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NOTES AND COMMENTS
Teltecino is the invention of Don I3or-
nardo 'l'orros Queeedo, a distinguished
Spanish engineer, who has been (WWI"
reeding successfully with un apparatus
for the control of distant eleetrie Pow*
cie by metms of wireless telegvaPhY.Ilo
It -deeds to Apply hls invention to vas.
eels end made his public trials wIte
them. Tho transmitting station Waft el
wire:loss telegraphic Impurities. Teo
boat carried a buttery of ticcumultiters,
n motor for Mooing the propellor, an-
other for the molder, and two servo
motors for operating the mechanism of
the other motors. The Seen motors
weee connected directly with the tole -
Moe, wherewith formed a single alMara
to, Hertz waves wore received by th
ttlekino; this eteotrols the SerVO Inc
i0VS, Mildt soul currents either to can
tral Um rudder melee or the propene
mace so as lo gmern both the slam
and ilio propulsion of the boat, Takin
up ids position al the transinilting sta
lion, Senor Quevedo began manipulat
in the tratismitter, whereupon Itt
tont, containing numerous press repro
sedatives, as If by magic, slowly moved
foment, gradually attaining a higt
speod, turning, twisting, tacking, ad
vanoIng or receding just as if i1 wee
being guided by an expert steersman
The boat executed ail manner of mu
noeuvres without it hitch under the sol
guidance of the inventor on shore.
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"Aifi Alf, deari"
IL struggled through the suppressed
tame of the crewdeit court -a weult,
plating cry. 11 reached the men in the
dock; he turned his ettwing eyes tlitit
way; his hand half wavered out,
"Uzi" his husky voice trial to say,
"Lizzie, gall lal
"Silence! Stand back, tlee•el - that
woman I"
'rile usher's hand potnied sternly; a
-
pale, shabby .slip of a girl shonk bach
ninto the crowd. Just the beeathiess
pause, and than across the warni, sun.
lit court came a stern voice that, to 0550
• titan at least, seemed in. sound Dorn an
r awful distance, as if muffled by a beat
or di•unts.
"Six months, 0 may save you! Next
gUnia it will be three years. Break awey
• from these bad associations, realize
e back the Oespect of the woman who tuto
win. y our manhood, and, if you con,
„ pleaded so bravely -who is willing 1
lose you and Id you go abroad to escape
plmishment. That is level -but I am
here to administer the law!"
Six months! As ho turned, with the
0 great lump in his 1.1u•oat, ho saw only
e blank. That white, tearless faee ol
• Ills Lizzie, the girl who had trusted and
- waited foe him all these years, had fad-
e ed out as if forever. The cell door
clanged, as upon a life that wns ended.
Six months! 11 was a dazed, shamed,
huggerd man elm stepped out at last
into the dreamlike street.s again. Fecu-
lent Free -for whal,? That bitterneee
eating at his !mot, could be trust Wm -
self with liberty? Lizzie! Dared he ev-
er Ince her agaln?-hope to take her in
. his arms as if there were no dark sha-
dow between them?
Dusk had fallen when he found him-
self venturing furtively into the old
suburb, every window in which seemed
a staring suspicious eye. It was dark
nod lute when his dull heart took that
sick leap. Ile lind caught a glimpse of
the dear, slight flg,,tme. She was walking
slowly, wearily toWarcl him, and carte -
;t •p1)a 'es -yes -t
jli;119r
ttic8111 It; hO;ea1ds
mess. He would not scare her by
standing back In the shadow with his
thin face and elose-cropped heady; 10
, stood still and waited. A moment more
and his husky, Imploring voice had
, reached her.
1 "Liz! Lizzie, datein't Don't - don't
self-"
His hand fell back. He had seen the
fer-ftWaY eves Mm and the frail little
teroat working, and then -she was turn-
ing away, her voice feint, tender, but
steady.
"No, Alf, no. It, Is too DD. I hoped
-I prayed you would not try to find me
again. To inalce it more mare 1-1 had
left my old plane only to -night. You
won't make it harder for me? I love
yon --3'e8; but when havo you done ono
action that 'tot make me honor you as
a man? No; a woman can forgive too
often."
, "I'm hopeless? It's good-bye for ev-
er?" he said, in a sunken, awed voice.
She had nevelt seemed more precious
than in the moment when he must lose
her.
"yes. Good-bye, AM" She pot beck
his hand; her eyes looked into his. "If
love like mine couldn't keen you from
that., what eould? Go while you ean.
And for ever-imlos-uniess y•ou min
do something to show that you're worth
u woman's respect!"
Ho had no answer. A booming in
his brain, lie was moving away. She
was right. He would go straight abroad
--away from the sphere of temptation
lhat had encircled him as in living
ten litotes.
Turning mechanically once, to catch
n last possible glimpse of her through
the hoe, he ronlized Mutt sho had stood
quite still to Id him get out of sight; et
this very instant she was turning into
the tradesmen's entrance of a 1101.180
close by. ' A vague (lame flickered up
in him. Hardly knowing (1 (10 found
himself tiptoeing quickly baelt--drawn
by an overmastering impulse to look
al the !mese that framed his dead hopes
-and perhaps building opon one last
ward of forgiveness from the pato lips
before England's coast was blotted out
of sighL
ile mimed and repassed. She had
gone In, bellevelng herself enseen. lie
Mitred up at the windows, front behind
whioli the lights one by one faded out,
tearing them so like blank 0:be star.
ing beak at him With ft mete question.
