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One et the leo", eessiblo clreunietaneee
WIllell a doctor would choose, fur his
patient who is seriously ill would be to
leave that putient associated day efter
(lay with <Alter persons suffering Limn
this same U1. cogaition of thts hn-
PASAibiWY L pbyeicians making a me
seeetetIty of tuherculesis has been on
of the leading factore bi. developing the
euro' for the consumptive. The
health resort environment, which
brought scoree or hundreds of these
ailing ones together, for from home,
more Than counterbalancing a favoring
About the House
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'w visitEs AND 110W TO GOOK
THEM.
Cheese Calce.—Preies through a sieve
ens, pound of cal -Inge cheese, add the
beaten yolks of kn, eeggs tied ono cup-
ful 0! granulated :sugar, beeten to -
goatee taail twat treeemonfuls of
Hour one of einnamon, one level salt-
fealliers M and then sew up. Wash
ig a geed suds of torax and soap;
rane0. welt ttwn wash the Belting. When
the leather• pillew is dry, slip ticking
ever. In Mt% way the ticking Call It0
washed arty Mu withoutu
t disrbing M
e
feathers,
Do Not Wring Qtfilis,—When waeh-
erg comforters, quills, or pads for bed.
to 'obtain. beet results (le net wring
Mem through. the last wa•ter by wring-•
but take to line In tub of water and
Meow over then
e line d dry, Wn
he
Me' give a thorough shaking and they
Etre ae light and SOtt, as now. By us -
ng thia method the cotton idea reeelees
u. geed Mennsing,
hurling Tong.; for Preasing.-1Vhen
ribbons or thin lingerie belt are mussed
end no iron is handy, use the large
epoenfla nutmeg, the grated raid o ono verling Megs for the purpose, Heal
tl'et .depreesiens of hontestelmess was Wetly the whitee kit egge beaten Libre'. Pul in one eed "..11 the ribbon;
eliown to be fatal. Yet it is. just this a stiff froth. Bake in a ileep wine the t•illbeee lightly around the eta,-
eeurse of procedure which thoueends Pan or hl 'patty pans lined with riot) ler; leave until the eon has cooled, and
oie mist, The chewee should be a lit- tee rilmeu will he einooth. Another
limate, Exchanging symptoms under „me Lim juke,
tWA Add MAO ii Win press, but not burn the
of yeeng men ere tektite, in °oder to tie firm, never soft ettetigh to be inuieby,
relieve themselves cif the small distress- sorra Nee
es of a business career which is in Ils. teem) -Deeeerl.—Seleet- nice, barge
infancy. The blind leading the blind la'an•os, boil slowly until lender in a,
as wisdom in cemparison. Lin a min- quantity of walee,aAll;
bid Jones be of poesible benefit, in his ,
cuonteie;•
.judgments rendered to a morbid Smith?' eatweipped ereane Piale ke.
It
male' a delts..i.:116 dessert with wafere.
; Grape Soup.—'raire eix yelps of hot
"Why didn't you come to me before: water Mot boiling), etir in slowly a half
• you decided on this move?" has beell! imp ef saga, Mitt add a four inch elicit
iler discouraged question 011 many 101 1ot cinnamon and a teiwuptel of seeded
enieins Bo .
il 0110-110 blur and stir
elriPleler Wren a Volute' mall 01 1,00111-.1 flegiteritly to preventthe sago from
iee, suffering from dissatisfaetion, has getting lumpy. Thee add ewe cups of
told.. that employer of his intention to grape Juice (preferably homemade).
leave. There is toy the keener regret, and sugar, and salt to taste. Let boil
in the inquiry if it has come le Unit ;kid let, 1.1.reacly• to Serre. ThiS ls for
employer's knowledge that his man is gese,P Pie.—ferae a pie plate witlo a
leaving him largely lerough IN ill 110 crust and bake 'Chen put In the
advice which that young man has go
from tellew men immeasurably his in --
tenors in caliber. It conies- to that ein- oughly 011,1 walked for live minutee.
pierce with a keen sense of the help- One lent of mile, three lablespoeulfuls
lessocss at his own position. 111 most
busilms,,s it is eeseitlial 'that all
gi aties of men be associated among the
beginners. Time only can be depend-
ed upon in tee necessary 'weeding p1e-
00.5st?0 which shall determine, the sue-
ceesful few among Lee many. IL is the
beginner who is most eusceptible to the
Influmwes of bad advice from his as-
seciales. It is the begiuner of mediocre
ealiber who is Most prone to give the
bed advice. And the prowesee go on
ated on.
6iiA1i a .thin leyer of jelly. Pun, or Pre-
serves. Then 1111 with the following,
which has been stirred together Uwe -
Let the ranee man who finds himself
among eine!1 worries ad hie environ-
ment stop and tide" 01001: 1 himself reel
peeilien. If in the beginning Le
eeeeil feel that he Was cheosing
Um field of his opporfunities, surely he
cermet eo sturtily his first judgment as
te weigh it tigainet the <Tilden of an-
other beginner who may have had less
experience' end who he enowe hets ray
loss judgnimit than hinteele eet this
Ls the (me thing which all his nature
may erempt larn to do.
