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CoFTTlfbl. I906.br xx CHAPTER XXL Thomas Jefferson Gordon. Bachelor ef Science, and one of the six prizemen In hli class, was expected home on th first day of July; and It was remarked as a coincidence by the curious that Deer Trace manor-house w;i3 closed for the summer no more than a week before the return of the Gordon black sheep. That Tom was a black sheep, a hopeless and Incorrigible social iconoclast, was no longer a matter of doubt In the minds of any. Something: may be forgiven a promising young man who has been unhappy enough, or Imprudent enough, to begin to make history for himself In the Irresponsible 'teens: but also the act of oblivion may be repealed. "When it became noised abOJt that there were two children Instead of one In the old dog-keeper's cabin In the glen. Mountain View avenue was Justly Indignant, and even the lenient Gordoniajs scowled and shook their head3 at tha mention of the young boss name. To such an atmosphere of potential loclal ostracism Tom returned after the final scholastic triumph in Boston: and for the first few days he escaped asphyxiation chiefly because the affairs of Gordon & Gordon and the Chiawassee Consolidated gave him no time to test Its quality. But after the first week he began to breathe It unmistakably. One evening he called on the Farns worths; the ladles were not at home to him. The next night he saddled Saladln and rode over to Falrmount; the Misses Harrison were also unable to see him, and Lhe butler conveyed a deiiiy-worded intimation pointing to future Invisibilities on the part of his mistress. The evening being still young. Tom tried Rockwood and the Dell, suspicion settling into conviction when the trim maid servant at the Stanley villa went near to shutting the door In his face. At tha Dell he far.id a little better. The Toung-Dickons were going out for an after-dinner call on one of the neigh bors, and Tom met them at the gate as be was dismounting. There were re grets apparently hearty; but In recast ing the incident later. Tom remembered that it was the husband who did the talking, and that Mrs. Young-Dickson stood In the shadow of the gate tree, frigidly silent and with her face avert ed. Once more, old boy, and then well quit. he said to Saladln at the re mounting, and the final rein-drawing was at the stone-pillared gates of Hook HilL Again the ladles were not at home, but Mr. Vancourt Henniker came out and smoked a cigar with his cus tomer on the piazza. The talk was pointedly of business, and the banker was urbanely gracious and mildly In quisitive. Would there be a consolida tion of the allied iron Industries of Gordonla when the Parleys should return? Mr. Henniker thought it would be undeniably profitable to all concerned, and offered his. services as financiering promoter and Intermediary. Would Mr. Gordon come and talk It over with him r-at the bank? Tora found his father on the picturesque veranda at Woodlawn when he reached home. For a time there was such silence as stands for communion between men of one blood, and was '.he father who first ,broke it. "Been out callln', son?" he asked, marking the Tuxedo and the white ex

panse of shirt front. "No, I reckon not," was the reply, punctuated by a short laugh. The avenue seems to be depopulated." "So? I hadn't heard of anybody goIn iway." said Caleb the literal. "Nor I." said Tom. curtly; and the conversation paused until the ironmaster said: "Ardee thinks a heap o you, and If you could Jest ve made out to keep from gettin so tangled with that gal o' Tike " he stopped abruptly, but not quie soon enough, and the word was as the flick of a whip on a wound already made raw by the abrasion of the closed doors. "So that miserable story has got around to you at last has it?" said Tom, in fine scorn. "I did hope they'd spare you and mother." "She's spared yet, so far as I know," said the father, with a backward nod to indicate the antecedent of the pronoun. Following which, he said what lay uppermost in his mind. "I been allowln' maybe you'd come back this time iwlth your head sot on lettin that gal alone, son." "You've believed all you've heard, have you? condemned me before I could say a word In my own defense? That's what they've all done." 1 don't say that, son." Then, with a r-ote of fatherly yearning In his voice: "I'm waitin to hear that word right now. Buddy or as much of it as ye can say honestly." "You'll never hear it from me never In this world or another. Now tell me who told you!" "Why, it's In mighty near everybody's mouth, son!" said Caleb. In mild surprise. "You certaln'y didn't take any pains to cover It up." "Didn't take any pains? Why hou:d I?" Tom burst out. After which he tramped Tieavlly to the farther end of tha veranda, glooming over at the darkened windows of Deer Trace and letting bitter anger and disappointment work their will on him. And when he finally turned and tramped back It was only to say an abrupt "Good-night." and to pass Into the house and up to him roomHe thought he was alone In the moon-lighted dusk of the upper chamber when he closed the door and began to pace a rageful sentry-beat back and forth between the windows. But iill unknown to him one of the three fell sisters, she of the implacable frnt and deep-set. burning eyes, had entered with him to pace evenly as he paced, and to lay a maddening finger on his soul. Without vowing a vow and confirming It with an