'Lizzie! Lizziel' he whispered. "If
she knew!"
Eleven o'clock had long slime struck. V
fee bawd the house bolls rottle, and 1.
moved away -only to move Wok for
one mere increcielous took. Was there
nothing that could toll her? Sao was ,0
so close, and yet °tonally barred from L
him. Was she lying awake, up in ono e
of theee quiet reoms at the top, think- .
ing of him and of all thole whispers and V
walks together? There was dull, dead. 1
ening agony In the thought, The fascin. 13
alien cif the house held him. .rooted, s
growing stronger, and stronger. i�
emealc to 'hoe just once again, if for the
last ttnte en earth!
Ono? Could that be ono o'cleek
fog? Yes; and something . made him
realize in the same Instant how Mose 11
ids hungey stare had token hite-how
01111110USly 110 Waft &Mil 1111 by the V,
clump of oveegreens .ittel. inside 1,110 ;In.
fin had seemed to stand alone in
me world, but OM wee n eatletable's
mensured tread entitling hollowly on the '
pavement opposite, l'he 1111 bo halo from ,P
lele
agsee g eo ,
and :101.088 the rend. W111141111. It thought ,
actieg en •Iiithenlilly but •Itineen impulse 1"
he Slid barite:not to wng
ho roside -1.1
the ciente, ntel orom•lied broth °
hold, it eons/eons, mnrked nom, flis
iente thumped fester ns the foelfalls
,anultel Immo, It might lie mere me 11
neldenne, 'It might nol; lief in this cone. 111
ty fee bit' ri•st ef his nom', Ile
\edited melee a olniel of eospieiett. Ite n
3115001I1e timed. 11111e lath that
14.1 1i4141 1:11,011,• Thor,' 5, itt, It • hill 14
l',11,4•%,..(111‘ dad. 41110 11 gsv4,4 wsy lt
^
Earth's hidden flees are the furnace
somebody wanted te exploit, tor men's
nutchtitery. if a hole of sufficient dept.!
wero bored into the earth an exceeding
high temperature would be reached.
ed.
company was to be formed to bore a
bole twenty miles deep, put down a
thick coppee rod, concluct the heat up,
foul run furnaces and boilers at the top.
Ste Olivei• Lodge says IL would be an in-
fere.ettng experiment, and believes that
Lefore many years a company oe pew
'tape he should call it an expedition
would be formed to see what tho earloi
e•ould yield them. Hitherto they had
only just been scratching the surface.
We really know more about the north
and south poles than about a person.
ally conducted expedition into the
earth. The heat in the earth might not
be important, there might be other valu-
able substances, or, perhaps, they might
find nothing save inforntation.
••••••••..."
Few people stand the drain on the
nevvous system which is caused by the
noises of modern life. Now, to keep
one's ft•esimess there ought to be zone
of silence mound every human being
during somo part of every day, says the
Outlook. It is significant that the greet
religions of the world have come out of
silence and not out of noise; and the fin-
est ct•eatIve work is done, as a rule, in
seclusion, riot necosarily apart from
men, nor In solitary places, but away
. Leen tho tumult and away from die.
looting sounds. It Is In silence alone
that wo come into possession of our-
selves. The noises of life disturb us
as 'a aloud of dust intervenes between
the eye and the shy: There ought Lo
bo Quit for the practice of silence - a
body of mon and women committed lo
the preservation of the integrity of thole
souls by neither hearing nor making
speech for certain periods, pledged to
the culture of the habit of quietness.
Maeterlinck has pointed out the fact that
the best things were never spoken, and
the truest intercourse between congenial
spirits is awried on without words. If
we sal 11 less and thought more, there
wonld bo far fewer things to explain,
many, damns 'of irritation would be
egg*. dried up at the sources, end the prime
cause of irritation, which is nervous
exhattetion of excitement, Would be re.
moved.
▪ „
RUSSIAN TERRORISNI.
Ilow the SI. Petersburg Chief of Police
Evades the Assassin.
I was chatting the. other evening with
O Parisian wile had just returned from
Russia, and who told me that in Wes-
tern Europe we had as yet no real idea
of (he. date of affairs there, writes the
Parts correspondent of the London Ex.
press.