• —
One of the weaknesees of untried
7a:11111 lies in expectieg too emelt of the
werid. Too frequently the young man
hue been trained etudiedly to expect
even inere Man !he beoyaney of youth
makes poeeible in hie mind. To this
exlenehe has boon teal inte a tight with -
e111 arms or armor. Ile must get back
Mr himself This sense of sene proper -
11011 eliall guide hint sanely in
hi oxpectaliene. Thom 'plying it, he
tan do no better 111511 to be guided by
11110 new judgment, heaping his own
eourisel. There is me.surer measure of
a man's rcareurces and strength than
Itis ability .to move and judge. himself.
If the young man shall begin Ude course
-merely, he must lInd it redounding to•
his every interest in Ute. •
SN.MILS 01' A SOURED SAGE.
The handshaliev 6 often the lea.
(11010 know that kieses have a face
value.
Imitation of another is limitation of
one's self.
Schemes of the moighty should come
te naught,
It's better to be a hustling dunce than
11-1 Idle genius.
Love 1,1 gold ie this cnuntry's enty
"yellow- peril."
Trust, and that corruption on the ie.
side ineens eruption 011 the oelside,
The up-to-date wife always wants 10
draw 99 par cent. intereet on Um 110101.0
of matrimony.
Wheat a men can stand being slung
withont nesing Et tallith: holle'r we label
Min a philosopher.
.Seine mon think- they're abueed by the
waled, when they're 1.01117 suffering
from inflammation of the imagination,
001.1)-alINES 110 BRITAIN.
(fold can most preatably ite exit -twice"
Mem certain min,: in Grote. Britain
weer(' 111,1- ore is rich and nol leo illfliriet
to work; bul, ehmad those deposits over
peter oul, ther) Is 110 Mar that Ihe world
would suffer for lack of a gold supply,
for there mei many ()Uwe seurees whin
•ime ns ypt unfoueleal, tee for working
001011 proilluble methods would ha do -
devised ir 1101,11 w,ty. Granite, for ea: -
nipple. contains an appreciable quantity
01 goltl, and if 11 11.1!1'0 1111001' ',Posen 1.
confine:fine too expensive n mailer to ex-
tend' it, wo should end Scellend and
Cermet' Henning lite Transvanl find the 1011.0 1110 end and droll 111101 beill"r Whoa 1)111111 1111101. 1111-01170 1)117 fer 1014 0000101'S
Klondylco. The sett also 000 111111S f.t.(Ild first filled. It 01111 be taken In atIvnere,
fn. golution, and the man who invonle a 1,)",eastive. '.4)511con be added The fientioef thing In the wield is In
cheap mom] of gelling it out will inake ae fee washing Proglvsses. a girl trying Pt nr11 like the heroine
Ile Careful Willi Ltme or Achie-Ve 1tier feverite novel.
wish to Warn all housekeepers 'waited The higher n priee yell 11111 nil fin
using chloride of lime or emetic noel nekie ille mete wndlo there will be
to Heart Deer west). Either rots and teeing lo 510,1 envegh In bey
burns 1115 falnee. end in a short lime 'Minty it nem has itemnipitsbed great
Men the leek of 11iwn will be fell a.f ntiigbeentatti Mien sone* tagatelll
1e,1e5. ' e mild smile oil him for 11.
Waell Pealliers•--Niske 11 11111(1w The •cair1.1 nev-r Imve heard of
*hull eherlm.'.010111.. 'or 11110 intuition if Aonwo hail not to glee two /111 got'', Nom 11118 bag while 1-00
the size el your ticking; put 41' ('11.15 101 the 1rttl 1111 1 they selected, were °Mot the 0011 lttkl 11. 6 0 borrible,
of sugar, 3,olks Of two egg., one au
a half lablespeonfuls of corn starch,
end a 1)3o00 of butter hall the size at
O hickory nut; flavor with a teaspoon-
ful .01 10111011 er vanilla and add a pinch
of salt. Cover with a merangue made
with the well beaten, whites of Um two
eggs and two tablespoonfuls, of peev-
erred sugar. Retina to Um oven and
leown lightly.
Riee Pudeing.—Half teacup rice, three
pints. milk. Simmer until rice is cook-
ed ecu; cool and beat five eggs, 1000-
100 mit two whites; add onai coffee cup
sugar and one grated teacennut. Stir
in the rice and niillc when cold and set
11 111 the oven to bake. Take out 00 soon
as the custard tonne. Make meringue
of Um teed whites of eggs and she table-
spotanfuls of sugar beaten to still froth.
Pile up on the top and returll to the
oven to brown. Ent hot or cold.
sate:age I-MIL—Fry sausage, and lake
off the skin; or, el it is preferred. uee
saueage meat. Make itch blacutt dough;
roll as thin as possible and spread me
sausage. Bake brown. Use one link
le a roll. IL is geed hot or cold.
Hoosier Guedies.--Sift t\\r. • tea.apoon-
fuls i1 tiollA WW1 WO WilSpO011illiS of
baking petwiler, rub in on,. tablesp0e11-
1111 el melted butter. a little eon, and a
01111 of 011110• reit out to one-quarter et
an inch in aticknese; spread with melt
, -
rel beater; cover willa thia layer ce
sugar. Alla reit up. Cut off one Inch
in thickened find eland on 00011 buttered
tals, with a little space between .erich,
Butlerrnilk mile Without Butler. --
Take a gum t ol ereeh, rich milk, adding
O pinch of salt and about a half pine
or het water 10 raise the temperature
te body heat, Add a tnblet \Odell 00)1-
1.4ins a pure culture of lactic facial bac-
teria, Place all in a pitcher; Cover 101111
a naplcin, and stand for twenty-four
hours at the ordinary temperature, and
you have perfect buttermilk. 'The tab-
lets are made by chemical manufac-
levers laid are called lactone or butter-
milk tablets.
