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Exeter Advocate, 1901-6-13, Page 6WICKED GIR /3Y afAltalr CtseSCIL RAY., Derry had snoWn a prompt disdain • when Oliver's name had been, men- tioned to her, yet she was recelling hie presence in her fether's studio as if it had brought happiness to her. And Ella was to be further eurpris- ed! Oliver had bees' leuaging against the old oak. tablee.teasing Tess with +, his whip while ehey w- eals , , ed for ti rinnose; new he wise alert and briels, his, whole form, as well as his, face' seeming full of eager (te- r sire, Otiver was just, going' to drive Primrose a,nd ale to Arundel and eoend the park and then put up and stroll by the lake," Ella explained; "knowing 1 should like it, he IMMO early to, fetch rile." ''Primrose is going, you say?" queried Derry, longing for Miss Das - set's advent.. Yes, clear.'' "Thor'," looking straight into Ol- iver Basset's eyes, which were fixed upon her with undisguised solicita- tion, "will you take me toe?" It gave. 'Derry no surprise to see her ender blush over this outepoken request, for she naw she should have done so in Ellaas piace, and how could Ella understand that it had (coNgIN't7Bn.) Xhanisfulaess if you tell me .thi is a dreani!" sh ! "Why ould it be a dream? You have no right to say that eort of ;thing, Derry, 'ebout year, — thank-, fulness," A sueldea fire blazed, in Derey's eYes, .is she forcibly put away ooe thought and seized another, Hee 'whole atti- tude as 'well. as eepression semed changed, though 4lie had not moved. :"You Can not know Oliver , Basset, H Bile. e is—lie adnitres' every' girl-- may girls, .1 mean, elect he cam not really love Ohs Ella, You will ehange. You will not do this?" "Oliver cares for me. It is no - 'thing against hirti if he has cared for other girls before. 110 will not again. ' "He cares for your fortune " cor- rtod Derry, every word an effort to her. "Only that. knows you are Mrs. Martin's heiress. He knows rwi bo rich. He courts your been hard to her -when she had seem.- ortune.'' ed to ask it with such ease? Ella . "This is not like you, Derry,r ob- scrutinized her lover's face to see, served Ella, in genuine astonishment. hew he received this demonstration. ;14:',How can you even pretend to know of her sister's forwardness, and she these things?" saw that he must be annoyed, for , "I know Oliver Basset." he at once turned away and went to , "I recollect IIONV that you told me the door; but then he had heard the so," rejoined the younger sister, re; wheels. Just then Miss Basset cense her pointedly, "though I fancied you in ready to start, and her delight 'must have been inistalten when -I at. findieg .she was to have Deery Seen(' that he himself never mention- .with her (for she aturally suppose ed having met you," ed they two would be throWn' to- ; "Does noththat prove what I say? getherY was recompense enough to Would not it have been m.ore honor- Derry for 'the huiniliation she had manner would have Small light wagonette which 'Oliver I able to have told?" inquired Derry, imposeil upon 'herself. It was a Her strange cold ma Jrevealed to some that she was fore- had elected to drive, and evhen he ing these reasons, but it did not to had assisted Miss Hope and his sis- i!her sister. "He did me the honor, El- ter to their seats within it, Ella la, to pretend he cared for my fever maths a shy feint to follow them. ,nbove that of any other wotnan in "Will you not sit in front with ute, the world." as yesterday?" he asked, and she ; "Then that explains your odd idea. blushed a pretty assent. ' 'jealousy is always unjust. But 1 To Ell's surprise, the party never can forgive it, Derry, it is so oatur- fell into couples. Primrose had, in 'al. But on which plea" (with a her thoughtful way, taken the seat 'smile) "am 1 to dismiss Oliver? For behind Oliver that the sisters itaeht [his dishonor in not telling me he had be near each other, and every time night (his with my sister among others? Oliver spoke to Ella, he had turned l'''cir his general heartlezsness in have enough to include Derry in -all he ;Mg flirted with a hundred others? Or had to say; he even looked sulky !for his mercenary motives in finally when he found Derry and ; his sister choosing me, not to flirt with, but to chatting independently. Sometimes , . . ;woo in earnest?" he en turned only to address 1 On any, on all," Panted Derry, Derry, or to listen to her, for after 1"so that you dismiss hire. Oh, Ella, the first mile or two the road was ;let me bnplore you to do thisf" ' new to her, and she had pleasant . "You are cruel," said Ella, tears of , fresh eeteasees to make, and had to real alarna gathering in her eyes. 1"What right have you to say to me tell hire of her modest little drives with Amos, and how he was invarica- , that Oliver wants only my fortune?'' bly seized ,with alarm when they op.:. "May I prove him? May I?" quer- prouched a gate lest she should be id Derry„ eagerly. too terrified. to 'old the 'orse. "You may try," with a laugh. "And I feel quite sure," comment - "If I can prove it—if I can show ed Ella, "you scare' him more by you that he admires another woman pretending to be in a panic." more, will you be convinced?" cried Merry, feverlshly. "Will you reject t was a beautiful day, and a ' e ." beautiful drive, and when Primrose Basset said the way to Arundel had "I know the feeling girls have When a rich one is engaged," observe never seemed so short before, and looked .lovingly at Oliver, feeling. that it was his restored preseuce evbieli had made it so for her, she found he had looked &Way from elS his companions, with. again 'the dus- ky color rnoun,ting to his forehead. Egen during their stroll, and during their rest end lunch beside the lake, the party never prop- erly divided as parties do when two of the four are affianced lovers; and when the time came for starting homeward, Oliver suggested to Ella that, as the road on the return jour- ney would be new to her sister, she might possibly wish her to have the front seat. "Thank you," said Ella, "I was going to propose it." But the gentle words stung Derry. Heatily she drew back, not only re- fusing to take the seat beside Oliver, but even changing with Primrose so that she should be exactly behind him. . "I—I shall have to do things I hate," she said in her miserable thoughts, "but there is time.' And then, as if relieved of a weight which had threatened her, she indulg- ed herself in silence, as, through all the previous hour's, he had dreaded doing. When they reached the Tow- er, they all went in for tea, loitering over it; then when Derry rose to go, Oliver coolly observed that Ella could have a further rest with Prim- rose while he saw Miss Hope to Her - rack's Beacon, and that they tevo could walk to the Pines at their lei- sure, as he was going to dine there. "If Miss Hope will accept my es- cort," he added, more humbly, Ella thought, than she had ever heard him speak before; but the it seemed less -happily too. "I need no escort," said Derry, briefly. I could take that short cut acress the downs now blindfolded." , "Then you do not wish tue to come?" "Oh, I do," (childishly,S, "are you ready?" As she knew he must have seen the change in her since the time when he used to plead in vain to accom- pany her anywhere, she lilted him all the better for alluding to it. Indeed, she hoped he despised her for it, as she despised herself. eci iI1a, patiently. "They never think, it possible that she is loved for her- self. Now I must go." Once more Derry-, in piteous ear- nestness, and now with tender loving words, entreated her to break off her engagement with 'Oliver Basset, but even while she pleaded, she knew Ella would not consent. She even knew It was not natural to expect it. "There is only one way," she cried to herself, wearily, when she was left alone. "There is only one thing I can do." But apparently she shrunk most of all from this one thingeshe could do, for again she had sought Elia, a,nd pleaded to her, before that miserable night when she had to give up all hope, and to form that determination from Which she had ahrunk with such abhorrence. She watched the waae- ful night dawn into a fair spring Morning, and rose very pale and very sed, but with this new resolve strong and steadfast in her heart. She had !promised to go soon and see Prim - rote Basset, and she would go that tvery morning. She made her way slowly along the green slope of the downs that any fon() seeing her would have thought 'that she was idling away the fresh Morning hours, rather than carrying lout a determination so hardly fought over. "It