"Trepoff, for instance, whet has the
position once occupied by Pielive, knows
that any moment he may bo blown to
. dance, as Motive himself was, althettgli
to spent £00,000 a. year to assure his
poep00800501 safety, 1)0 you know," my
friend added," how Tropciff goes out 1
A landau leaves tho palace surrounded
by a squad of Cossacks. A man ts in Et,
but Rio man ts not, Trepoff. He drives 'n
an arebulance wagon with R
the ai Cross
of Geneve. (Dating 110511 the driver'e seat,
and es ho passes people cross themselves
and ineimitr, `Another ono of Trenoff's
Victims.'
went to interview Trepoff a few
days before 1 left St. Peteesburg,"iits
added, "1 had reeolved letter premi-
sing 'me Oft audience. At the pained
wtiS passed on to n eedelney, who took
me through three empty salons to 11
small priville whom he bat. nip.
to, few minutes infer lo returned and t,
pontled to •n telephone upon the labia, 1
'Ills Excellency is welling for you,' be I
said 11111011i, `Wallilne 'Yes, at the1
ether 'std of the wire, Ile SIN'S nobody,-
, ,
'But I mit n her,emini friend et ilis ILe. It
colloney's,' 1 explitined. lila 1
W11.3. " 011nW P ill' 0 1110 Painee 1,
Vag lite answer,
I1And
811 vlhi giv,(1.1,y bo' 5`31°P11"11‘. I
410 'Vrepolf. 1 could noi being the words
'Ati revolt', flames my Met somehow, ropi p
'who .knoLvs where Tropoll will be viten •n
next in litissie?" I
sake had boon, he knew enough of its
dark teatittings to remain quite still
there for a time,
The spasm of fear had passed; it was
safe to think again. He could drain
his eyes down the long garden path, and
tell himself that Mule's feet would more
patiently down there many times each
cloy after lie had gone. He saw tier again
us he must always remember her, wIth
her little lace cap and upron, brushing
away tears from her laughing eyes, talc.
Mg ono more furtive peep at the 'letter
tucked away in her boclice-the letter
In which he wrote definitely of a lifdle
hotnemest as 800T1 as he C011id MVO Rio
Stall of money to add to hors,
The money! He had never saved it.,
and !MeV Wfalid. The restless hanker-
ing for ready-mafie ease in life had eat-
en deep into his better instincts. To
work hard and cheerfully as Lizzio
wnrited clay by clay, to watch shillings
grow slowly into pounds -no, novas not
in bird. All or nothing! And it had
brought him to this; he stood there an
outcast, a jail -bird, a man who had not
been able to resist the temptation of a
jeweller's fanlight and the possibility of
wealth beyond it. Penniless, there was
just the ono chance before hitn of a
passage worked out to (110 other end ef
tee world,
Tho emptiness within him seemed dubly
increased now. lie put his hand wenic-
ly to wipe the sweat from Ids forehead
and groped for the wall to stoutly him-
self. And thhen en-tit was that every
Mort nerve in his body seemed to tingle
like a hot wive. llis hand was actual-
ly restiog /mon the sash of a low win-
dow, half -hidden by the ivy. It seemed
-It seemed ss if the father of all flends
whispered in his ear, prompting him
just to try his strength and potentialities
Ile stooped, half fearfully, and ran his
fingers along the top. He Mew back
almost sick with the surge of his own
despicable weal:hese-of the greedY,
clamoring, small voices that awoke
within him. It was to be -was to bet
Left open an inch from the top through
1.1ie hot summer day, the lower passage
window had been forgotten.
Ali else faded fi•oin his mind. It was
like a challenge -like 0 purposely open-
ed door to the man who 11001 been born
P000 when others oath) spend 'surplus
on motor -cars and servants. Ile listen-
ed, spread out his coat to muffle any
sound, leaned close, and grasped the
centre sash. 11 came up with 51 few 101-
perceptible creaks. Down on his knees
-over afterwards he was to remember
the scent of the damp mint crushed be-
neath thent-he stared along a passage
as darkly nebulous as the throat of a
wolf. 13151 all sons quiet. The whole
of the house lay his mercy. And
how it dren--h,ow drew!
He closed his eyes, counting the cost,
trying to keep his hold .upon all the
tense vows sworn in the prison celL As
frm oafar off he heard that stern voice
coming across Rio stifling, sunItt court;
"Next titne It will be three years!" What
If -
HO must -he must! Feet first, he slid
through and hung until one foot scrap-
ed the floor within. Linoleum! He
dropped carefully. He would not pause
O moment to think. Ile felt out for ob-
stacles, and the first thing he touched
was a carpet -bag. lie lifted it to the
window. Slack and empty 110W, it was
the shabby bane in which Lizzie had
etteried the lad of her belongings from
the other hottee. Ile tool almost drop-
ped it and scrambled beck in the revul-
sion of fooling; but I.his dead stillness
around was Vico a narcotic to consci-
ence. A moment. Lo recollect the plan
of the house, and than lie stole on and
on until he touched a clone that he knew
must open Into the kitchen.
Five minutes of blind, breathless
moping around tables and along shelves
where every cup and platter seemed to
give a little trenclic•rous rattle, and then
he had found them -the matches. Nowl
The bag -handle between his teeth, on
hands and knees lie went up the stair
and Into tho hall: Instinct told him
which of the two Mg t•ooins would he
Rio drawing and which the dining
apat•tmont. Ile chose the latter -thereto!
one -for safety. And still not a sound.
He had simply to turn a handle and
steal In. It seemed magical. Hm
e ust
he in the house of a man whose blind
trust in humnn nature was something
to admire and wonder at.
Without plans or tools he could do
nothing but light the gas and cram into
Rio bag anythIng thal seemed worth the
risk. Tho rooms upstairs must remnin
e sealed book to him. He looked round.