Turban of Maearont —Boll three-
feurtbs cup of macaroni rapidly Le
sailed water until tender, drain; rinse
in COW water, and cut into small pieces.
Mix with this mtlear011i one-fourth
peund of cold boiled ham, chopped fine;
one dozen muahroorns, chopped fine;
teuspoonful of salt; a dash. of
paprika; three beaten eggs, and one cup
of ,aitycet, milk. Turn into 13 buttered
utold and balce. Put lhe mold in a pan
• hot water le prevent cooking toe
much on the bottom. 13ake until. ft
feels then to the touch. Serve with a
rich tomato sauce.
Cronin of Celery Soup.—Wash and
cut inte 4111011 pieces three heads of
celery. Cover with 0 quart, of We WV;
'CAW Slowly half an hour and press
lluough a colander, using as much oi
lthe, celery as possible. Pet this in a
•kuble boiler with one quart of milk.
11111 together three tablespoon flliS
uf buteer and llour; add to the soup
and cook until smooth and thick. Add
a teaspoonful and a hall of salt and
a clash of pepper.
Bread Eermonty.—When cutting bread
eave all the crumbs, atm till broken
plecee, from the table. When warming
over petaloos place the bread cruinba
111 the warming pan and you will have
a0 excellent dieh, especially fel' the
ehildren. Also use a baking powder
min with a few holes in the bottom for
a chopper,
Prune Dowel—No. 2,—So1ik primes
111 luktewnem wider, seven. te, eight
leans; remove pits end chop flue; cover
bottom of pudding dish with prunes,
ewer 11110 a layer of mound mils; 111101.-•
mate layers until dish needy is 1111,e1
revel" with beaten whites of Iwo -ogee,
it 111110 lemon juice, end powdered
empty henten stiff; dot with pecan nuts
mid sere),
'TINTS FOR NEXT WetSII 'Nee
eviath welt Soap in Brig.-eau!soap
free several. pifiCOS Or leave if whole.
PM 111 1! n. salt beg or other client bag;
way is I-) heal, Me curler os hot as a
laundry Men. Lay tho riblem on a
folded towel on the dresser and pass
the 'aurae over a the same us you would
111 erdinary Mon,
Fov ChIldretes Dresses. — Mothere
often are perplexed to knee-, what to
do with the Male one's dainty frocks,
which 00 often are covered with grass
attain or grease fecen bicycles or wa-
gons. A simple but sure method foe
:removing the .eame is le wash the stain
with cold water and eirap before the
garment, 10. eent to the laundry or wash.
as hot water sets the stain and then it
cannot be removed, Suft water Is pre -
durable for this eurpose,
To Iron Baby Dresses.—In ironing
lathy dresees er .910511 skirte one ftens.
tends it hard to iron on a large hoard.
By turning the skivt wrong side out,
you can still iron on the right side and
not wrinkle up the parts just anishiara
rind this also Reeps the evaLet, and
sleeves damp even in a dvaft that so
Mien dries out, the garments before
your work Ls finiebed.
To Wash Small Avticles,—Place laces,
cuffs, or turnover cuffs in a glass- jar
1h511 filled with strong hot soap suds.
Shake soap and change water, as re -
nuked. When well rinsed pat dry55
pessible between folds. of Turkinsi
poesible between folds of Turkish
and theish drying by laying o0 a news-
paper in sem
BULLET WOUND IN HEART
MANY CASES ON RECORD SHOW
THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS FATAL.
Stranoe Instance of Wound Told By
Physician—Boy Lived with Piece
of Wood in Heart.
As a rule, penetrative wounds of the
heart are fatal. however, Mere are
numerous cases on record which show
that recovery ie sometimes possible. The
Miaowing illustrates the point:—
A negro boy was wounded in WA chest
with a load of shot. Ile lived sixty-seven
days and died from over-ealing. The
autopsy showed five 1,u11010 M the heart
walls and all firmly healed over.
The second emu was that, of a soldier
who died eighteen yeate after he was
shot. Upon autopsy the bullet was
found In the lower right ventriele.
- I31 -LL IN HEART CAVITY.
In bullet woundsof the heart. an occa-
sionally fatal result may obtain without
the detection of an epparent wound in
the walls of 1110 heart, A curious in-
stance of this kind is related by a Cana-
dian physician. In 1116 case the pericar-
dium, or outside lining of the heart,
showed no wined, although the right
ventricide of the heart contained a
wound large enough to admit, awe fin-
gers. IL is evident Mai the elastic peri-
cardium wus driven before the bullet
No the heart, while the ventricle was
forcibly 'dietended with blood. Upon
autopsy the ball was found loose in the
cavity of the heart. Laceration of the
heart from external ekaence, often of a
fatal character. occurs without leaving
any trace of injury to Me sichi.
LIVED WITH W0013 IN IlEART.
