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THEWiNDS OF DESTINY Fato In Lctter Carrled Away by - 4 . Breeze. - By MARTHA M'CULLOCH-WIL LIAM3. ' Wlnds of dcstlny thero aro thoy may bo hurrlcane strong thoy may bo no inoro thnn tho Idlcat ruffllng rephyrs. Yct Btrong or gontlo, they 1 do tholr allottcd task. Mlllcent was ob wllful as any wlnd could bo. Sho was elccted to wrlto lcttors up ln tho treo houso, tbough knowlng well lt was mount only for tho chlldren. Thero were flvo of them four boys and a glrl moro tom boylah than ber brothera or any of hor threo couslna. Mlllcent's namo Bake, and, aftcr a sort, copy,- sho pre Bumod, a blt upon hcr poaltlon. MI11- I cent, tho eldor, felt rcally noble ln not hatlng hcr repllca. Untll tho Uttlo glrl came sho had bocn tho only young womari ln tho famlly, by coiibo quonco tho speclal dellght of hcr two tall, handsome brothoro. , Famlly lovo was very Btrong wlth i all tho Ashtons. Rogor and Rex, twlns, lt appcarcd, slmply could not Uvo apart, Tho manslon houao waa Rogor's eldost by half on hour but thore 'was room and to sparo In lt for Rex and hla bousobold, no loss Mlllcent Mrs. Rogor and Mrs. Rex Indeed had vled wlth tholr husbands ln apolllng her. It opoke yolumes all rourid that though sho had como to twenty-two, slnglo, and moro than evor a creaturo of caprlce, hor wom enklnd bo adored her they lnspocted pooalble BUltora wlth tho nlceat caro. Notwlthatandlng thoy played fa vorltea. Wltncss the lctter under Mllloent'a loft hand. It was. to Era Sayro, who came ncar belng hor con aelencQ koeper. After an inconae quent beglnnlng sho had como to 'the nub of thlnga, thus: "Pleaso, m'm, can't you, won't you, flnd mo a sweetheart wlth a roal namc say Bmtth, or Jonea, or oven MurphyT Othcrwlse but hear tho fatal truth. Susan haa pltched upon Warncr Bugg, eaqulro. for my future hla band. Ahne 1b as hot for ono John Stubbs. I say plague on both namea becauao the names aro all I can flnd fault wlth. "Warner ls a paladln, plus a mlllion or bo; John a man tho sort dogs and cblldren take to wlthout knowlng a rcason. Incldentally, also, he haa "There Was Fote In It, Mllly." monoy, and bralns. And I can rcach out my hand and take hlm lf I wlll. But thlnk of golrig through llfo Mlll cent Stubbs 1 Thlnk,' also, alterna tlvoly, of belng a mothcr of Buggsl "You wlll bo saying: 'There are othorsl' Only too true, honey ono other ln partleular. No hls name ls nelther Montmorency, norTalbot Peyton I loathe hat sort of appel latlon oven moro than Bugg or Stubbs. But. rcally famlly names of that sort deserve to be oxtlngulshcd. That would lcave room for well! aoy tho Roysters. Thcre's a namo for you good fellowshlp in every lct ter" Heer the sheot was full Mlllcent rcached for a frcsh ono. As her hand llfted from tho papcr a trlcky gust whlppod lt away, out and upovertho trootops, whlrllng lt boyond vlew bo swlftly aho gould not guess the dl rectlon. But that dld not dlBturb her it would moat llkely fall ln tho tnlllpond or the dceps of tho blg woods. Anyway, slnco it had nelther date nor slgnaturo, nothlng could be mado of it, ln the event of lt belng read. Hmlllng, yot half slghing, sho legan another eheet; yet, after a aentonco, shut her deslr, and cllmbed nlmbly down the rope ladder. 