will seem more friendly to go ,early," she said to herself, pausing the fir grove and addressing Stev- en Basset's dachshund, who generally ;followed her in an indifferent manner, !while he constantly seemed to be !watching and waiting for his mese !ter. "You must not come, Fitz, be - ;cams° you always argue evith .Tess, ,and—" but 'she did not finish that reason even in her thoughts; her ne-er resolution would break down utterly 11 she permitted herself to remember %anything Steven had told her. She rust no longer let her thoughts touch him. , The heavy arched door of the Tow- er stood wide open when she reached it, and she heard voices in the hall 'before she had seen that her sister iand Olieer Baeset were there. When ?she entered with her light free step, and the sunshine lingering in her lovely hair, they little guessed how lpainfully her heart was throbbing, or that the delicate blush was born of loathing, for herself. "Mr. Oliver Basset, Derry. My el- der sister, Oliver." Ella went as formally, through tbe introduction as if she had never been told that these two had met before. Oliver bowed, his features a little stiff, but a suspicioue duskiness snesinting slowly to his hair, but Der- ry held out her hand, the pretty cap - 'able hand that he had watched at !its busy tasks. "We are not strangers," she ex- plained. "Mr. Basset has spent many an hOur with dad in the studio ill; home, and has often_ bestowed on me valuable criticism — and 81,111 more valuable baskets of stra,wberries. We once oven managed the cream, didn't we, Mr. Basset?' '"You sent 2110 for it." , Ella glanced from one to the other in zaniest pathetic surprise. Oliver had never spoken to her of these 'visits, yet he was looking delight- ed to hear them spoken of now, 4 "You have made me very happy to -day, Miss Hope," he said, as they walked together. !"After your cold- ness 10 me in town, it is little won- der that: in your kindness to me here Scarcely recognize you." "I scarcely recognize myeele- she anewered, coldly, and then was silent as a picture rose before lier jf this careless, handsome, self-satisfied young man seated on an old cloth - covered pedestal in the studio, gra- ciously offering her all that he had in his power to offer; stnd of how, be- neittli her chill' unmoved refueal, ran O rather, regretful wonder evhether 11 would ever be possible to her to love any than 80 clearly as , she loved her father. Then vividly, strongly, clear- ly, followed a picture of the old mill in the beauty of the star -crowned night, and --- but ,she forced that memory away, her heart throbbing in its great pain, "May I ---may we call for you when st'e take aaother delve?" Staley were a•ithin sight of Itarrack's, and she I id Stood to dismiss her eedort. ey I getioponts you?" heeedseted, 4g, enlboldened by her 'shalisle thati'saa and their coeteast to the ,unvarying refusale of old tietes, "And, Primrose was telling me easterdayOt he 'Wen on, eagerly, she wished you would come °titmice to the Tower." "If you like te call when Prim- rose does," said.Derry, with gentle_ nonehalaace, "I will show you a photograph of the little group at Which you last saw me working," ' "Thank you," he replied, with in- genuous delight, but; yet with a sur- pre's° he did pot attempt to con- ceal. Then he watched, her out of sight, ,before he turnea homeward with a new light in his eyes, It scarcely astonished Derry to see him at Harrack's next day with his sister, nor to find that they .brought an invitetion to her to meet Elia at the Tower in the evening—it seethed so natural for theni to svish to make the party into a quartet! She ,went, and as Mee, Martiu'a brotighamwas sent for Ella, St was also natural that Mr. Basset should walk - home With the sister for ,whom. 'no broug- ham could be sent. .. PART vit. csApTER 1. So the sseelis went on, .until one day Oliver Basset told Derry that the hours he spent with her were the only really happy ones he knew, and that as she had given him hope once more„ tvOuld be doubly cruel to rob 'inn of it. That if he would Move accept tlie love that had been elitatys hers, he Would go at once and honorably fell all to Ella. "Honorably!" 