There are numerous records of per-
sons slirviring a COnSidernhle length of
111110 liner the hear1 has hem penetrated
by a Mreign substance An English sur-
geon mentions a boy who lived for a
month WWI a piece 0( 1-00011 110100 inches
long in the right side of his heart. In
40'; UV% of haat, injury through exter-
nal violence 103 cases died Immediately,
eta' in a sheet time, 50 recovered, and in
the retnainder the termination is not
given. By modern antiseptio surgery
and greater skill in these latter days se-
vere wounds of the heart, may be treated
with greater pogstbilities of success. The
chest in ay be opened, Ilte heart. exposed
and the wound sewed up. The results
obtained In sewhig Milne wounds de-
pend in the main on the 510001100 or. ab-
sence of sepsis (blood 'poison), provided
tile patienl 114 not, beyond hope or 0ee00-
e17 Mem shock cr hemorrhage, In a
series of nineteen cases 111 wollnds of ilte
heart where recovery might be antici-
pated, thirteen recovered alai SiX died,
all of sepsis oe blood poison. 10 the
thirteen who got well four wore infected
wall blood poisoning, but 111111. consti-
tutions wore 00 Strong MEG limy ve.
covered 10 spite of the poieon,
SIGHTING StIOTS,
It is aslonkbingly easy to ennvinee
nein Mel lie is invaluable to the worlit
:hie easiest, wey mitke friends Is M
keep your month Shut while theirs nre
going.
Experience, ie 11greal leneher, and the
himself richee than all the millionairee
that over lived. Gold Is n180 conelnelly
falling all over the surftwe of fhe 100(11,
blown to 'us 111 ininute quanlilles along
with cosmic dust, which collies from in-
terstellat, space,
7100 VINO man sat dam', and toOk
Up 1114 cl.I4 and saWy sir,
AN EPISODE AND A
*.+* MORAL
leaned hack 111 1113' corner seal of the
inci111a.vaykLea11.11vsliagte'
110‘10:1,U1sleeamaig11ela0,0of 1111ls11111 eolee of-
ate train soon starting.
There was 0110 01111' 1)011-011 ill the cae-
doge besides myself—a man of more
tlam middle age, and a man upon W110111
Me hallmark of the wooers experlenee
WAS indelibly stamped. 1 le sat in the
farther corner opposite lo ,ine, and as I
rested iii my seat I tonic in the details
of his personal appertnatice, whieli wore
—le Mute truthfully—none too pleaeing.
He had already removed 1115 hal,
thereby revealing a head of dark heir,
gIrFI'Z''oillgreaNe'"a7 tclhils1ciloYnt'eLli.junellitt' tlattIgkte-iurilPitc.s.
he
eyes, which were seldom raised bom
flee book which he entleayored to appear
LA be vending.
His head and throat, wore set upon
bread shoulders, and his wonting upper;
ea though somewhet rusty ma to rotor,
wfit-, well cut, and gave the man a dis-
lingulshed
Presently the sound of voices near at
hand, a rustling as of sincen skirls, then
a merry peal of girlish laughter, and a
1101110111 later a young lady had stepped
into our carriage, and, after arranging
11n1! paraphernalia of bootee, dressing -
bag, eta., leancel outward from the car-
riage Willfi011t Pa converse with the ewer
woman who had come to ",see her. off."
"Don't you worry aleout mo in, the
least, auntie," the girl laughingly re-
plied to an anxious query as to whether
she was quite sure she did not iniud
travelling alone. "'What can't be cured
must be endured,' you lcnow. And, of
°curse, you simply 1)1)151 1101 leave poor
uncle longer than the lime it will take
you to gat home again 10010 hero,. TeU
him I hope be will soon be quite strong
again. Good-bye, dearle 1"
The last two words were Shouted bilek
Lo the elder 100111011, WII0S5 Poem was
getting more obscure each moment., for
the train had started slowly from the
station. And, with a final wave of the
hand, the young lady dropped into her
seat, and turned from 1110 LO our other
travelling friend, metlt an inclusive
glance, before taking one of the papers
from her side.
' "\Vould you like this window up or
down?" I asked, AS the wind, entering
thc Gael -lege, was driving the dark curls
hither and thither across my nearer cone -
minion's. forehead.
"Oh, I simply don't mind a 1111,1e bit.
either way ! But, perhaps, if you would
net mind, it had better be put up just a
little." And a pair ot large, engaging,
blue eyes rested upon me in a way no
pair of eyes had ever rested before. I
put the second hole of these -tip on to the
brass knob, observing aloud that. I was
only too happy to put the window 11.61
how she liked It best
During this 11111e interlude our old
friend in the opposite cornet- had been
looking steadily from one to the other
of 118, and had frowned heavily. when
cur fair lady traveller had rested those
great [meting eyes 1111011 me.
For some time neither one of us
spoke, all being move or l•ess intevested
i11 the literature we owned.
Sometimes the girl before 1000 would
shut her book with a snap, end give her-
self up to reverie, looking out upon 1100
tieing landscaper with eye,s which seemed
to have learned nothing of either the
sorrow or sin of the world.
The constant jerking 01 Um train 101(1,
Mlle by little, moved the volume that
rested upon her knees, a»d now sud-
denly it fell to the ground. Thinking,
perheps, of nothing save the gecident
that had befallen lee book, she leaned
forward colickly to rescue it, and so did
1, the result being that her head touched
nano almost before We 10e00 Ware of
the occurrence.