'From hor pcrch sho had cspled visltors ' Warner Bugg and John Stubbs, to bo exact. She dld not want to eee elther, Just then, lt was evldent she must run away, and go a flshlng, i Half' an hour later her canoo was drittlng on the mlll pond's Bllver faco. what tlmo sho' mado belVavo to be ab eorbed in her floats, Rex Junlor, Rog er'a eldest, a lad of twelve, sat faclng bor. They were s.worn comradcs. "Shucka! I won't novcr ell. Not nobpdy oven mother," ho was say ing sto'utly, then a little wlatfully. but 'Mllly old Jaok Stubbs ls to give mo. a rcal horso whon ho's my nnclo and you know how I hats porilea " "I " taow,' Mlllcent lnterrupted, holdlng up.a sllenclng hand. Hcr floatnad gono under wlth & rush soma flahsaf dosrco muet have - ' V " (eha.tdr' W. P; Dillinghnni, who , has jbcen. confined to his home at Montpelier for several wceks with a M&VA'.fiT1. rnchitia.'jiai, sr 'nr tecpvered that he expccts to VClu'm to .Washington tliis wcek. -t- Raymond Morse of Rutland, nged 19, .was fined $20 nnd costs becmise he droyc .his horsc in a' rccklcss mnn'rier through thebusincss strectb, tidangcnngtbeiYcsoicdctUitis kwallowod hook, ilne and sinkcr. .She bracod keraolf for a long pull, a game flgbt auddenly tha llne slackod thero camo swtmmlng to tho ourface tho ugllest blg snapplng turtlq sho had over soon. Rex, all agog, struck at it wlth hls paddlo Mlllcont crlcd a warnlng, but too lato. Bofore Bhe know lt tho canoo was upset she and tho lad floundorlng in water, Bun warmcd and Blow-moving, but twcnty feet dccp. She dld not fear tho water slnoe sho swam well. "The onapplng turtlo was hef terror-rlt was stlll on tho surfaco awtmmlng hlther and yon, though lt had blttcn ltaolf freo of tho tacklo. It was hugo and ovldently flghtlng mad obo had heard wolrd tales from tho black people of auch creatures, fully angered, dragglng one to tho dopths, holdlng ono thero fo drown and later feastlng Uke ghoula. Tcrror strlckcn, sho mado toward tho bank. Suddenly sho found hersolf caught by a snag, a sub merged trunk. brought down by tho Bprlng floods. Hox was golng from her, -wlth Bhort qulck strokos sho had blddon hlm to do lt, knowlng her Belt tho Btronger swlmmer. .Falnt wlth fear, her call to hlm was littlo moro thnn a whlsper. But evon whlle sho uttered lt another1 canoo shot toward her from the ehade on tho othcr shoro. Tho rower was tall and goodly, strlppcd to hlB shlrt und trouaors, and evldently a master of watercraft. Almost before sho know lt Mlllcont had been drawn Into hls canoo. Wlthout spcaklng, bo snatched up a rlflo and scnt a bullot Into the snapplng turtlo's head. As the bulk of lt vantsbed ho turned to Mlllcont, saylng wlt'a a long breath: "I doubt if you wero reolly in dangor, but that ls tho most satlsfactory Bhot I ever flred." Mlllcent sat up very suddenly and very stratght In tho bottom of tho canoo lay a letter sheet her own letter, wind:borno to thla man of all men. Frank Royster oaw her flush crlm son, thereby he knew aho had aecn. For a mlnuto he was ullent, rowlng hard toward the Aahton Bhore tho mlllpond set bounda betwlxt Aahton land and that of tho Delanys, whtch would Bome day bo hla own. Sud denly he dropped hls paddle to reach for Mlllcent's hands, and holdlng them close in hls own, satd tenderly: "Thero waB a fato in it, Mllly; I read your letter unwlttlngly when lt dropped out of heaven. Otherwlse, I should lack courage thoao others can give you bo much morc " ''Courago? For what?" Mlllcent lnterrupted. Ho smlled at her and put an audacloua arm about hor dripplng sboulders, as he aald: "Oh, Juat to tell you that rather than see you a Stubba or a Bugg. I'm wliung tp eacrlflce myelf and mako sW a Boyster." And Millcont, ' tho Allful, only blushed and murraufod, nestllng to hlm: "You werL.'always so klnd." (Copyrlcht, MwT Ansoolotea Wterary ' Press.) MEDiCINE OF THE LONG AGO Anclent Papyrus Showa that the Art of