oath, he had partly turned a' new life-leaf on the night of heavenly comfort when Ardea had sent him forth to tramp the pike with her kiss of sisterly love still caressing him. Beyond the needs of the moment, the recall of Norman and the determination to turn his back on the world struggle for tho time being, he had not gone In - ' that first fervor of the uplifting impulse. But later on there had bean other steps: a growing hunger for success with self-respect kept whole; :i dulling of the sharp edge of his hatred for ihe Farleys; a meliorating of hi3 fierce contempt for all. the hypocrites, conscious and subconscious. And now With Alecto's maddening finger pressed on the soulhurt, no man Is responsible. After the furious storm of upbubbllng curses had spent Itself there was a little calm, not of surcease but of vacuity, since even the cursing vocabulary has its limitations. Then a' grouping of words long forgotten arrayed Itself b-efore him, like the handwriting on the wall of Belshazzer's banqueting hall. "When the unclean spirit Is gone out of a man, he walketh thrssgh dr7 places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my fcouse from whsnco I came out; and

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when he Is come, he findeth it empty, swept .and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man Is wcwe than the first." "They've got me down." he whisper ed, as If the words might reach her . "The devils have come back. ArAcz. my love; but you can cast them out again, If you will. Ah. girl, girl! Vincent Farley will never need you as I need you this night!" CHAPTER XXII. During the first half of the year 1S94. with Norman too busy at the plpa foundry to worry him. and the iron master president too deeply engrossed in matters mechanical, Mr. Henry Dyckman, still bookkeeper and cashier for Chlawassee Consolidated, had fewer nightmares; and by the time he had been a month in undisputed command at the general office he had given over searching for a certain packet of papers which had mysteriously disappeared from a secret compartment In his desk. Later, when the time for the return of the younger Gordon drew near, there ; was encouraging news from Europe. Dyckman had not failed to keep the malls warm with reports of the Gordon & Gordon success; with urglngs for the return of the exiled dynasty; and late in May he had news of the homecoming intention. From that on there were alternating chills and fever. If Colonel Duxbury should arrive and resume the reins of management before Tom Gordon should reappear, all might yet be welL If not the alternative ' Impaired the bookkeeper's appetite, and there were hot nights in June when he slept badly. When Tom's advent preceded the earliest date named by Mr. Farley by a broad fortnight or more, the bookkeeper missed other of his meals, and one night fear and a sharp premonition of close-pressing disaster laid cold hands on him; and 9 o'clock found him skulking in the great train shed at the railway station, a ticket to Canada in hl3 pocket, a goodly sum of the company's money tightly buckled in a safety-belt next to his skin all things ready for flight save one. the courage requisite to the final step-taking. The following morning the promlnltlon became a certainty. In the Gordonla mall there was a note from tho younger Gordon, directing him to come to the office of the pipe foundry, bringing the cash-book and ledger for a year whose number was written out in letters of fire In the bookkeeper's brain. He went, again lacking the courage either to refuse or to disappear, and found Gordon waiting for him. There were no preliminaries. "Good -morning, Dyckman," said the tyrant, pushing aside the papers on nls desk. "You have brought the books? Sit down at that table and open the ledger at the company's expense account for the year. I wish to make a few comparisons." and he took a thick packet of papers from a pigeonhole of the small iron safe behind his chair. Dyckman was unbuckling the shawlstrap in which he had carried the two heavy books, but at the significant command he desisted, went swiftly to the door opening into the stenographer's room, satisfied himself that there were no listeners, and resumed his chair. "You have cut out some of the preface, Mr. Gordon; I'll cut out the remainder." he said, moistening his dry lips. "You have the true record of tho expense account in that package. I'm down and out; what is It you want?" "1 want a written confession of Just what you did, and what you did it for," was the direct reply. "You'll find Miss Ackerman's typewriter in t!i- other room; I'll wait while you put it in type," "You're not giving me a show. Mru Gordon; the poor show a common murderer would have In any court of law. You are asking me to convict myself." Goldon held up the packet of papers. "Here is your conviction. Mr. Dyckman the original leaves taken from those books when you had them rebound. I need your statement of the facts for quite another purpose." "And if I refuse to make it? A cornered rat will fight for his life. Mr. Gordon." "If j-ou refuse I shall be reluctantly compelled to hand these papers over to our attorneys reluctantly, I say, because you can serve me better Just now out of Jail than in iL" "It's an unfair advantage you're taking; at the worst. I am only an accessor'3dy principals will be here in a few days, and " "Precisely," was the cold rejoinder. "It is because your principals are