Both of us Mistily regained a sitting
posture. Her fair face was suffused
with 0. 50110111 blush of confusion, and my
lips hastened to speak words of apolo-
gy. Then she allowed 11111 10 stoop and
pack up the bootie Presently the train
&OW up at an important station on. Me
line, and, personally, I 0003101000d the
ncivisability of descending Pom the
descencliiig from the train and procur-
ing n light meal of some description.
PM, being in no hurry—for wo were due
lc wait there tor 001115 Mlle—I gave my-
self up to wondering if our fair friend
would avail herself of the opportunity to
In -ho some fight refreshment also.
The men in Mae opposite comer looked
110 though Ile had more harra.ssIng
things to occupy his mind elan mere
food, and he made no effort to leave the
compartment
A little lalee I rose and left, the car-
tilage, being shortly afterwards Mowed
I.y the lady, t'ho hastened lo the buffet
with the frankness and freedom of ex -
Memo inocence and youth. 1 made my
wily to the bookstall to lay in a fresh
sleek of rending matter before gelling
my luncheon.
A short ii1110 later, returning to the
train, I found thnl, out. silent and taci-
turn travellmi had departed, end, there-
fore, the yobng lady who bad left her
11)011 111 London rind myself were to 'con-
tinue our journey alone,
For a while, after the twain bad once
more Marled, we seemed thoeoughly ona
geosseil in our rending until, by-and-by,
my compaulon, evidently 011 11 sudden
tholight, remelted over for len 11111e, lea -
lime dressing -bag Ity her' side, and,
(awning it., began to try and and mime -
thing for WiIi011 She Pearchod, With It
well of sithisfeelion elle placed a small
packet upon her lap; then leaning for-
ward lo the ling ngnin, she would Mem
0106101 11. but, with a, sedclen sharp cry
she turned Instimelvely to 1110. With a
Wild, appealing look in lier 1)eautifill
eyes.
"Something IS clistressiug yeti 0" I
queried Mistily, iti n 1011C aseured
ler 1.11111 1 wee 10111114,. to give her all
whir lever Mir termitic
nerthl. be,
"Distress 1" elm cried. "11 is more 1111111
distre0s. 1 111100 been rolibtell My Jew-
•
gettstly thing to de, end 1 &net know
a hit how le lie' and gel them back."
entleavoved to soothe her, end as-
sure her that it was made very easy by
law nowndays to truce stolen goods
lo thelr resting Maim. And 0.a 1 01,011e
slie seemed lat lake Iteert, and when 1
iliqUirod 1311111. PWOIA 111111 110011 1013011 11110
sgitti,:on to110000, ixemoirititioonf outll 1,1(1110
"101111 1110 1
miming articles,
IbIlysingle bit or 1,0,,,,,1,111,0, had,.
('111 p11'' And she ritsplayed two heami.
fullY sholool W11110 liiintis, ri.°111 Mitch
sparkled diamonds. "13racelets, a din -
mend 'teenier, and many things I trea-
sured greelly."
Slic loulced so pitifully woebegone
11131 a nein would have been of harder
material than 1 if he hed not been
melted to the deepest Sorrow by the
stein, of hoe distress.
"Whet a pity you did not, lock the
bag," 1 said, a Male later, 0011111 my com-
panion leld become more accustomed to
Pm thought of her loss, and more con-
vinetel of the possibility of regaining the
slclen goods,
"1 tun so careless, you know," sbe
said, by way of explanation. "But I
have been cured 11010, 1 thinlc. In future
I shall be more careful."
"You must be, if you will fagive me
for saying so. I am afraid you must
301111 3111111Iliatrain arrives at Itdealt-
tedium Then, if you will 110110C Ole by
allowing me to see Into this mailer for
you, I will endeavor to trace the missing
s
gems."
"I don't know linw to thank you
enough," said my companion, and, crest-
ing a 'very kindly glance in my direc-
tion, she added: "I will be 3)101 11 you
wit do just all you .07111 10 try and find
them. -Here is my address—at least, for
lito 'next, few weolc,s, and alter that thee
I shall return home. You eel' flnd my
home address on the other side of the
card." She had been writing AS she
spoke, mad new handed the small piece
of pasteleoard to 01e.
1 thanked her, and placed the card 101
my pocket -book. The girl in whose pve-
sence I Mead myself had been abl,e to
raise a feeling of admiration for herself
within me such as no other WOn11111 bad
ever been capable of doing before.' I
fee that. here was a girl for whom a man
could go great, lengths—such an 0110 as
men in bygone days had been willing to
nice death for without a flinch.
And, perhaps, after this day, I might
never see her again. Truly, she bad
reused me out 01 1)13' ordinary practical
common-sense moods 1
The journey was drawing pitifully
ncav lis close. My benutiful compenion
WOS collecting her books and parcels
prior to leaving the train. '"Chis must
have been one of your unlucky days,"
I ventured to sugest, with my mind
upon her recent loss.
"Both unlueecy and lucky also," she
sniti, turning 0 grateful pale of blue
eyes upon. me. "You seen) to forget that
I havo met you, and that I liave received
great, kiudness at yolir 110.11110.
"Please don't thank me. I have done
nothing worthy of such a thing, really.