With feverish' haste he 'whipped down
O pair of silver candlesticke, a medal
under a glass ease, a Dresden shepherd-
ess, a tied roll of cutlery, (1. watch that
lay ticking on the mantelpiece. 1-10
emild not steal to and fro fast enough;
his booth coming In thick sobs of su-
spense, ho was like a child let loose in
an Aladdin's palace. The hot sweat was
trickling down him, the panne of hie
hands were soaked, the melt- of Ills heed
earned to be an iron skull cap tighten.
rig every minute, But the bag was
all -too full.
Down ho knelt,. to crush -together the
enfants and mike the clasp snap. And
ted, as he wits about to. stumble up, Ills
earl, seemed to leap for the last time.
['here was a thunder of sound in 11 la
are, . Wlion 0 died out and ho
ooked slowly round, the door had been
imbed wide open, It WITS Menlo who
toed motionless there -his Lizzie. And
el 110W terribly calm and quiet, as it
110 51001et known What 11,,P 'eyes would
bow her! She seemed to have moved
own the slaty with her hand out to feel
ho way--mnybo because tho place Was
Weidner to (10!'as In him. Strangest
f all, sho Lyme a hat and onpa- the
nine little old-fashioned beaded cape
sat he had erten admired. On her face,
int leek so Rile and wan, there was a
3fstful, restful smile. Der eyes looking
Iraight at htm, seemed to be filmed like
15115108 in 11 n1ts1.-3-5eerned to sea some -
Ong Inv beyond the walls,
Liz137103lc could not port ills. dried
3115. Celd with a:sickly sense Of despite
lee meanness, he welted for he !mew
of, %what, It was tweeter, yet 1101 lan
'Ir. she pollid Imo hood nothing; sho
eild only low ebeen. down here 1,yto 1151111 Iltri 3. beekono in dreams,'
lee domW
os! ho bait yet probed the
3311113' of a 55111110115511111011 fighting against her
1111 inner MO
"Poor Alf! Deer All- -11)1' ,V1 '1'110
'net quiver et her VOthe seemed the
,s1 who of deep sobs that had broken
11,
steep; Her two voilem,ed out to 11.11.11
in forgivi•- n11 in ono man. "I eouldn't
with the tenderness of the women who
lot you go fonn mo like the! • nol
int, 1 '11iltht t: reel; not for clays I've
,111.3,11,11 gays, 1 was going out lo a
y end (Intl 3-1111---10 -call. yeti bade, And s
you are here; you knew -your heart told
you I should fergive you once again -
you waited for mei Alf, Yes, I do love
you still; you made me love you; a wo.
man can't take back her love. I want
youl 1 must try -1 roust try for both
of us -oven if you never-"
It trailed off as if Ilia thread were
lost. The 111110 hand, roughened oy
hard work, struyed to her forehead;
a vague tremor ran through her, Slow-
ly, half unconselously, he got to his feet,
olutehing and trying to hide the bag -
her bag' inch by Inch he moved for-
w.ard In a stealthy Moult, She niudn't
know; she mustn't believe IL true; it
would Monk her heart. Only to get
past her without a word or eign-only
to get by that door and leave it n11 be.
hind as something that had never hap-
pened!
And the blankly wistful oyes followed
him. Suddenly, as he went to brush
hy and touched Iner tsho seemed to wake.
She put out her hands and held him
with a trembling sirongt.h; for ono aw•
tut moment her eyes looked into his
uAifi'b
Tticroicen, desolate 11111e cry theillal
Dern her lips-agnin--agnin. In his
loom he WM let the hag fall and was
plucking flereely at her wrists, but she
dld not semi to feel it. She clung, look -
Mg. up into his hammed face 101111 a
piteous horrer of realization.
"Lizzie! Let me gol., ho implored,
huskily "Don't speak -let me got Liz.
_zioh,attqltaltlin', I'll put everything back -
hardly knew what I was doin', Hari
His strained ears had caught, the muf
tied sound from somewhere above. 11
fought for the door, but in Lizzio's Cling
log hands that night there was t
. strength equal to his own. For her, el
but the meaning of his presence her
, seemed 10 be blotted out.
"You could conic,' she breathed, "you
could come -for LMst Not for love o
me, but for this! 011, no, not"
A door banged dully; some voice call
ed down. He censed struggling -looked
close into her dilated eyes. Ther
might be just time 16 make her realize
tieliteeilli'agtitbletyln his throat Would just sound
"It's my life you're DAM! Remember
-three years for me this time. Where's
your love for me? Prove it now -let me
go. Lizzie!" And her shuddering arms
felt away.
"Tht•ee yearsi" she whispered, looking
past him. "Yes - yes. Good-bye
.:;01-tuiey'iaL,
rleeoming-quickt I'd dle to save
He stumbled out. He doubled con-
vulsively back into the hall's obscurity
as someone came leaping down the
stairs. It was a man. As he tiptoed
past he had one last glimpse of Linto-
n still, pale flgure, wearing hat and
Pat 1100m
er feet, her ar
cg4I''le'e
as'phiedtfhe -c
'abZghti" came the man's stern
voice, and be heard no answer to the
charge. fie Imew that there would
never be one.