8110 echoed, with such scorn that he, not utederst ing that the scorn she felt was for herself, resented what he thought she showed for •him, ' Hotly he. explained that he had tried to be honorable, .oven in asking Ella to be his wife, because --then .his careless young face paled, and he halted. "Derry," he cried, breaking' through all formalities, "you know that but for that awaful deed which my cousin Steven acknowledged your sister would have been happy .now. POor Steven!" in his companion's si- lence. "Poor fellow! But you can. never .guess what ,thef confession was for.me, 1 was so miserable a man. betore. I had a fear toosterrible for Inc to utter even to you —though God knows I fought hard egainst, it.'' "You' feared your poor brother had taken his own life. understand," said Derry, though she did not understand. the horrible fear he had had. "But you must forgive me if I say nothe int; seems to me more terrible than suspectrnes"—she caught, her breath quickly. Enen her thoughts -could not bear the touch cif Steven's name, and to utter it was hinpossiblea "Steve andemy brother were not good friends," Oliver went on. gThera might be a thousand excuses for Steven, As the poor fellow can neeer explain to -us now, we most give him 'the benefit of every doubt and every excuse., But, Derry," in her inexplicable silence, "may I have an answer? I hake been trying again and again to say this tO you, and you have aliesays evaded ma." sh.e queried, lif tine her eyearows. "You have written me no letter." "I3ut I have been telling you how dearly I love you, -If you write to Inc I shall of course have to , answer," she inter- posed, but as for 'what you e'ay, how can remenilier?" "Then I will write," he said, his .whole face brightening in his great hopef illness, "a rid you will not keep me long in ,tush,earable suspense,* I know" He expected a gay answer, but he could not complain that she said no word, when she had given him a smile; for he did not see that the snsiling lips this time could not brighten the sorrowful eyes. Orr the very next day Oliver's let- ter was given into Miss Hope's hands. He reminded her how he had loved her long before he had known her sister, loved her first,, loved her only, all his life. And then follewerl his regre.t for the rash step he- had taken since, assuring her that the instant she gave hira permission he would confess all to Ella, 'arid was quite sure she would only too wil- lingly rejeet him when she knew his Whole heart was given to another. Oliver would not have relished see- ing the disdain on Derry's ,face while she read his words; but even - less would he have relished seeing her in the abancionnient of her miserabte. self-coetenintt In the very hour she received tbis letter, be/ore allowing, herself for furthhr thought (was not her heart, already sick with thought?),she went to the Pines, 'snowing that Mrs. ItIartin scarcely 'ever left her roots' before noon, and that she could therefore ab an early hour be alone with Ella, Sarah Eales met her cn the stairs, and turned arid led the way silently to her young mistress's own sitting room., then occupied, her- self noiselessly inthe background .until Derry said, in her straightfor- ward wa "Sarah, I want to be alone with my sister, and I have not long to stag. G'o away, will you, and don't let ue be 'disturbed." If any one had been .watching.the wurnanlArltil a groundwork of sus- picion, they- would have detected that after this frank little coot/naiad she was more unwilling to leave the girls together than she had bee.n be- fore: but as Ella.. by her silence, in- cloreed the requeet, she hael no ex- cuse to linger. "tasu will be Nveary to death of my imi,ortunities, Ella," her s iter said, as soon as they were elone; "but a must; risk that, You still scarcely call be weary svith my torte ltle wear in ese. You re mein - ber that I said Oliver Bas- set (lid not love you as your lover should? As Miles did? Oh, Ella, try to think of Miles only yet! Let Oli- ver go!" "alilee is lost to me," quietly' pa- thetic. "A is or give lit for' every word that soloists unkind—hut, indeed, in- tro 1.3g, COXTISetTeSse.) se. THE GREAT WITITE PLAGUE SOME WELL-KNOWN PACTS ABOUT CONSUMPTION. Ibo IlltOst Frequent Canso of Death fti Ontitrio-lVays in Which the Getne VIM rater the .System-ilints on the Prevention Of Consumption. The, report of deathin Ontario dar- ing March last, ehowS a total of 2411 