Heallng Ha for Centurles Deen.Well Recognlzed. Tho most anclent medlcal work now oxlsting la tho Ebera papyrus, Becured In 1873 by Prof. George Ebcrs from a natlvo of Luxor, In Upper Egypt. It ls generally aBsumod that it was wrlt ten about 1550 B. C. but refers ln some Boctlona to methods and medl clnes prescrlbd aa far back aa 3700 B. 0 5,013 years ago. Among the 108 sectlons or phapters of thls papyrus, chaptor 103 begjns: "Beglnnlng of tho bpojt about the uxedu ln all the members of a persoa auch aB was found ln a wrltlng under the feet of the god Anubls, Jn the clty of LetopollB; lt was brought to hla majesty, TJsaphals, klng of Upper and Lowef Egypt." Usaphals Js' sald to havo beori tho flfthukln of the flrst dynaBty. relgnlng nbout 3700. B. C.and lt is hard to say how long prbvlbus to .thla flndlng tha sago had llvcd who flrst complled the chaptor or bsed, tho cureB recorded. Pago 72 contalns threo dontal pr scrlptlons "agalnst the throbblng of the bennut bllaters la tbo toeth" and "to Btrengthen tho flesh" (gums), and is suppoaed to refer to tho small ab bccsscb known as gambolls. The flrst, a poultlco, conalstcd of cqaal parts of "sept-gralns" dough, honey and oll; the accond, a maas to be chowed, cqual parts of fennel seed, dough, anest plant, honey, lncenso and water; and a thlrd, nlso to bo chewed, has no less than eleven -parts of "dam plant," aneat plant, lncenae, ama-a plant, man plant, saffron, aloo wood, annek plant, cyperus, onlon and water." Another chaptcr contalns oleven dental reclpes, Bomo to bo chewcd, othors to bo rubbed on tho teeth or applled as a paste, and on another page among romedlcs for varlous Bltln dtftoases there are throe preacrlp tions for dtseasea of the teeth,, bui thero aro no speclal references tb anj branch of dontaj surgeryt-"NoblUt of TcadeBTho Bantlat," Charlet Wlnslow Hall, in Natlpnal Magaslpe. Mother Wfl Puizled, A man from his offlpe, downtpwjii oalled hls' wlfe by telophono tho Ptb nr mornlng and durlng tho conversa tlon askod what tho baby wns dqjng. "Sho Is crylng her oyos out," r" plled tho mother. . "What about?" "I don't know whethor it is bo cauBe she has eaton too many straw borrles or becauso sho -wants moro,' roplled tho dlecouragcd mothcr. i&di anapolls Nowo. Mrs. UertFt Uberof Brattleboro dt'Kcilor! her htisbnnd nnd thrce-vear old diuighter the other dny. Sheldt a notc for tho (ciimer, wcighted down with her wcdding'rinj. They hnd been mnrried four years. The lnrgeKt fish ever cnuuht nenr Brattleboro was tnkfii bv Chnrles Oiikcs. It waa; 11 'piktsJ7 ' inches loig weighuiB 16 iV,.iiiul,p(l was . Caught through the Jcv jn Uie rjvcn PRIEST SAVES LIFE Father Jose Alguo Well Known ln Phitippine Islands. Dlrector of Weather1 Bureau at Manlla Who Has Mad Extraordlnary ln trument Clergyman U Da voted to Humanlty. London. Qulotly and unostenta tloualy. wlthout belng in any way hor alded by the preas; a certaln prleat pald a vlBlt to London recoutly who deaerves to bo ranked among the world'B grea'.eat benefactors. Hls namo, Father Joe Algue. ls scarcoly known, porhaps ln thlB country, but every man and woman ln tho far east knows Father Alguo, dlrector of the Phlllpplno weathnr buroau at Manlla, for dld ho not, after many years' la bor, Invent an lnatrument whlch ls calted the barocyclonomotor, by whlch It Is poaalblo to guard ngalnat the moBt dreaded of far eaatern calamltlos tho typhoont Thls lnBtrumcnt la now tn ubo on upwarda of 1,000 shlps that sall the waters of the far east, whlle tho Amerlcan government propoaes to flt Its shlps wlth n.modlfled form of tho lnatrument ln