He was at that lower window, With
only the stretch of garden space be-
tween hen and freedom. Lizzie wotild
never bcoray him. A moment more and
Ito would have left it all behind him like
O terrible dream. And yet he was paus-
ing, his foot raised for the clamber
through. Something was tapping at the
door of Ills home; a greet swelling was
in his theciat. 0 seemed past belief, but
even in such a moment he had recognize
al In that man's voice the stern tones
of the maMstrate whose sentence had
come amass the stifling, sunlit court
six months ago. It was to be. Fate
had brought her to service in the very
house of the man who had condemned
him! To leave her in such hands -to
let her pay that price for her devotion --
no I
He said the word hoarsely to himself.
Ho warmly knew it, but he had turned
and was stumbling back op that dark
stair. He reached the top; Ise stroclo
straight into the room, Ids wrlsis out,
his face sot. He bad a wild longing to
put his arms around the dear, still
figure protectively (lest of ell, but the
words came with a broken rush; there
wag something else to do first.
"Site You told me once that 11 woold
be three years next time. VII do 11-111
go -I'm re/idyl You 1010 me that day
Ir, try and -and realize my manhood,
for her sake. I want to; I want to be-
gin to -night. I came here to seo her, to
pray for one lest chance; and the open
window was too muoh for mo. I tool;
her bag; I stole wItat you see in it, and
she know nothing; but She Wes going to
shield me out of. the love I don't deserve.
And she sha'n't. fal go -I'll pay. Liz.
Z101" Ile turned, his arms held out, his
voice sinktng as it struggled past the
!olds in Ms throat. "One word, if now
er agnlni I must have got oldie away,
with all my life before me; but I
wouldn't -I couldn't. You told me -you
told ine to -night I Mad novo done ono
thing unseifish-one thing, I mean that
e woman could honor, ' Is this nnythin'?
No, -deeps not. But 1 do lave you, all
the same, and VII do Rio three years
cheerful if it'll show that I wouldn't let
yeti suffer on my account! .... the
thief, sir, rtn ready!"
But a stern mates heart had boon un.
accountably touched. There we's silence
In tlie room. The judicial mind was
hard at work, and maybe -maybe it
realized that this was a moment In
which mercy is moo a power for good
than justice. For Alf il was a dream-
like, never -forgotten moment as the
hand closed upon his shoulder and (Tie
quiet voice spoke.
'I'll believe you; I'll give you ono
chance more -and two tninutee111 whiell
to soy good-bye to her -and a year in
which to move yourself capable of deeds
s svOlI es Wools. Thon--come back
to her here, and we'll see what we cen
do for the good of all.'
6 . •
The year (Wept slowly round. And
to.day there 1sno happlet peir in nil
groat London than Alf and Ins little
Lizzie.- -.London
MOOSE IN NATIVE WILDS
ABOUND IN THE rtEmoTe
WEST REGIONS.
Senses Developed to Remarkable Degree
-Uuw They Feed in
Summer,
Few people have any conception of
the astuteness of the moose, said a
successful hunter who wits exceptimal-
ly well ecquainted with the habits of
this splendid gume animal, In speaking
a recent trip. They possess n teem -
IMO of scent and heaving that is ultim10
beyond belief, and an intelligeoce that.
I seldom credited to them by any one
except those who have devotel coneld,
arable lime to studying them and their
ways.
In the section et the counfry where
we were the larger of our slt 11 e so
were exceedingly plentiful, and we Mel
Rio finest opportunity to obseres thou
actions, We fdllowed them foul one
place to another, endeavoring nos In
frighten them and all the while noticing
1.hem very closely.
IN TUE MATING SEASON.
which commences around September .%)
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the cows are timid and seek the deep-
est forests, being easily frighteo It
e Is my opinion that the males Mit many
; of their mates at this thne.
The cows soon betake Moms %yes to
n some island, in order that they may not
' be disturbed by wolves or Mille wild
animals. The moose calves are about
as homely and unsightly as anything
T have ever seen. Their heads are nenley
as large as their bottles, and wiin they
are three or four weeks old thee weigh
about 100 pounds.
e The calf and its mother remain to -
1 gaiter, of course, providing food and
shelter for the younger animal. But
, after that length of time has ola.eto.I the
1
•LLtilsb
i strye to get awdr
ay. in oreto do
th•
will often travel miles up
stream, so as to leave no scent, and, as
a rule, elle succeeds 10 accomplishing her
purpose.
, The bulls have a peculiar grunting
sound by which they call to the cows.
A men can Imitate the call after long
practice. but not so perfectly as to de-
ceive them. The only way in white] this
ruse can be successfully carried oiil is
to make your all at the same time that
ilie moose make their noise. In this
manner I have called them under the
branches of the tree in which I have
Leen sitting from distances as great as
o mile or more.
The males also linve an odd habit of
sh•licing their antlers against trees,
melting a sound that rings clear as a
bell; after which they bellow long and
loud. On a quiet night they can be
heard miles away. This appears to be
their mode of expressing defiance and
challenging a rival to contest.
ANTLERS NO HANDICAP.
It Is astonishing to see them go
through the woods while bearing theft
immense branching antlers. They
calculate tho distance between two trees
to a nicety and hardly ever strike a
branch. But perhaps the strangest part
01 this performance Is that this does not
seem to retard their speed in tho slight.
est.