aa' comnared with 2480 in February and 2330 in March, 1900. The increase of 81 over laeit year is even largos than 11 appears for st represents‘ree Porta from 87 per cent. of the popu- lation compared hvith 95 Per cent. last year. Over 84 per cont. of the (teethe from the principal contagious diseases during March resulted from eoinsumption. Thi e is now universally admitted to be the most frequent cause of death, About 8,000 Canae diens' annually ale 1.LS victiro.s. Emin- ent authorities claim that the year- ly contributton of the United States to this ecourge, is ever 150,000 of its inhabitants. Each year the ,world yieldhp over 1.095,000; each clay .3,000, of its' people, as a sacrifice to .this plague, The interest in the ,war which is being waged againet this dis- ease istincreasing very slowly; It has properly been celled "The di,eease of the Masses" on account of its great prevalence among, all classes of pea- httici when et is knewn that 'ordin- ary precautions 'of cleanliness and disinfection will curtail its ravages, it ie veryestrange, that more aggres- aive mea.eares are not inaugurated to check its epreed. There are three ways in which(h germ, of consump- tion may enter the human system: First, by being inhaled or breathed into the lungs; seeond, by being eat- en with tuberculoeie food; and third, by the penetration of inberculosie sub- etances thaough a wound in the skin. PREVENTION. Th'e beat medicine knawn to modern Science is prevention. Infighting such diseaee as consunaption, too much importanceacannot .be attached to the neceesity of keepingtin good health and ofetiourrishing the bodywell with good food, Sunlight and fresh abe Tub- erculosis or consumption i truly an infectious dieease, but whendts char- acter iff properly understoOd-and in- telligent precautions taken, it may readily be guarded againat. To check it entirely requires the cctmbined ac- tion of a wiee Government, trained physiciane and an intelligent people. The dieeaee iS altogether too' fre- quently contracted through the care- lessness of consumptives, or the un- ecaupulousness of meat dealers, far- mers or slalrym,en, or through the bacilli that eiven withi the beet inten- tions on the part of the ,eanitary au- thoritiee and their co-everkerS are likely to escape detection. For those who are prediebeeed to this disease rough :weakened constitutions; wisdom of (proper physical exerc frequent bathing ond abundance strong food taken to .the limit of geetive power ite well understo Lord Beaconefield once aaid " that atmciepheTeio which we live has in to do tvith humatn happiness thap the accidents of fortune and all t acts of government". These celebr ed words have) a special meaning thoee, suffeasing svith or predispos to coneumption. Familie,sln which co .sumpti.ves live should endeavor have the Surroundings of the hou as sanitary as possible. They shou never allow stray dampnees or obje tamable adore to poieon the air, n should healthy individuate be allow to sleep in the trooms.occupied by co Stenaptivee, without. first having t carpets, furniture, 'bedding, etc., the' oughly dieinfec bed. • Coneurraptiv should have individual eating ute site which should be place,d'in boiling water after being need. Although tub- exculosie is a communicable disease, it is distinctly preventable ; that is to say, if we adopt simple and easily applied 'measures of cleanliness and dieinfection. THE GOSPEL OF CLEANLINESS. A modeen &scientist hassaid that the gradn of civilization of any people can e accurately to.eaeured by the am ount' of soap they use. The truth h wished to eraphastze is that as' peo rae go towaeds cleanliness, they as c'end the Scale of civilization. To b absolutely clean in one's person an to live in clean and wholesome SU'S T011ndlilgS is the greatest safegua.r against contagious and infectious dis- ease. This is especially true with re- ference to consumption or pulmon- ary tuberculosis,. The consumptive in- clividual even at a period when he is not confined to his bed may expece torate enormous quantities of bacilli, 11 this expectoration or 'spittle is care- lessly'. deposited here and there so that it has an .oppoirtunity to dry and becousae pulverized, the leaet draft co* anotion Of the air may cauee, it to mingle svith the dust and thus' prove a means, of infecting those who are teMPOraTilY or permanently en- fe,ebled. 