order that, captams may be warned of tho approach of hurrl - canes or storma. and thus mako It poa - slblo for them to Bllp out. of harm's way. And It was In ordor to havo t1i.'mnrfinrf harnrvrinnameter mado under hla personal suporvlalon that Father Algue rcontly came to lyn don. The lnatrument Is rcally a comblna tlon of tha ordlnary barpmoter and a , cyclone dctectlng apparatus, the lat ter belng Father Algue's own lnven tlon. Tho barometer used alone wlll tell of the approach of tho storm. but wlll glvo no hlnt as to tho dlrectlon ln whlch the center or vortex of tho storm la movlng. It 1b tljls addltlonal lnformatlon whlch the cyclonometer supplles, and its 'use haa undoubtcd ly led to the .savlng of milllons of llves ln eastern waters. ; Not only, however, has Father Al gu? lnvented- tho barocyclonometer, but In connectlon wlth the Phlllpplno weather bureatf, he has alao organ lzed a system of cyclone danger slg nals, whlch lt ls no etaggeratlon to say save thouaandabf llves every year. Father Alguo' has a corps of 80 natlvo aBslatantS wno aro scattereu through tho Phlllpplno' archlpelago. Some aro obaorvers, othora telegraph operators, xjthers moaaengera, whlle at Manlla Father Alguo ls ln dlrect commualcation wlth a scoro of other w.dth'er stations ln tho Islands, and 'also wlth polnta far away from tho Phllip'plnes Hong Kong for tnstance. The approach of a typhoon ls at pnce telegraphod to Father Algue at Manlla, and he ,thenBends tho new" to all quarters by meaps of hla assp clatcs and messengers. At tlmes he has been ablo to glvo notloo of the approach of a typhoon threo days be fore it appears, and a'.moat always manages to glve nows of lt one day boforo. We, ln thla country. havo Uttlo Idca of the enormoua Iobs of llfo and dam age causod by an eastern typhoon. When lt ls nientionod. however, that the av'erago number of typhoons in the Phlllpplnes ls 21 a year, and.it ls not unusual for the fall of raln ln two days to equal the total ralnfall cf other' countries for a year, whlle. the -wlnd has been known to uprppt cburches, some Idea of the value qf tho work whlch ls belng dono by thls prlest, who has practically dovoted hls jlfe to typhoon flghtlng, may bo gath ered. Apart from 'he. baroeyclpnatnotcr. Father Algue has lnvented sevcral oth er weather instruments of great valqe o marlners, but he cares lUlp for .publlclty orMame, and H ls Interegt- mg 10 non 'inaj-.pnoipr na treatlses on typhoon flghtlqg' Waa trapslad into uerroan apu circulated ln Eu rcpe; yet hls name dld not appear, on the cover. Instead, the readers wero glvep to underatand that the tranala. tor was tho author of the book. Fame or wcalth be .cares little about, hls maln concern belng. tbo savlng of llves whlcb would otherwlse be, sae- rmcea 10 ine storm nend. LETS THREE CHILDREN MARRY RuBhvlllo, Mo., Man Qlves Permltslon For son and Daughters, Un der Age, to Wed. bl JOBopa, mo. n. h. Seever of Rushvllte, Mo., obaerved a dlnner as a marrlage reast or two daughters and a son, all under legal age. for whose marrlage he gave consent. Elmer C. Seever, a son, agcd nlnetcen, marrled MIss Ruby C. Kclly, agen slxtcen years. MIss Florence Seever. atred' sixteen. was marrled to Roy Vlrgll Brown, aged twenty years, and MIs Allco N. Seever, agcd soventeen, wed ded Archlo M. Russell of Atchlnaflp county, Kansas.v the only onp of t.h.e six wdo wub 01 legBi ago. THR0WN IN TREE BY TRAfy p(ld Accldent to Wlsconiln A.Htot Pf!l?!on. 7 Buperlor. Wls. Cbrls Rlmon. a wholpaae roerphant of th(s cty. and. h)s 11-year-old daughter, wpre aevcroly jnjurcd when thelr