In the slimmer they seek the water,
where they will not be pestered by Ries,
and stay there during the most of the
warm weather. As they are not built
t. reach the grass with their jaws, be-
ing very high in the forequarters, they
teed on lily pods, roots, watercress and
moose maple during ((10 SUMMer. Tho
watercress grows chiefly in deep water,
and to reach it the moose diV0 In water
from ten to fiftlen Del in doth, leaving
only their heels visible. They stay un-
der from a minute to a minute and a
half, and usunlly do their diving at
night. When they have filled their large;
San's they proceed to sort out such parts
ae they want and eat them leisurely.
When autumn approaches they take
Ii the rocks and high places, where they
livo on yellow birch and white willow
Ines. They stand on their hind legs to
reach the top of a birch tree 111 Ron feel
above the ground, snap it off, and then
pull off the.young sheets, In the winter
they mislay' themselves on lichens,
gronnd hemlock and white cedar.
When the snow becomes deep and the
temperature Is far below zero, they herd
together in some dense cedar swamp
and trample down the snow. Often ns
teeny as sixty gather at one time 111 this
way.
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morn; Ilat 11Y, sluvibt( 13333'1, ihroll;41 the
33011 is, \\lel,
*rho 13:1131.4 livid 11-153 ltils 50.13
'5,1 111 •tlfill WIN ti441 10' 1114 114441$14,1411 1 1
N4011'041 1,, 411t, hp;m• 11 is
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COMMON EIITIOR.
Stout women are apt to imagine that
least in any form is a certain cure for
in3estly, and should be used freely ins
stead of bread, Tho ()Money of tong
entirw
ely depends, however, on the num-
nee in which it is made, The bread
should be cut as thin ns possible, so
Mal 13 is Mlle 11111111 111201 -11 wafer, and
should he very crisp and. brown.4 A. good
31111113111111is lo bal,o it for ft few inimiles in
the °Vial artiv 11 is Made.
.......-
Knieltert "Yes, Munn*, there is only
one Lofty lo Dern, end that is to begin
the bottom.' Johnny; silew abed
wirninitig?"
NOTE'D DIPLOMAT QUITS OFFICE,
Sir Halliday Macartney Seeks n much.
Needed Rest.
A notable public official has just re-
fired from active life in the person of Sir
Halliday Mecariney, councilor and Eng,
lish Secretary to the Chinese Legation
In London.
Halliday has had a retinue:able ca-
reer, Ile was present at and assisted
In the capture 0( 1110 Taku forts in 1500,
the surrender of Pekin, and the destruc-
tion of the Summer Palace with ils
priceless art treasures and beuatiful
grounds by the order of Lord Elgin as
a warning to 1110 Chinese for thelr per,
(knolls treachery to the English and
Emmett forces.
Ho greatly assisted his friend Emden
In crushing the Taiping Rebellion in
12113 and Mit by drilling a force of80010
2,000 men, who proved met deadly
aglettlirlit fle7X.t.1;a6Inlertii8
\i.nary vereatility nnd
eeitleNrgeye ichieti,osetrabl‘ivs11111e0c111 id3sterieniol.
la'si'iste111C3111817316.
ese Government eillekly dis-
covered UM b Mr. Marituesioy• WOS nOt
Only 0 first -role 'soldier and organizer,
but also a most Ode negotiator.
Do Moto, Sit3 thillidny los, one may
SO,)', been the Chinese Ambassador.
So thormighly hos lie identified him-
self with his role al tho represenIntive
of the Celestial Empire flint itt lutssome,
times heen playfully spoken of as moro
(111fir 11is
1i'
t111'311n.ii
111138reili1/31;1
1Chinn on various
historlo ovensions, mai sineo 11370, 08
counsellor mid English 51)-rIn sy In the
Legalion, lie has in Itneneed 1131111' dip-
InTiiltecy honpro
presents und honors upon him as a re-
ward for his Well -tried servives, and
ho coMbines ihe English Ie. 1'1, M. O.
With the high Chinese Orders ni the
DOUble Dragott and the Precious Star
KINGS COLLECT JEWELS
RULERS WII0 SPEND MILLIONS ON
PRECIOUS STONES,
The Favorite Hobby of Louis XIV -Tl
Caekwor of Daroda's Gor.
geous Collar,
50
The recent, sale of the jewels collected
IthYarilnhgis LtIticcelewnitgri0c1 SBoavveuz!elial,mrells3 4rztdost 0111:
only King who has lavished fortunes on
these "glittering baubles."
Louis XIV., the "Grand Monarque,"
squandered millions on hls favorite
hobby of collecting gems; indeed, ft is
said that his stock of diamond buttene
alone represented an expenditure of
25,000,0001r. In one year, 16145, he spent
$600,000 on 1hi pc:outlay form of extra
vagance, and among his purclutees were
Iwo buttons of the value of 67,8001r.,
and seventy-five others which et Inat
5831111101r.; while for the buttons for a
single vest 103 plaid M,1100. Of the del
buttons eurchused in this year, 102 con-
tained five diamonds each aud the .0 -
mining 102 were single stones.