'Such a condition may be in- herited from., parents,, or acquired through alcoholism or drunkenness or through intemperate ehabites or theough privation or , disease.' ,,The' consumptive, if be is ,careless, may aeon find that his, 'clothes, his hands and his, Weeping apartments are, all infected with disease gems, and he; not only spreads, the disease wherever he gc-ree, but, is in 'constant danger of re -infecting himeeIf. He (should see to it that ha 'doge not endang.et the livea of 'hie fellow -men. If he expec- leeratee re,cepteele intended for the purpose, which may be cremat- ed aftea ease, he reclucee this danger to a minimum., Ia. Ude connection, we o direct attention to one of est uncle,anly habits, indulged tonne people, viz., 'spitting in places. Me,ny people s it any- 'vheee, everywhere and aliveye. I1 the habil were only filthy, tt would not be ao objectionable, but it le one of the moist prolific means of propa- gating .dieease in every community. Spitting on sidewalks for la dies' daessee to wipe up and carry into nett' homes, or to drat into duet end float in the air, spitting ,in pub!ie halls,, conneyanoes, places of arause- ment, en floare, carpets, in dark tor - nese of giotele and Private dwellings. :should cease, if tve ever hcpe to check the wavagee of euell diseases as con- asaup Lion. KEEP IN 0001) HEALTH. ; A perfectly 'healthy noun or Memel& is in very little danger of contract-, ing-that dread dieeaSe known' as cone' suuseption or tuberculoeisa. Their- pow - era of reeistence 1110 Snell' teat the germ 1 ailed or thrown off, but ev- eryone ahould take at; least ordinaey greeautiane and. avoid becoming in- feebed. The, dietiaee manifests itself iti eo Many different ways that it is very cliff ic itl t to coniba t : 11 is found in the throat, in the bones, in the boessele, in the joints,, in the limbs, in the foam/ of his disease and in many other forme', in addition to thit meet prevalent, namely, con- aumPtion of the lungs. Too little eanphaaieha.s been put upon the ime portal:tee of cornfortehte clothing, in relation to good health. Women es- pecially Should be careful to wear clothing which will permit free and deep weepiratery movements. They should be com.fortable, in every par- ticular. Again, ladies cannot be told too often tb abandon, the unhygienic fashion of trailing dresses, at least in the &street. They should be beave and ,elioes the world that they care Mere for .their own health and the w,elfare, of others than for the 'clic- tate,s of fashion. Whetj one considers hoiw. Many millions- of dangeiroue 'ba- cilli ani, .iniero-organtelne are . ga tla creel up with the dust anel brought into the house by pais' unhealthy mode of slreas', further 'argument is hardly necesseary to' prone that the wearing of trains ig absolutely dangerous. Why should dresses be made to do the sca,vengerte dirty )vork ? The question of ventilation should receive far more attention -than is given it at present. Most buildings where people congregate itt . large numbere are not well ventilatecl. This is especially true of places of amuse - meat. Workshops, and schools chould also reeeive 01010 careful attention in this regard. It has, been stated that the modern tendency to over- heat private dwelling, is' very injur- L0110' to health. 'People should not breathe the Suffocating air which comes trona the ordinaey hot-air fur- naco. Thetre should always be a con- etant inflow ..ef pure air into the liv- ing and Weeping rooms. If 'people would sleep with their windows open it is' peobable th'at the death rate trona consumption would be reduced at least 25 per cant'. . As an illustration of the beneficial effects from fresh aar during sleeping houre, May be cited an inStance•of the' principal of one. of the leading collegee of Toronto who was suffering from oVerivork and general debility, who left his bed one sultry nigare laat summer and stretched himself on e cot out on his verandah. He felt so mach better- in the morning that he decided to spend the next evening in the same place. He has continued the practice not enly through the eunee neer and fall menthe', but every night in epite, of the svinter's storm and bitter cold. The result is that noW hk enjey-a robust health and