coming home, and because they are not yet here, that I want your statement. There was no help for it, or none apparent to the fear-stricken; and for the twenty succeeding minutes the typewriter clicked monotously in the small nnte-room. Dyckman could heir his persecutor pacing the floor of the private office, and once he found himself looking about him for a weapon. But at the end of the writing interval he was handing the freshly-typed sheet to a man who was yet alive and unhurt Gordon sat down at his desk to read it, and again the roving eyes of the bookkeeper swept the interior of the larger rocms for the means to an end; sought and found not. The eye-search was not fully concluded when Gordon pressed the electric-button which summoned the young man who kept the local books of tho Chlawassee plant across the way. While he waited he saw the conclusion of the eye-search and smiled rather grimly. "You'll not find It. Dyckman." he said, .divining the desperate purpose of the other; adding, as an after-thought: "and if you should, you wouldn't have the courage to use it. That is the fatal lack in your make-up. It is what kept you from taking the train last night with the money belt which you emptied this morning. You'll never make a successful criminal; it takes a good deal more nerve than it does to be an honest man." Hereupon the young man from the office across the pike came in, and Gordon handed a pen to Dyckman. "I want you to witness Mr. Dytvmin's signature to this paper, Dillard." he said, folding the confession so that it could rot be read by the witness: and when the thing was done. the. young man appended hl3 notarial attestation and went back to his duties. "Well?" said Dyckman, when they were once more alone together. "That's all." said Gordon, curtly. "As long as you are discreet, you needn't lose any sleep over this. If you don't mind hurrying a little, you can make the 10:40 back to town." Dyckman restrapped his books and made a show of hastening. But before he closed the office door behind him he had seen Gordon place the typewritten sheet, neatly folded, on top of the thick packet, snapping an elastic band over the whole and returning it to it! pigeonhole In the small safe. (To be continued.) - .

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Portsmouth, the great British naval base, witnessed some highly interesting Incidents recently when Japanese, Russian and English naval officers and seamen fraternized with the utmost good will. A Russian squadron headed by the battleship Cesarevitch and the Japanese cruiser Ikoma were in harbor at the same time, and the men whose countries not long ago were engaged In a fierce conflict, mingled in the most friendly way at dinners, motor rides and other entertainments provided by their hosts, the British.

LADY BOOTBLACK IN SPOKANE Madame Holland Working Up Business That May. Surpass That of Men Competitors. Spokane, Wash. With a winsome smile and a twinkle of the eyes that would do justice to the leading lady of a high-class opera, Mad:4ue Holland, Spokane's only woman bootblack, who has a stand in the lobby of the Columbia building, is working up a business which is likely to sur pass that of male competitors. "Why have I taken up the business of a bootblack? Why, most assuredly to make money," said Mme. Holland. as she deftly applied the polish and brushes. "No, Mme. Holland Is not my true name, the only thing true about it being that I am a madam, as I was married once, and after my husband died I was left to make my own way in the world," continued the girl with the brushes. "I was a retoucher of photographs, but my eyes failed me and for a while I was afraid I might be blind. I was in California at the time, and, really, I was at a loss what to do. I looked about there for several days and observing a young woman shining shoes In one of the leading blocks in San Francisco the idea came to me like a Cash why could I not do the same. Of course, I thought of my folks at home and I knew If they realized I was doing anything like that they would feel badly. 'Consequently I decided to go to a city where I was not known, where I could take a name and never give my real Identity away. "When I first applied for the stand In this building the agent asked if I was joking. Not so, I told him. It is a real serious matter with me and I mean what I say. I have showed that I meant what I said by buying this equipment, and, although I have been here less than two weeks, I think the agent and others who thought me joking have seen their mistake. "My shoulders and hands troubled me at first when I started It, tut they are getting used to it now and I like my work more and more. I was born in the South, educated in the public schools, was a graduate of a high school in a large southern town and my people travel in the best of society. I do not feel that I have lowered my social position la the least by becoming a woman bootblack. Every cent 1 earn Is got honestly, and for that reason I am content. "Many prominent men of the country started out as bootblacks, and if woman suffrage wins out who knows but I will be elected the first woman president of the United States or become a great leader of finance," laughingly said the madame. NEW COINS CAUSE TROUBLE George V. Is Not Pleased With Effigies on Money of His Father's Reign. London. New coinage for King George's reign is causing serious trouble. He has twice rejected designs submitted