In Ws private enbinet Louts "had twoe
immense pedestals of rosewood. In th
interior were shifting shelves, in which.
he kept the most precious of his jewels
Thcose he was always fond of examining
and admiring at his ease, and in this oc
cupation be took great delight, nor did
he ever hear of a gem 01 price, either 10
Asia or Europe, without making stren-
uous efforts to secure the prize. The
most costly of all his Jewelled treasures
was the famous crown of Agrippina
with its eight circles of
ENORMOUS BRILLIANTS.
Rut even this wonderful crown would
have suffered eclipse before that gor-
geous collar which is the Gaekwar a
Suede's most cherished possession. This
collar is composed of five rows of dia-
monds, 100 in each. row, many of them
as large as a walnut and of flawless
purity; while this "river of liquid th•e"
runs between two rows of emeralds, any
one of wMch is a fortune In itself; and
front the collar blazes as pendant 1110
famous Star of the South, one of the
world's largest diamonds. Another of
the Gaekwar's treasures is a carpet of 510
square feet, made of pearls, white and
colored, with chides of flushing diamonds
at each corner and In the centre.
Of equal value and almost more :a -
=Amble Is the Czties map of France,
which is a mosaic of 1•51e precious
stones, in which Paris is represented by
an enorfnous brilliant, Marseilles by an
emerald, Bordeaux by an opal, Lyons
by a diamond, Lille by a turquoise, and
so on, each stone being of an average
value of 20,000 roubles; while each de-
partment of Franco is represented by 'is
special stone, the entire map being One
close mosaic of flashing gems of every
hue. And this map is but one almost
insignificant item in the Czar's collec-
tion of jewels stored in the Kremlin,
which are said to be worth at least.
$600,000,000, and a mere catalogue of
which reads like a chapter from "The
Aeabian Nights."
IN THE SULTAN'S VAULTS
at Constantinople aro diamonds and
rubies, emeralds and pearls, literally by
tho peck, carelessly heaped up In glit-
tering profusion in bowls of solid gold;
divans, swords, and armour thickly cm -
misted with almost priceless gems; and
a cradle of gold studded with rubies and
diamonds and pearls. Even more fabu-
lous, perhaps, are the treasures of jewels
owned by tho Shah of Persia. Among
them are a golden globe on which the
differed countries are mapped out, with
jewels, 50,000 in number, and of the
value of 5,000,000; a glass case two feet.
long anti a fad and a half wide and
lugh, mare than half full of pearls 0
exquisite shape and lustre; shields and
helmets, scabbards and sword -hilts,
ablaze with almost priceless gems; large
bowls heaped up with rubies and dia.
mends and other precious stones, which
the privileged visitor can pass in flash -
Ing streams through Ms hands, and a
mere handful of which would make him
a rich and enviable man,
13u1 great kings have no monopoly cd
thee° costly treasures. The Countess
Castellane, the late Jay Gould's daugh-
ter, has a crown containing some of the
finest emeolds, rubies, sapphires, and
diamonds in tho world, once worn by
Queen Isabelle of Spain. The Countess
Ilenekell weers a wield/lee of glogious
pearls, whose value Is estimated M
$250,000. It• is made up of three sepa-
rate necklaces, ono of whieli was former-
ly the property' 01 1110 wife of a Spanish
grandee, another of a Queen of Naples,
while the third was worn by
THE EMPRESS EUGENIE
on state occasions. A necklace of eight
rows of 412 pearls, which belonged to the
late Duchess 01 Montrose, was sold not
long ego for $59,109; Lady Ilchoster has
ono of black poarls valued, at $125,000;
and the Duchess of Marlborough, on
her wedding, received from her mother
a necklace containing some of the finest
and most Metall° pearls in the world,
valued at $1,000,000,
Lord Anglesey, we remember, bad rt
single pearl stud which was sold for
$15,000; a pearl scarf -pin which retched
$.20,000; and an unmounted drop -shaped
pearl which WaS knocked down for
$18,500, Mrs, Ocorge Vanderbilt hns the
finest rope of solitaire rubles In the
country; Mrs. Celia Wallace a necklace
of black diamonds of fabulous value;
Mrs, John Jacob Astor n diamond crown
Whinh 1111 EMpress might etivyv and Miss
Pair's engagement, ring contained a
diamond nn inch in diameter and valued
atp$014171°1,(.
i)1n7-lish 3114.-14 run -yourself down
\\hen 3n1i0 neighbors nre only too glad
to .lo it for you.
"Take my baby for the rent; it's n11
have," snid lluchri OM', a young \
OW, 50 her WW1. ,rd , !AM's Myrtle, Of
Meriden, coon., told then he fold her
that she .eould slay another month,
MN. Mile; "Novell, will you try In
have the steak a little more underdone
purr ibis?" The Gook (bristling 111111
'Is it fnult with mo epoldn', yeti
tire?" Mrs. Platte; "011, no, tio! 3111111
And 1 merely thought you migh1 object
to remaining over the tiro 80 long."
ilolektelloigelegeettelwitellgfrele,1*144
HEALTH
EnysirpLAs.