automoblle waa struck by a Dulutb. South Bhoro & At lantlc rallway traln aear Ilookmount. ten mlles east of heror The automo bllo was' demollabed Threo othor chlldren were thrown Into ovtree top. two of them hanging by .thelr cloth lng untll reacued half an hour later. Monday, Dno. 23, thero. wajstbs largest output of mnil in tho histbry of tho Burlington postnflico, Btnmpa to tho nmount of $1,042 bcing eold nt the wituhny, St. Allmns nlso re- porlB fho lieavieat.volurho of Chrtst-' mas matl ert-r roceived in r put out from the offico. Mr nnd Mra J. P. Wopks of Mid Hobnrv prepontpd a pinnq to the stato industrial Bohool nt Vergennes an a, OhrialmnR ciW. Mr WflokHfs wona h. Coroijoaer0 o the it)8ttutiqV j BROUGHT T0 TIME ' DnH Wav tn Hftln Man In HJ Woolng. By JEANNE O. LOIZEAUX. Orpha dld not Utt her eyea from her embroldory, but she waa all eara to Mrs. Hcaly's chattor. That lady rocked, dld compllcatod Irlsh crochet and gosslped, cach. performanco pcr fect of ita klnd, and a rofutatlon of the adage that only ono thlng at a tlmo can bo done well! Orpha'a slster had loft her to onter taln her gucat for aa hour on tho wldo, vlne-coverod veranda, wlUi lta ruga. phernalla of summer ldloness, and tho glrl found her duty boat performed by a systom of llatenlng. The young matron had discuBacd faehlon, tho lake soclety, tho latost novel, and rinally launchcd into a runnlng com ni6ntary on lovo. affalrs. Safo herself in tho havon of a happy marrlage, sho conaldered horaolf a Judg6 of storms on llfo's sea, and wlao unto tho- matrlmonlal shlvatton of all who would accept her advlco. Mrs, Healy swung a prctty tan pump below hcr narrow sklrt, and audlbly conaldered tho caso of Robo Danlaon dnd Qcorge Saint "Theyvo been engagcd foro'ver, and nobody knows why they don't marry 1 and bo out of tholr mlaery I say lt 1 uer iaun. u ue aaom i inm ou hor choosln gtho day. Sho makes hlm too content as ho is. A man has to . bo brought to tlmo occaBlonally. Ho gets too complacent, too suro of a glrl, and neoda to bo waked up. She ought to mako hlm Jealous, or go abroad a'year, or even break the en- gagement! Instead, sho walts ten years and acqulres a patlent look and great sweetness of charactor, and somo day, belng only an averago man, ho will prefor mero plnk cheeks, biight eyes and lmpatloncet Don't you think soJ" Orpha lfited hor dark head, and hcr calm eyes rested a moment on tlie plump little matron, glad that her secrot was safely hldden ln her own litirj- and that people could not thus dlscuBs' her and Stanley Long. For the flrst tlmo sho was glad that she and Stan were not engaged, though sho was aa sho had been all summer, mlserable becauso ho nelther declarod 8he 8aw' Stnntoy, his lovq npr went away. Mrs, Healy, belng stranger; q( couree knew nothlng;' about StanlQy, and Uie glrl hopod her natural roBprvo hftd Uept It from her own. world," "Doa't yqu thlnk; eoV poralatcd tho oidor woroan. Orpha T0e in her deUbcroto way. folding her Pinbrpldcry,'ah'd.Btood, tall and PlflPer in tha dylng llgbt of after noon, Vnnotlced by them Stove, the youpg man ot the houao, had sprawlod along toltho rose-wreathcd raillng, and waa lliltnnlng qutzzlcally to tho glrl'e answer. "I hardly thlnk I do," oald Orpha. "1 don'tj bco how a glrl wlth any aelf- respeot could purposely mako' tho man chetarca fox" Jealous, or send hlm away when Bhe doeah't mean lt, or protend to leavo Just to aoo 'if he wlll follow; It doean't scem stncero, some howi If a man docs not caro enough to say so, that's ono thlng. But ho mlght havo a real reason, and Bhe mlght truBt hlm. If sho