to him as too closely resembling those of his father, which he never, liked, because they looked more like French than English coins. He is determined to have his effigy thoroughly English. Bertram Macktnnal, an Australian sculptor, who is designing the dies, having been largely trained In France. flnd3 it difficult to free himself wholly from the Influence of French art. Another difficulty has cropped out In connection with India, where tho uncrowned head of Edward VII. made the natives believe he was Lot the king of all. Then, again, Hong-Kong declares that the sovereign, with the group of St George slaying the dragon, is taken by Britain's Chinese ubjects as an insult to them, the 'dragon being emblematic of the Chinese empire. New Spectrogram of Mars. Flagstaff, Ariz. More water vapor in the atmosphere of Mars has been discovered by the astronomers atLow'ell observatory. A spectrogram by Slipher has been measured by Very with his nef comparator and includes more striking proof of the presence of both water vapor and of oxygen II the atmosphere of Mars than shown in previous plates.

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Little Boys of St. Louis Must Be Really and Truly Sick to Escape New Order. St. Louis. You can't play "hookey" any more, kids. That is. you can't get away with it. You'll have to get sick enough for a diagnosis to prove it if you expect to lay off from school next term. The board of education has hired a special staff of nurses whose business it will be to call at the homes of all absentees to determine just how sick they are. There are to bo five of these young women to 6tart with, and while they are not appointed as truant officers they are expected to bo more efficacious In keeping children at school. Whenever a note reaches the teacher that Johnny Jones is sick one of the nurses will make a visit to Johnny's home. Should it happen that Johnny is not at home and the mother has no recollection of having written any note to the teacher, well-ou've all been there.

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Ancient Mexican Industry Ruined by Modern Improvements. Since Days of Aztec Lords Small Band of Natives Supplied Canaries and Other Pet Birds With Delicacy. Ilexico City. When the government of Mexico decided to drain Lake Texcoco, just east of the city, in order to lessen the danger of floods during the rainy season and also to get at the rich soda deposits in the bed of the lake it sounded the doom of one of the queerest and most ancient industries in the new world, that of catching flies for market. Since the days of the Aztec lords of Mexico a Email band of natives has made comfortable living out of the business of supplying the canaries and other pet birds and fine poultry of the United States and Mexico with the delicacy of dry, salted flies. Now the lake is drying up, the flies have dis appeared, the birds are to go hungry and the fly catchers have abandoned their pleasant vocation for the drudg ery of digging soda from the bottom of a smelly lake. Catchins flies for market on the shoie3 of Lake Texcoco has been a profitable industry since the days of the Aztecs. Until recent years tho annual production of dried insects was measured in tons and until this year was sufficient to afford a means of livelihood to a small colony of native fly catchers. These market flies are a little smaller than the ordinary house fly. Preserved .in the natural salts they were found to be an excellent food for caged birds and chickens and hundreds of sacks were sh'pped annually to bird dealers in the United States acd Germany. The insects are caught" In nets as they swarm near the lake's surface, killed by drowning in the water and immediately spread out on sheets to dry. After this simple curing process they are sacked up and are then ready for market. t Some are used in this city and the republic, but tho excellent demand which has grown up for them in other countries within the last few years has greatly Increased the price and lessened the local demand. During the year 1909 more than 10,000 worth were shipped to Europe alone. The profession of fly catching and fly preserving has been handed down from father to son in a few families PEST KILLING State Authorities Must Act Quick to Save Elms and Chestnuts. Says Forester. Trenton, N. J. Alfred E. Gaskill, state forester, said the other day that the chestnut trees In New Jersey are suffering from a fatal disease, due to infection by the elm leaf beetle and, while he admits nothing can be done with the malady, he says all efforts possible should be made to rid the scute of the insect. He predicts New Jersey will be treeless unless the state and municipal authorities and the residents In general combine by next spring In an extraordinary effort to drive out the elm leaf beetle. The forester added: "This Is the last time for the people of New Jersey who want their elms to stand to get at the work of saving them. I mean just what I say. The last call is out, for unless something Is dono next May and in the first two weeks of June It will be top late to stop the elm leaf beetle from finishing his work. I have Just returned from a long trip, In which time I went into this question very carefully. Where the trees have been intelligently sprayed, the beetle ha3 been destroyed. It Is possible to destroy this pest, but the people must get at it. "I do not believe this is the work entirely of the