Any man is anxious—or 311001101 fie—to
help a fellow -being in distress." I let
tee admiration I felt linger in my eyes
ae they met hers.
Perhaps I ought not to have shown
her how plainly hew, in the coutee of a
few hours—after beetle, lived thirty-two
years free from the toi6 of Love's mesh-
es—I had fallen a victim to the sweet,
.1611 piece of femininity before me.
She meet heve.read my look, for drop-
ping her eyes to the parcels upoft her
lap, her face was suffused with the eame
charming color Which had been called
Mere by the episode of the book trailer
in our acquniatance. The Main, how-
ever, WAS slowing down, and Mere was
nia time for blether conveastillon.
Two 11111111WS WACC WA both stood upon
the platform, and she held her hand out
loi'eneamithlhaA1Via3rheaalr PlralligMe (IS 3000 as
Possible, believe 01e," I ,aald, welling o
see if I could do anything further for
1104.100d -bye 1" she answered, "elm
know my address, so call and see us
piet whenever you cave to do."
Of course 1 thanlaecl her heartily for
the invitation, and a moment later, after
I had seen her safely into a waiting
btougham, I found myself standing
akate—and far more alone than I ever
remembered to have been befove.
A. week Mace I posted a small parcel
to the gial who had won iny love so
strangely—and nty courage also.
eliclosed my best wishes in the par -
eel, together witi1 the hope MEd she
would be forbore() enough in the futon
*never to lose the gems again.
They were the Iasi jewels I ever stole,
and, although she may AMC 1(11010 it,
their owner hes ,saved al least one man
from spending the rest of his days as
o despicable and common MM.—Lon-
don Answers.
SLEEPING BY MACHINERY.
Anything That Will Distract Thoughts
From the Brain Will Clause Sleep.
Science has devised an almost certain
cure for the 011101 curse of tho brain-
worker—insomnia. The prInciple la ex-
tremely simple, and is based upon tho
well-known fact that repetition means
Monotony, and monotony slumber,
The machine min be made by anyone
with 11 slight gift for mechanics. 11 co(1-
stsls or a clockwork apparelus, above
winch ate) movaried two rods painted
black, laid horizontally, and. Made 10
11501110 11 opposite directions. On each
rod are fixed se1100 pircea of mirror. To
Iwo 1115 nweleme.you piece tt near your
bedside, in such a posIticei thin it is
inintiy illtmenated by 0 night -light ;
titan you set. 11113 molfon, and lie down,
M the bins begin to revolve, 1110 141)0(111
Mirrors blink at you ns '1111113 seole of
tend Moo disappear. In spite of
yrureelf you count the epOts, and, as
they appear and vanish al reguler baler -
veer, your eyrie soon become tired by 1,110
sailleneSS, 11111 you drop off In sleep,
Ilia licking of a clook, also, 10 10 Hi011,7
people 1111 excellent soporific. Apart
from the feet 110(11 11(4(1 devices ere your
varlone senstec, they errCallin VISA
In keeping your (Mention axed, mid pre-
venting yen from thinking mid worry-
ing• 111101 it le well-known :deep elm
never bia wooed while lite breetIs busy
with 111:a ovon1.4 or tho 407 01 1-1-1111 1)1111(316e (ha morrow,
ORE CRIMES IN SUMMER WOULD BUILD CANALS
••••••••••
it 211601 TEMPERATURE MEANS A
EAT ClIARUE-SHEET.
Sultry, Mutehirous Days are Eeitietiny
Trying to the Nerves of
People,
As kw 111orelly,Y ereWls 'Inwards 11.0111
Ihs bulb of Mu thermonieter, so do
be1(:‘,11,111:•0:$511disolinn(_Iv1111410).1101L.4r.inol.c7re.. 1.11111e:17sbemil.1111,11.011‘1,0111:1
eneefully-colleoletl t; lit Lie ics. Now
Yerk is a oily where the difference be-
tween summer and whiter temperatures
its greater 'than in most huge centres
of...population. 1e New eerier 28 per
colt, of the whole yeuv's ininalers and
1110.11.100011,0 assaulLs lake place ie July.
In December MO evituris fall to be-
te eon 5 and 0 per cent.
The seine holds good all over the
'world. IL may be rellienibered that in
le79 eerie a inleorably cold year in
Englund. 1%'11101100S, 1-O'111011 1111(1 number-
ed 109 In the year 1877, and 175 in 1878,
felt to 353 in 1879. Again, 1880, an-
other year in which the temperature
wits below .the normal, had a record of
only 157 murders.
•
IN THE HEAT Ole THE Maelleeer.
A man does ,not lilt Ms wife on Me
head with a ohoppee unless he has lost
at, control of himself, and rano times
tint of tee the slate elf 1110 atmosphere
is largely responsible foe Ms sudden
madness. We all know how fearfully
trying to the nerves is one of those
sultry, murderous days, when 111.08111 -
In air is stagnent, and aite pants In
vain ,for a .coul breath to ease unies
slitting lungs, Simla weather lowers
one's vitality. One cannol eat with any
appetite. One loses all sense• of 1)10-
3
porelon, and %what, Ls o trifling annoy-
ance when. Ellie 011 113 cool and crisp and
full of. 1110-giying oxygen, Is time cf
great. heitt, Allbellrabie geievance..