is do- ing mega work with greater ease than svae ever possible ',during his prey - the bus, histotr-y., ise, Thosee, tv,ho are predisposed through of weakened constitutions to ' disease di- should spend the greater portion of ocl. their time in the open air. As an the occupation, farming and gardening ore cannot be reconamended too highly. all In fact, the tmencEof the'population he from the country to the city should at- be eevereed and people _would pro - to long their lives; and inerease their en - ed joy.ment if they would spend more ne t' e fields anc. woods, stud to ingNatuee's Stecrets and learning t se firit principle .of life, namely, 'how Id ke,ep 110good health. c - or CON,SITMPTION AND DISSIPATIO ed Ti was Joseph Cooke who said th n- "eliesipated," Meant " '" dizzy-pated he which was his, tvay of emphasizin re an 'important hygienic truth.. es . weaken one's system through an n- foaon.of ,dieeipation is practically su tide. Itae difficult enough to susta good health with the best of ca;re yet, many people keep very late 'hour deny themselves adequate rest, gorg theme'elves 'with in cligostible feod,Pc son th,eir Systems with spirituou drinks ancledestroy their physic,' v tality through participation in a sorts. of questionable amusement an actu 1 ' EXPENSES Of` OCEAN LINERS. tVtiat It Costs to Ault tho Steamehlp Deutschland. It was printed frequently , just after, the swift Cunarders earn° Out that they were riot spaying ships. Was believed by representatives of the German lines, but it is riot So. The sea express, even so mighty ce` coal consumer: a5 tile Deutschland, does pay, and pays well, in the sea - eon when traffic is the 'heaviest, on the Atlantic. It is estimated that it costs the Hamintrg line' about 845,000 to run, the Deutschland across seas. "Ithe largest item of ex- pense is that of coal. She sends through her four monumental funnels every trip vapour representing $5,000.. Tisch there is the bill for lubricating oil, and the cost Of the ship's immense laundry. In the sea- sons when the cabins and the steels - age are crowded,, the ship's washing usually consists of nearly 2,1,10nOk? pieces, including table linen, b4 ets, sheets and the coats of the stew- ards. The laundry bills fora single trip vary accorm ding to the nuber of passengers carried, froM $300 to $500. There are only two ships in the service that do their ,washing' aboard -the cruising yacht Prinzese sin Victoria, Luise and the excursion' steamship Auguste Victoria, both of which have electric laundries. , . Next to the cost of coal is the ex- penditure for wages, The bossed of the Deutschland's crew of 557 per - 'sons, the cost of providing her 700 or more cabin passengers with meals the wages of -the commander,' 1101' officers and the chief engineer helP to swell the list of expenses. The commanders of the German ships iltst, receive more pay than those of either so' the American or British lines. Aside from their regular wages, which range from $1,5po to $4,000 O year, they- have a share in the earnings of their ships. On the British lines the captains receivG from $1,500 to $6,000 a year with- out Perquisites. If, at the end of the year, a British commander's ship has inet with no accident, he gets a bonus. The. British lines think this system of reward has a, tendency to make commanders more careful. The pay of an engineer on the German lines ranges from $1,200 to about $2,500 a year. The pay of the British engineer does not differ materially from these figures, but he also receives a bonus* if his engines run without accident during the year. -- DEGENERATION OF -THE FRENCH. itaphl Decline in the Vitality of the Itepnblie Alarms French:nen. A few years ago that, volatile and and patriotic French statistician Jules Bertillion (author of a system of identifying criminals and expert witness in the Dreyfus case) emitted a doleful cry which SnOUld ilaV Startled WS countrymen. He ex- claimed that the French people and the French language were doomed to early extinction; that in 1859 the long declining birth rate had fallen below the death rate, and that there had been an actual loss of populoe tion. From the beginning, of the past century the birth rate of France had been dteadily falling, while there had been no appreciable decline in that of the other European nations. The French tongue had ceased to be the language of diplomacy and of polite society in other lands. Although at the beginning of the war , of 1870 y- ance and Germany had the scone he number of soldiers, in 1895 Germa,ny to I was able to put in the field twice as many men as France could com- mahd. M. 