individual, but of the municipality. It would cost very little for the municipality to do it, and it Is all Important now. The time to act has arrived. The warning was sent out from Connecticut and Massachu setts, but nothing has been done ex If Johnny is absent a couple of days without any excuse tho nurses will visit his home just the same. The new system of the board has Johnny coming and going. So he might as well give up the idea of playing hookey next term. Among the various duties of the nurses will be to examine all absentees returning to school before they have entered the rooms, with the view of detecting evidence of infectious or contagious diseases. PAID RENT ON WRONG HOUSE Connecticut Man Must Now Pay for Dwelling He Had Never Occupied Queer Mix-up. South Norwalk, Conn. How would you like to pay hent for ten tiionths and then awake to find out that you had been paying for a vacant house half a mile down the street, and that you would have to do the same thing over for the house you' had occupied by mistake all this time? Such la the dilemma In which Em-

' i ? tAPA,V&lC AND RUSSIAN QFfJCZR who have held a monopoly on the Industry since the days of Netzahualcoyotl, when that monarch sigued a treaty with the Casique Chimalpopoca of Tenochtitlan whereby a number of Tencans received a concession to gather flies in the former's realm to feed the sacred quetzals in the great teacalli. SPRAY TO CHECK PARALYSIS Doctor Tells of Method to Reduce Peril to Children From Dread Disease. Hartford. Conn. The state board of health has announced that' anterior poliomyelitis or infantile paralysis is contagious and difficult to cure, a throat spray of some antiseptic solution being the most effective preventive. Dr. Townsend, secretary of the state board, said that up to the present 18 cases have been reported to the state board of health. Thirteen were in Meriden and three in Suffield. In his opinion, the disease in the Suffield cases can be traced to Springfield, Mass., where there was almost an epidemic of the disease. Dr. Townsend said the most effective way to prevent the spread of disease was absolute quarantine. He gave its as his opinion that the fre quent cleansing of the throat with an tiseptic solution would, perhaps, pre vent the disease from taking hold or a person to an extent that might bo dangerous. The disease was communicable through the nasal organs and the throat, and if the throat was kept in an antiseptic condition the danger of catching the disease was reduced to a minimum. Wasps to Cure Disease. Paris. M. Roubaud has asserted, according to a paper read at the Academy of Science, to have found a means of exterminating the deadly sleeping sickness microbe. He has discovered In Dahomey a member of the wasp family whose appetite is aiv pareniiy OUlj nauaucu iu uuiuu of sleeping sickness. It Is suggested that the wasp be introduced into the zone infected by the disease. Helen Gould Gets Degree. New York. The degree of doctor of laws has been conferred on Helen Gould by the College of Girls at Constantinople. This institution, which is under the control of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions, has for years been befriended by Miss Gould. JERSEY TREES cepting in a few municipalities. In Newark and Orange, the shade tree commissions have done much good work, bu elsewhere in the northern part of the state the elm, our best shade tree, has been doomed. "Regarding the chestnuts, the fatal disease in them is fast causing them to disappear. The work must be doue next spring, or it will be too late." Plows Up $800 In Coin. Newark, N. J. Charles M. Webb, a farmer of Mount Freedom, is $S00 richer as the result of a few hours' plowing. While turning over tho ground he came upon four remarkable old copper pennies. Two pieces were dated 1737. One of these has a horse's head and plow on ono side, the second has a shield on one side and "Nova Caesarea" on the other. Another of Mr. Webb's find3 Is a large copper cent of 1818, United States mintage. The fourth is an English copper piece of 1776. The coins are appraised by dealers at $200 apiece. Cured by Long Fast. Denver. Roland Moeller, a young civil engineer, who went 57 days without food in order to cure stomach trouble and a partial deafness induced by catarrh, has begun taking nourishment in the form of orange and plum juices. He can hear without difficulty, but is weak. When Moeller, whose father Is a physician of Milwaukee, began his fast he weighed 148 jounds. Now he weighs about 97 pounds. anuel Gainer of New York finds himself. He moved up to West Norwalk, n rural district, last fall, and by mistake got into the wrong house. Each month he took his 523 to James Bates, his landlord, and Ilates never went near him. The other day Harold Austin, the owner of the house, showed up with a tenant. When he learned the truth he was riadder than a wet hen. "Haven't I been a-sending tenants here for the past ten months, and nary a one came back? I reckoned they were scared by ghosts, so 1 came up. You've got to j.ay me for the-e ten months or I'll sue you," exclaimed tho landlord. Bates refuses to give up hfr rent, saying that he could have rented his house had he not thought that Gainer was in it. The worst cf it 1. the law seems to uphold the landlord, and : is probable that Gainer will have m pay double rent for his mistake. A Thrifty psn. Some men can take ono lr'V nr t stop; they dcu't care to u jy i'i turn.