Erysipelas is anacute eentagiatie
disease caused 10' a specific, get'm called
(lint ha° I:smiler:0i if1)01 :elf 1,e roseate:jars: saoodfli:Fgeeat 1,1 InIelnissloja:f:Lieo, t 101
The cilia symptoms of this disease Is
the ekin, which Is accompanied by fever,
headache, and metal ill feeling. , The
ef eiaii.t,isbutpet:03dg vbeyrya .s on1 eleiturdeis.
nai•y simple cases the inflammation Ht.
',deka only the surface of the skin, but, in
asettLemeliewdoses the deeper structures are
Although erysipelas is one of the con.
tagious diseases, it is not one to be meek
feared by persons in robust health; but
anything that tends to weaken the re-
sisting forces of the constitution will
help to bring on an attack of erysipelas
In those who are susceptible to it. This
susceptibility Is seen in certain families
or individuals, and these persons may
suffer an attack on the least exposure
10 11,
Great care should be taken to shield
from this contagion all those who have
recently undergone surgical operations,
as they are pecullaely susceptible to its
poison, and It Ls one of the most usual
cieaftreesuen.of blood -poisoning and wound -
Erysipelas D not often found In the
very young, and in old ago it is stilt
mors,ePrayrsei
Apoles patient should be strict-
ly Isolated, and till dressings or articles
which have come In contact with him
should be disinfected' or burned. The
sick -room should be disinfected and
finnigated before it is occupied by
others. Any one nursing suca a ease
should be scrupulously careful not to go
near a person who has undergone an
operation or who has an open wound
of any, kind, In the tretilment every-
thing must be clone to maintain perfect
'intent° conditions round the patient.
There must be an abundance of fresh
air and sunshine, pure water and ecru- •
maws cleanliness in every direction.
Muoh relief is afforded localiy by cam.
presses dipped in some cooling lotion
and aplied to the inflamed surface, and
there are many other alleviations wtdch
can be indicated only by the physician
In charge 01 1(10 individual case, as the,
symptoms call for them.
After a prolonged attack of erysipelas
convalescence is apt to be slow, and an
enfeebled condition may persist for a
long time. The treatment at, this stage
should be tonic and supporting, and
great care should be taken to avoid un -
duo faligue.-Youth's Companion.
DON'T FOLD YOUR ARMS.
By folding your arms you pull the
shouldevs Onward, flatten the chest, and
impair deep breathing. The position you
hold your body in the most of the tbne
soon becomes its natural position. Con-
tinuously folding your arms across the
chest will develop a flat chest end a
rounded back, just as many another bad
habit works harm.
Here are a tow hints which you would
do Well to make habits: Keep the back
of the neck Mose to the back of the col-
lat. at all possible times. Always carry
Rio chest farther to the front than any
other part of the anterior body. Draw
the abdomen in and up a hundred times
each day. Take a dozen deep slow
breaths a dozen times each day. To do
these exercises properly dress loosely.
You cannot do them properly otherwise.
A SICKROOM HINT.
lf hot applications aro required for v,
person taken suddenly ill when the tiro
is out, and t.here is no better conven-
ience for heeling at hand, a lamp chim-
ney fills the breach adtuirably. Light
Rio lamp full head and in a twinkle the
chimney is hot and ready for use when
wrapped in a woolen cloth. A stove lot
answers the same purpose when the fire
has been retained.
PALE FACES.
The only really lasting remedy for a
pale face is to build up the general
health as much as possible by proper
wholesome diel and indictees exercise.
A course of calisthenics will often do
wonders in bringing the roses to a col-
orless face. Some complexions are
naturally pallid, even when there is no
reason to complain of 111 -health. No-
thing can be done in these oases. But
if the pallor proceeds, as 11 frequently
does, hem anaemia, a remedy can often
be found in an iron tonic and change
of air.
• WHY 0101.5 SHOULD 01.1N.
If girls would turn their attenticat ti
running they would tInct 11 the most ex-
hilirating pastime in the world, as well
tts one of the most healthful. Besides
adding roses to the cheeks and strength
to the lungs, running is the stout girl's
best resource. Lel bier take a brisk run
daily, beginning with a few yards and
getting up to a mile oi• therealsollts, and
she will not need to resort to a starva-
tion diet.
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.
Nervous breakdown Is °Renee duo to
moiworking the digestive organs than
to mental strain as such. Abstennous
habile in eating, combined with 50111e
lattlitiOn to exercise, 'make it possible
for ono to do An immense amount et
hard brain Work without injury; but to
attempt anything out of the.ordinary tn
the Way of work while subsisting on the
ordinary stimulating diet is to invite
disaster.
AT 'MEAL TIMES
-
Doctors have 'told us over and over
again of the beneficial rostills arising
from ft meal eaten with a contended
frame of mind end with cheerful sur-
roundings, bid, sad to say, thero are
100113' households WhOria each meal is
comlant scene of biekering, tinggIng
11111 fault-flintInglf any trivial Ihing
as boon done wrong, .or 111111 duly
milted. waituntil dinner or tea. is OW'S
before you sold, memo or reprimand,
More 'indigestion, nervousness, and
derangements nre caused by the
too common fault or Uncomfortable
meal-tintes than many people would sup-
pose, end It is our positive duly to Make
those hours of thei dcLv cheerful and '
agreeable,