Streit Weather drives the lower strata
<if eminently- to (Mink, tied those of epi-
leptic tendencies lo madness, and then
come fearful oulburstie of 1011110, caus-
mg readers of imwspapers to shut:Kiev
with incredeleus honor,
Dry heal Is not neatly so injurious
as damp. 'When the baleen:elm, Is low
and the thermometer high, Mien Um
policeman is at his busiest. In Jut):
last, Germany was rankled by 51141-
(1011 heat spell, mid it lew ainee 10101.
the world was shocked by a eeries oi
ghostly and tnexplieable tuutelete of
yeeng gir6.
A NIGHTMARE 'KNAPP.
This ie 110 1101-3' thing, In June, 1901.
1411,19e0W 01110 visited by a 51010011 110111
wave, and a similar series of purpoee.-
lese outrages began. In One day the
lx•dles of five schoolgirls were picked
up. All were between eeven and fif-
teen years el age. 111 1011, ereerly lwen-
ly
as the opinion that the murderet. was
eebvilit11:14).11,
111050()‘‘0410:eerattilly • murdered , 11
w
weak brain wits
affected by the heula Vevy peolethly
he iwas (lupe irresponsible. Ile was
item caught.
There was the series df 30-001led
Knapp murders L lltlIltLI1011, 01110. TI
criminal--Alfved Knapp—killed Ills Wit:,
and tour other watnell. Ench of iileSki
IllU1'liC1'S was 0.011unittod on 11 diffiren1
(1ey 01 the surniner 01 1002, and each
of when clays was one on. Which the
temperature ran In SO degrees or above.
After -ids conviction, the murderer 0111-
14 to other similar crimes. All
Mose had been committed during 001.7
1101 weather,
Suicide, like murder, becomes ter
mere frequent in geeat heal. A black-
smith who lived in Stvalford, England,
and who finally killed lenisele ley cut -
tang lits throat during Me great beat
of Soptember of last year, had attempt -
.i.1'
ed his OWn e on live different .00011.-
stens, each time in either August 00
SqlteTnifib:11.10ST FAMOUS MURDER
c f modern times—the shooting of Slim -
Med While by Harty Thaw—look place
on the night of Monday, June 25lh,
Mel ymor, It was a hot 'evening, after
O hot 'day, and 00111e thliVO attributed
the culmlnakon of Theftv's tuurdeeems
impulse to the herd. Another 4111010101
-
011 attempt at nntoder—the shooting el
Pieldent Rooeceelt by Weilleonner, 111
September, 1903—Is also believed to
Imre been largely, due to the heat act-
ing on 4,100 would-be assassin's crazy
br(ui
li.ltiles of violence are tar more fre-
quoet in hot countries. Ruin ha cool
once. In the Unitecl Kingdom the year-
ly average of niurders Is only twelve
lo every million of popukttion; 111 (bit -
011103', 10110,30 whose summers are hotter Mum
curs, 11 rises to lourteen; in Franco the
'average is nearly ((cubic ours—namely,
,twenty-three per million.' Conte be the
eene-tropicel peninsulas, which are P0 -
110s011 LO torrid winds Dorn North Attlee
111111 1110 peoportion runs up alannetigly.
COLI) WEATHER yori -VIRTUE.
In Spain lheve are 1,600 murders
yearly, or 101 per million of populto
ben; while naly possesses the unenvi-
111,1e record of 3,700 mindere it year
which works cut, at 104 101111.00 Of po-
pulation.
One other proof—if There be needed --
of 110 extraordlnary connection be-
tween. het weather end murderous
(Arne is afforded by ehe Increase f
criminality 110 \\Mile troops on fereIgn
retie. Among 131.11,611 regiments (01111,
(erect in India the (alto or assaults, is
Mr higher than among the same troops
140111411 quartered at Immo, end among
tha Gerienns In German Africa the
proportion of etiline i llv ilines• 111 1-
(0 1111111 aincieg the Regulars an Gen-
nep gereireeta. Oile of the 'noel,ghast-
ly erlineemf modern times was 11)10Into.
fler 101,1111,0 ef a half-breed natned
Kean .al the hood of Priticer rotrsopoeprsvollill
Arenberg, in mm
coand e
ft er titan So it I -NV est. Africa. The do -
11,110 are too airocloUS 10 repeat, im
et lee trial a poet cif the defame WAS
1.111,1 Ilte murderer Wila Crazed by in-
terts•ti heel, elmraleit Answers,
it's a mew [meal who Is unable to
..dt•aw lila 010111 110041111111010,
a
EXPENSE 'PO THE MITER STATES
HAS BEEN ENORMOUS,
What Four Hundred Million laellars
Would -Do If 131)1111 113 Other
Ways.
The New York Herald has been calcu-
luting the cost of llut Philippines to
United BMWs anti fixes this sum at
$100,000,000. 11 estimates $200.000,000
as the 4:est of war opevations, $121,000,'
113 Mr the anny alai 11t!\'y 111111 CiV11
e.•:labliallalallia in the five years of
iiPiWel 020,000,000 paid to Spain for the
Islands, and the rest miscellaneous ex-
pendiluve since Me occupation. The
herald Is savvy to see an Lttis gold
poured out and makes genumber of cal-
cultitions, of which theTollowIng are a
swim le, AS to WW1 1 C011111ry could
have got foe four hundred million (101-
1111.0 ir 51)0111111 other woys.