Equipped With Life Protector and Fins Attached to Ankles Aids Experts. A swimming suit that has the double advantage of aiding the swimmer's movements and protecting his life has been designed by a Washington man. It Is Intended primarily for the use of beginners, but will be found convenient for experts, who wish to take long-distance swims that either would tire them greatly or be impossible without some help. The suit has a life-preserver fastened under the armpits of the shirt, and from the strong elastic bands reach down and are fastened Just above the knees of the trousers. J'-st outside the ankles are fastened a pair of fins, which give resistance to the water on the backward stroke and fold in as the legs are drawn forward. The elastic bands help draw the legs forward and save

Novel Swimming Suit. the swimmer all his strength for the kick back. Equipped with such an apparatus a beginner may feel perfectly safe In the water, and an experienced swimmer will find himself atle to swim miles further than he could otherwise do. The suit Is made of light rubber so that it does not get heavy by becoming water-soaked. EGG EXPERIMENT IS UNIQUE Interesting Little Test Shows Why It Is so Easy to Swim In Salt Water. Let us take two small pickle bottles, A and B, and one, C, twice as large A is to be filled with clear water. If, row, we try to float a fresh egg in the latter we shall assuredly fall; the egg will Immediately sink to the bot tom, because the density of water is considerably less than that of the egg, iays Magical Experiments. . Next place the egg in B, which is full of concentrated brine, and try to make the egg sink. It is just as impossible as to cause it to float in water. It is thus clear that strong salt water is denser than the egg; and,! from this simple experiment, we may guess why It la so much easier to swim in salt than fresh water, since the greater density of the former permits us the raore easily to float Now let us combine these two experiments, and pour Into C the greater part of both these fluids, water and trong brine, which will, of course, commingle. By a few trials, pouring In a little more of one or the other, we shall obtain a liquid whose specific gravity is identical with that of our egg; and now the latter, having no reason to go to the bottom, and finding no particular excuse to pet to the An Egg Experiment. top, will rest, as the illustration shows, In t?o middle of the Jar of salt water; but It will move toward the surface if you add a little more brine, or toward the bottom If you replenish the jar with water. FACTS ABOUT YOURSELF. The average number of teeth is 32. The weight of the circulating blood is 29 pound. The average weight of an adult is J 150 pound six ounces. The brain of a man exceeds twice that of any other animal. A man breathes about 20 times a minute, or 1.200 times an hour. The average weight of the brain of a man is 3 pounds; of a woman 2 pounds 11 ounces. Five hundred and forty pounds, or one hogshead and one and a quarter pints, of blood pass through the heart in one hour. The average height of an Englishman Is 5 feet 9 Inches; of a Frenchman 5 feet 1 Inches; of a Belgian 5 feet 64 inches. The heart sends nearly 10 pounds of blood through the veins and arteries each beat, and makes four beats while we breathe once. One hundred and seventy-five million cells are in the lungs, which would cover a surface thirty times greater than the human body. The average of the pulse in infancy la 120 per minute; in manhood, 0; at tdxty years. CO. The pulse of females in more rapid than that of males. If Only. I'd like to be a poet, And I would be, every time. Tf only when I had a thought, I'd lind a proper rhyme. He Knew the Kind. Teacher What class of birds does the hawk belong to, Tommy? Tommy Birds of prey? Teacher Correct Now, what class of birds does the quail belong? Tommy, very promptly Birds on toast. Humor and Genius. Men of humor are always In some degree men of genius; wits are rarely bo, although a man of genius may, Rroong other gifts, possess wit. m Shakespeare. Coleridge.