doean't truat hlm, sbo couln't lovo hlm, anyway, could shoT Porhaps, Roso and Qcorge don't tell everybody all thelr secrets? Porhaps sho ls patlent becauso aho understandst It mlght be llko that,, you 'know." Sho suddenly saw h,e? nophow, only flvo years hcr Juqlpr a.nd bluihed doeply. Wlao wlth, hla, wonty years, ho rogardcd hq glri wlth fa vor. "Oood ftf yo.u, auntloS Yoi'vo got sensol $Hpw WU14 hato brouBh.t a tl?ne k.o tt, U h.a had "If he knew wjis belng' dono to hlm, whlcfe m jiover does," flntahed Mra, H.feay, wlth hor rlpple of a lbugh". "TfqH nro.two solomn, sentlmental chll flren, '.nntf nw Tthlng whatever nhoHt lovo, Just you, waH, atevoi and an fprlyou, Orpha-i-" Stevb's mother; cnma. alorig' Just then, aklpg off her gloves and drop plng Into the flrst chalr, regardlng flrst her son and then her slster wlth favor. "As Ifor Orpha," sho sald, "sho la a doar, and I'm glad sho'a horo for her vacatlpn, and slnco sho la, I want' hor to go out ,io the lako and eca the. sunBot Sho loyeo lt, and Bho looks Th Tribune Farmer ; fTe the best Agnclilturui papor. It,.cornett , evcrweok. &or $1.50 we 'Sfcnd Thk Aoj:1 and Tribune Farrcor for 0110 year. , ' - THE AGE v Woodstock YERWorjT, . - . i 1 a Uttlo solemn. You mlght go along, i Hteve." I The boy bowed wlth mock ceromony lo n mothor, 'Tm not wanted ! eldca, it makcs mo fccl llko a sllly Uttlo boy to bo nophow to a glrl bo pretty that everybody turna to look at her. It sho wants mo to follow as a. bodyguard 111 go " Orpha, already on tho way. laughed hlm to scorn over her shoulder. "No, I don't want you. You'ro too young and Blllyl Bcsldea-r-' "Besldcs, sho has other fish to fry, mothcr. Sho la not tho only sunset lover that dawdlcs about tho cllfta o( n .,mmo t xTnot w,mn f pnii if f Qho fl7,Vl liifi immirtm l call lt. Sho llod hla impudenco, bor slster and Mrs. Healy, and toolt refugo across tho gardon, down the Path through tho' woods toward tho "Protty lake. Thls tlrae sho hopod Stanley would not bo thero. She wlshod that sho horsolt dld not know Bhe loved hlm before ho had ln worda declarod hls lovo for her. Suro at hcart of hlm, sho wondnred wlstfully at hls Bllcnco, hor maldenly dlgnlty up ln arms tho whllo. As sho stralghtoncd back to tho brlsk lako breeze, strldlng off on hor Utho, hcalthy fashlnn, her mlnd rq- verted to Mrs. Healy and her talk, whlca Bhe hatcd. The glrl's noblllty roso r.igh and abovo eubterfuge and Btrategm. Sho would never holp a man wlth hls woolng, norjiurry hlm. by word or nct, or even by tbought. If lovo wero loss than freo and spon- tancous, lt was not rcal lovo, and Bhe would havo nono- of lt Then nt tho turn of a cltff she ,aaw Stanley, and lt camo to her that, unasked, -sho was golng to meet hlm. It was a Uttlo llko Bhowlng her heart Ho had not socn her yet, and ebo Blippcd back bohlnd a great rock and out of elght, ran swlftly down to tho Bandy strlp of bcach and away from hlm. hcr cheeks on flre, her hcart beatlng hard. If ho dld care, dld I want her, ho could scck hor out and say bo, and untll ho dld thls, she would not dawdlo -about alone on the veranda; but nelther would she stoop to an attompt to mako hlm Icajous Bhe would not oncourago Hal Porter. As sho turned toward home Bho vowed a mcntal and splrltual vow of loyalty to Stanloy, and to hlm alone. Sho would. trust hor lovo and loave lt to hls manltness and dlscrotlon to show her hcart tohen tho fullness of tlmo should havo como. Tho sun had qulto gono down, and the flrst dusk came, and wlth It great peaco and comtort to tho glrl after the unrost of the past few weoks. In thls