NAVY AND FORTIFICATIONS.
If it had been diverted to purposes 01
national (totemic, for Instance, $400,000,-
00..) would have suIllerd to build forty-
five twenty thousand km battle ships of
the most, powerfu1 modern typo repre-
sentea by the Delaware, and ilins to have
ghen Llte United States the most pow-
erful havy 111 the world. Ch- IL would be
sufficient to pay for nearly such
battleships and still knee a balance
lurge enough lo defray the estimated
Cost of the NUMMI Canal.
Expended upon -60091 defence fortifica-
tions i1 would have rnado our Atlantic
and Pacific seaboards practically illl-
PCAgAllble to attack- IL would pay the
federal appropriation for tho mainten-
ance of the militia of all the Stales In
the Union and Hawaii Into the bergain
tee a period of two hundred years, If
1110.1 annual, approprietion should not
exceed the $2,000,000 voted for 1907; or
it would defray, the Guyernment's enor-
mous pension fund for nearly three
Yeurs; SPENT ON EDUCATION.
Should Mat test sure of $100,000,000
be devoted to less warlike purposes it
would maintain foe two whole years the
entire Public School .97840111 of the twelve
States in the Union which appropriate
Me interest sums for that, purpose;
namely, 'New York, Pennsylvania, Illi-
nois, elassachuselle, .Ohio, New Jersey',
Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, elinnesuta,
Missouri and Culifornia. Devoted 10
perposee of higher. echicatien it would
richly endow a score of 1li'et-016s Ulli•
versities.
Estimating Ma cost of building and
furnishing a comfortable modern dwell-
ing house at $8,000, it, would. erect
Mu such homes, or enough. to house the
population of it large city.
11 would more than indemnify Sart
Francisco Par all the leers sustained in
eartlunatice and cenflagration and
weuld leave a balance nearly large
enough to offset all the other Itre losses
iit the United Stales for the Same year,
WOULD BIRLD GREAT CANALS.
Applied in the line of greet public im-
prole-miens of an engineering rhararlor,
$i0O,000,000 would pay for the Suez
eimal, withal cosi $100,0011,000; the Erie
00.41 0110111 $50,000,000; New
York's ee-olen \YOE."' cost
Mout $20,000,000; Ceiling Park, which
10 put deem at cost of 81010000,000; the
Stele Capitol al. Albany, which was not
cheap at $25,000,000, and the New York
cily subway, the contract price of whieli
was $35,000,000. As those items foot 1.115
just $255,000,000, 111000 would 11110'e been
lialmice of $145,000,000 re, whioh
pone to be the estimated cost 01 1110 Pan -
antra Canal consinettion,
WOULD BUY wrisxr CROP.
Four hundred millions of dtillarS
Would almost suffice lo pay for Ameri-
ea's last year's wheat crop. IL is a sten
nearly double that collected last yeer in
customs at the port of Now York. 11 (5
nearly as 31111011 as the gold reserve of
the 00,110 01 Bussineis abetit, equal to the
gold moductioneof tho whole \voted Ior
last 7150
5e ara:11(10111s len times greater than
tbev
the diamonds and other
precious stones thmorted into America
in 1906. If expended lie' irrigation it
would make tho arid lands of the West
1110001 Ma Eden. It woted build 'forty
structures like tee Brooklyn Bridge or
fifty tunnels like that from the. Boiler/
to Brooklyn. It would foot. the prespec,
live bill or $162,000,000 for New York
ctly's 11005 water supply from the Cat-
/vIountains and Pm Ashokan nosey -
Volt', and avoulri leave enough balance •
lo duplicate, dollar for dollar, all the
dividende paid to date by the United
Stales Steel Cerporatio».
WORKING FOR SUCOES.S.
ICnow `Your Own Capabilities and Use
Theill to the 1111110st.
The men or woman in any nrul every
sehero who 11014 a thll 'joy in whet he
does, makes Ms own opportunity,
ereates his 0100 ladder, 'plants 11. ngainst
the sleftlfs, and Is eliung le climb, (0,1-
110)31)')) 110(1 there must ho or Um struggle
rannot avail. Work foe something defi-
nite. Aspire lo the po8sib10, 1101 the hie
possible; Irpow 310111' OWIl capabilities end
1.10t. 1110111 to the 1.11111011; .1)0111W0 111 your
power ID e00Ifi0100', Allti 110100 101. 0110.
tber's fitilure be the elepping stem) le
your sitecess—the eucCess so gained will
net 80 11903'.
A •great tonmensatMe .bninnee, 1%111 -
arson. flames t1, regulates 'Inman life,
E1110 it ia 11.110 Mut, SUCCOSS often Is
purchased at the cost of happiness, Tele
need not be. Workleg with entherrinein
and concentration, working se Met we
may advance in life, yen, Weil 11115 the
lIvIng periee, we may legitimately attain
O true succesS.
Pat (to faeglish travelma---"And hews
yoir tleerd the laleglee 1 r; --No; eefliab
Is it?" Pal-e"Shere, 10 Millen(' they
can't bang .a man with a Iwooclen
'r..—MNeverl NVIlat do they do than?"
1:vaiti.--h,-;A%,11,.po..,ali.tire, they futAt ,hang