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A pound of Jumps! And I looked In surprise At little black Rose, With her shiny eyes. A pound of Jumps! My mamma said. A pound of Jumps! And she nodded her head. But, my dear. We've Hour and sugar In lumps. And peanuts, But never a pound of Jumps! We've walnuts and chestnuts. And corn that pops. Oh! oh! I forgot It's a pound of hops. SMALLEST DOG IN AUSTRIA Baker's Wife Gave It to Princess Wlndischgratz. Thereby Making Her Very Happy. The Princess Windischgratz is the granddaughter of the emperor of Austria. When she was but about eleven years old she was known and loved as "the little Princess Elizabeth." There lived a baker in the city of Vienna whose wife was particularly fond of the little Princess Elizabeth. This baker's wife had, in 1894, a tiny white dwarf dog given her, which was so small that, when full-grown, it could sit on a lady's hand. So small a dog had never been seen before, and people often came to the house on purpose to look at It. It was Christmas eve. The baker's wife dressed herself in her Sunday best, put the dog In a basket lined with pink satin, and went to the palace where Elizabeth lived. No stranger was allowed to go into the palace except by permission. She showed the dog to the guards, and they were so delighted with It that they managed to get her into the palace, and when once in, it was not very difficult to obtain permission from the court authorities to see Princess Stephanie, the mother of the little Princess Eliza beth. "Your royal highness," said the baker's wife, "I hope that you will al low me to present a little gift to your daughter this Christmas eve"; and then she uncovered the basket with the tiny white dog In It. Wasn't the Princess Stephanie de lighted with it? And of course the little Princess Elizabeth was. She loved it more than any of the rich gifts which she received for Christ mas. The dog remained very small and never grew to be more than five inches high. A LITTLE HERO. He rides most daringly to hounds Upon the rocking chair. Or calls the cat a tiger flarce. And stalks up to her lair. The rug becomes a battle field Where spears and banners toss. The hall a river, wide and deep. That he must swim across. Behind each curtain fold he sees An Indian chieftain grim. And bandits throng the kitchen stain. And seek to capture him. I And when the stars begin to shine In night's eternal arc. He toddles up to bed alone. Quite fearless of the dark. ,' Minna Irving, in Leslie's, WHY SMALL BOY WAS HAPPY Near-Sighted Stranger Thought lad Was Enjoying Sunset Instead Schoolhouse Was Burning. As the ruddy glow Increased beyond the brow of the hill the small boy on the bridge clapped his hands vigorously. "Ah, my lad," said the stranger, who was somewhat near-sighted, "it does me good to see you appreciate yon beautiful red sky." "Yes, sir," responded the lad, with his eyes glued on the distant glow, 'Tve been watching it for fifteen minutes." "Well, well! It isn't often one has the opportunity of witnessing such a grand spectacle." "Couldn't be grander to me. sir." "A real poet,' without a doubt. And do you watch sunsets often, my llttlt man?" "Sunsets? Why, that Isn't a sunset!" "Not a sunset? Then what is it?" "Why, that's the village school burning down." A Queer Ache. One day Mary came to her mother and said: "Mother, my ear aches !" "Does it ache very bad, Mary?" asked her mother. "No." "Well, run out and play, then you will forget about it." Mary went out, but pretty soon she came back and said: "Mother, my ear does ache. It 13 not the hole, but the ruffle around it." Why Sea Shells Murmur. One is often perplexed by the murmuring sounds that come from a sea shell, but really there is no reason for this. The sound is hot the echo of the waves. The hollow form of the shell and its polished surface enable it to receive and return the beatings of all sounds that chance to be in the air around the shell. There are many superstitions regarding the murmuring of sea shells. Where Women Reign. In Abyssinia the wife is master. If her husband offends her she can turn him out, for the house and Its belongings are hers. Three Hardest Words. A learned man has said that the three hardest words to pronounce In the English language are "I was mis. taken." When Frederick the Great wrote to the senate, "I have Just lost a battle, and it's entirely my own fault." Goldsmith says, "his confession showed more greatness than all his victories." To Drive Rats Away. Rats have a ereat disHk-n f- m ride of lime. Placed near the rat hoAs it wiM mv the rests away.