'Bertillion also ooted that there had been a corresponding fail - at tire to increase the value of French ," exports because there was no growth g of worker's. - '- To That there are Frenchmen who Y realize this declining tendency is a,p- ie I parent from the occasional efforts to in ' reverse the tide, as ..when the Gov- ; eminent has been urged to give a s, bonus to persons who marry; to e place a prohibitory tax on bachelor- hood, to bestow prizes on the moth- ers of twins', etc: To promote mar- riage (and especially the union of . 11 mnn and women of superior "physi- que), the' late Count, de Pierrecourt' has left to his native city of Rouen - ids entire fortune of ten million francs, 361. condition that every year a bonus of 820,000 shall be given to the tallest man and woomn who shall marry each other. voe. 1,1 ane were anxious to prepare hia' system for, the germs of e tuberculosis or consumption it would 7 be difficult for him to aelect a more derect method. The disease germs do not fasten themselves l'eadily upon healthy org.ans' especially when they d e are supported by pure and strong d blood' but they make dissaitrous M- a e upon weakened organiems when the. ystein is, far any reason, in an enfeebled condition, Alcoholism. is re- sponsible for predisposing a great many ea,see to pulmonary consump- tion. !Even the children of alcoholic parents are particularly susceptible to tubercular 'diseases. Those who plunga into all forms of cliesipation become exceedingly careless as to their personal habits, particularly ,with eeference to cleatalinees. This condition anakee them clou.bly suscep- tible and et the eame tirne highly dan- gerous, to those with whom they 'come itt .corntact. Di9sipation zrieans weakness,wealeneas means di8ease and disease rneans death.. A note of warn- ing cannot be 'sonteded too -loudly or too long to this' generation to ab- stain from ,,weakening the body and thue avaiti becemiseg the victim of "The W.hiteiPlague.” Ti be Continued, HE THOUC1HT IT WAS A BONE,. A Parish beadle was lately much essorcised at the appearance of a .strange otd gentleman who whcn thc sermon svas about to begin, took an ear -trumpet, in two parts, out of his pe -het, and began screwing them together The beadle 'watched hire lin lit eicle prOeess 'was' completed, an,c1 , then, abealtitily going up, he whispered; ye mauna ,play that here. If ye dale; turn ye cot1 t :r a the in an by public When ProPertes is held under what, is knatn as gravelkingi it' means that instead of passing to the eldest it will be.equally divided betweeh all the .children, e mento , DANGER AHEA.D! A knavish -looking fellose wa.e once charged before a magistrate ,with stealing a. pair .of trousers. i The evidence against him not being strong enough to convict hint, he wars, acquitted, after a patient inves- tigatien of the case., .The accused, hlewever, to the surprise of every- body, resniained in the dock. ,Thinking be could. not hear, or din not understand the magi_s,trate decistoss, the lawyer who had aeen de- fending hitn toad him Its, wee at: lib- erty to go about hie business, if he had .any. The nsan, however, ehools has heed slightly, but -did not move. "You ane (lathe rged. Why don' yogi go?" aeked the Sawyer. ,.the time the court !was imarly empty, and the nom:seed, leaning for- tyhaspered t6 his defender; I can't bo -ave the, dock till all the witneeses against, me cies) gone. Why? asked the man of Paw. Because of the trousers,: anewerecli the other. Don't you understand? . ) Moat certainly I do not! said the eoliciter. Whet about the trousers( Only, title, sir -I've got them. on! . TITE OPTIMIST.. When I am. in the deietiet's chair do not roake a fuss; I thank re'y lucky tstars I'rn' not A hippopotamus-. When carelega ,poigtere: sheash trunk, I do not. rave, and rant; Put Mentally I -Say' I'm glad N I'M!. not an ,allephants , When /ley, new ,sheee are hare! anl And.,iYajinfully ,impede My w4'IJ l'et`mlit& ar.ad thPri,le, rat InOt, a. centipedes ,