street, To-
ronto, says ;-"Ify daughter has
been using Dr. Chase's Nerve -Food
for nervousness, paleness, and a run-
down system, and I can say that her
health bee improved very meal wi-
der this tree:lenient. She used to
complain of being tired in the morn -
inset her appetite Was poor, and she
leaked energy and aanhiticatt. Since
using this nedieine 1 can see a, great
change ift her lookt, her nernes are
steadier, she has more Color in her
cheeks, and is feeling very much bet-
ter In every way."
ortalee's Nerve Food, 60 cents a
box, at all dealers, or Edinanson,
Batts 00.41 Toreutu
,•
"you
foot,
rAm A.Np UNPAID JUDGES,
lit proportion to- its populatiel
England has fewer salaried judge s
than any, other cotintry itt U. d
World, for, including recorders aeci
magistrates, they number only 256.
Even Scotland and Ireland have xe-
latively a 'urger judicial staff -Ilan
the "procloininant partner"; the fete
men has '76 raid judges and the lat-
ter 112.
Patient:7-'71m trouble with me is
that I can't sleep, Yet 1 ane 58 -
hungry ae a wolfend 1uror1 1i1 -ie
horse,' Dector--"You had better
consult a vcterinarere"