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But Very Injurious to Human System. Life insurance compnnies are doing good work in spreading information calculated to promote the health of the people. Pamphlets and letters contain valuable informatlo x. These; should be read and considered. Theyi are not the vaporings of sentimental-; ists, but experience of people whomake calculation based upon reliable! statistics. It is the onlnion ot Insur ance authorities that use of alcohol; eren moderately. Is Injurious. Alco hol is a poison, and effects ere those of poison. Chemically it Is a combl-i nation of two parts of carbon, six oC h3'drogen and one of oxygen. One leaflet says: "Alcohol is useful in science and in the arts. It is a good fuel and can be burned In a certain kind of stove without formation, of clinkers and without injury to the stovo. If the stove had a brain, ner vous system, kidneys and liver, the results would be different, "Alcohol can be burned in the human body, and will temporarily produce energy, and also clinkers, but It exacts a heavy toll for this service. "The man who thinks he can compete with the stove in burning alcohot makes a very great mistake. He is outclassed." To great extent the "moderate toper" is discriminated against. The "toper" was always disgusting, but the "moderate drinker" (?) was received; He is not regarded as a man of good capacities and reliable. Railroads condemn tho modfrate drinker. Insurance companies deny him. Great business concerns do not want him. In every field he is discounted. He 1 incapable of good work, and people know this too well to be imposed upon.Socially the moderate drinker Is tolerated in some circles. His wit Is of alcoholic flavor, his eloquence is without Intelligence. Öfter he "smells" oC what he has smelled. His conversation has the flavor of stale alcohol, weakened by carbon clinkers, and he has become a useless member of society tolerated because he must be tolerated. A distressing part of it is that the "moderate" drinker Imagines himself entertaining and delightful company, and will not recognize his standing. Some large companies have collected statistics to determine effects of alcohol on their business. They Bend bulletins to policy holders and statdments which should be arguments for . temperance to those not willing to die to win. Pecause of loss to them they are enemies to the traffic, and enmity Is placed on business principles. No appeals are made to sentiment Facts speak so strongly that they should be considered. One company declares alcohol an enemy, and that it Is the duty of the companies to combat it. Says another: "Alcohol, by reason of Its poisonous effects, is an enemy of life insurance companies. Directly and Indirectly, It is responsible for no small portion of the mortality rate." The effect upon the mortality rate Is stated: "The companies, guided by business experience, medical opinion and lay common 6ense, have always discriminated against the Bteady tippler, and periodical free drinker. Pub. lished statements relating to mortality among , lmmoderates are meager, but the effect of alcohol has, In a broad way, been measured by the experience of the United Kingdom Tern"perance and General Provident Institution, covering a period from 1806 tc 1905. This company aimed to take 'none but total abstainers and temper'ate drinkers. j . On analyzing the experience it was found that for every 100 deaths among total abstainers there were 131 deaths among the temperate drinkers, showfn a dlfferehcö cf 31 per cent in favor of total abstainers. 7 For a period of 61 years prior to 1861 the mortality was 83 per cent greater- among moderate drinkers. The Scepter of Life finds that for every 100 deaths among total abstainers there were 146 among the moderate drinkers. These facts speak so strongly that they force attention. The man who weakens vitality by moderate drinking dies from som other cause at least eo the certificate states. A man who is "burnt out" contracts some disease and dies. The certificate shows consideration for his family and states only part of the truth. The death certificate should read: "This man weakened his vitality and easily became a prey to the disease which directly caused death. Alcohol was one cause of death." Gains of Anti-Saloon Crusade. Ex-Governor Hanly of Indiana is a man of broad views and wide experience. He writes concerning the temperance movement In Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. "We have closed enough saloons in these three states to extend a solid line along a street 35 miles long. We have sent home to breweries enough saloon counters to line a street 100 miles long. We have turned $30,000,000 annually from this traffic Into legitimate channels of trade enough to give 50,000 families $1.000 a year, enough to maintain 250.000 people. This money has gone into raiment and food, and into the building of American homes, where wife and children can assemble with nc cloud in the domestic sky." American Wh'sky Bill. The American bill for whisky alone at retail prices last year came to over $300,000,000. It was not all pure whisky, much of it being adulterated by the addition of cheaper ingredients. Rut whether pure or adulterated that is what our people were willing to pay for their whisky supply. The output of distilled spirits in 1909 was' 1,591,738 gallons of brandy, 610,305 of rum, 2,497,070 of gin, and C6.1S3.652 of whisky. f Obeying God's Word. What we need today above "popularity" or kindly ratronage or loud music or rich pageantry, is simple obedience to God's word. If this gets to be a mere detail that may be lost Eight of in the general fuss, so much the worse for all concerned. Rev. TV Alrd Moffat Congregationalist, Newark. A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little cour Sidney.

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