mood, Orpha camo hurrylng up the wood path, awaro that sho should not bo alono, when sho heard rapld steps bohlnd hcr. She qulckencd hor own pace, a little fearful, but ln a moment tho steps camo closer and sho heard her name. "Orpha! Orpha, walt for me?" An. other lnatant and Stanloy waa closo at her slde, a Uttlo. out of breuth. Sho turned, smlllng slowly at hlm ln tbo dlm light, looklng up at the blg. fair man as ho took hor by the arm with a deep breath of rellef. "Why are you runnlng away from mo?" he demandod. "Can't you sea that somo day I am bound to tell you that I lovo you? You havo cludod mcj for weoks, Orpha l Doea that mean that -you don't carof Ho vralt- ed, and sho shoolc her head in dental, joy surging in overy vein. "Can you lov me? do your Ho caught both her hnnda ln hls and bent over them, lilsalng them gently. She old not wlthdraw them. Thore was ho p'retense, no dlsslmulatlon In lovo llko hers. "I lovo you dearly," she replled flrmly, out in a low tone. Ho put an arm about hor Bhoulders and drew her to hlm. "Oh, my dear-" ho sald, "my dca'r!1 (Copyrlght, 1912. hy- Afisoolatcyl Llterarj 8lmplo Dath for an Elephant. Durlng1 h"o recent heat wavo ln Parla tha p'roprletor of a great ine nagerle, notclng that hls favorlto elephant Jlmray, .waa wealc.and 11st less, thought that a bath mlght da hlm good, so a bath was prescrlbed. Flrst slx men soapcd Jlmmy all over, not forgettlng and thls waa tho moat, dellcato part of thelr task tho multl tudlnous folds of hls eara. Then hoses playcd on. tWa pachydcrm from overy quarter of the compass. Now came tho drylng, whlch was per-1 formed by throwlng- quanltles of fln sand over tho anlmai. Jlmmy waa then rubbed down and anolntcd 'wlth puro cocoa oll tlll hls ekln was amooth and shlnlngt Hq appeared 1 yery much bcttor for hls bath, and well he mlght. for thla aeemlngly slm- plo proscrlptlQu had cost hls owncr $300. Moth I.arvae Polsohous The human ekln ls plerced by halra of larvao of tho prooeeslonary moth, caterplllars that sQtuetlmes swarm over Europo la great numbera, and palnful aweUlng-, itchlng and great tr TUaUo resuU. A Belglan invest(ga tor. C. 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The Weekly Presents in 16 bronil -piiues the be&t of the beven diuly isMies, vitl caiefully edileil .und lewntten sumnuuies ol the impoitiint news ol the week. lt is mi excellent home joumnl for lntuJligetit people w lio vvish to kcep iinreiibt ot ine oesi iiiourih 01 me tiines, h& well ;is ol' the news ot the dn, and it costs only ONE UOL- LAR A YEAt. IS'UBSORIPTION" KATBS DAILY (Moming), $8 a,yenr, $a a quarter, 70 cents n month 16 cents a week, 3 cents a copy DA1L,V nnd SUNDAY, month, 20 cents n week. oUN'OAY, SS2 n vear, so cents n qnurter, 5 cents a copy. VvE'KLY f ThursdavR). $i month, 3. 'cents :t coov. Specimkn copies ol either edition Kepuhlvcnii will be sent free for onemontn to unynne who wjsnes to try it. All subscriptions aro payable in ddvanco. Address THE REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Mass, F0RCED INTO 0E;3 GR0WTH Idea of Rcvolutlonarv Veteran That His Made Hawtho rn Trees a Verltable Curloslty. tn 115 Hancock: stroit, Cam- hridgcport, ncar whcm j. Centcr strcet unfdrs, stnnd two Su ivtliorn trees. Tliey were plnnted ru ncfy yenrsf ago by John Jiichnel TH ihg, the, lato owner of the house af No. 115. Mr. Duhig was the first landscnpe gar- Qener of Cambridge. Ile not only plnnted tho hnwthran 1 trees in his ynrd, but he origiaml ed the-ethod of their cultivntitmu Thia mcthod tvna siniple. He md ectcd cuttings from horticulturnfry perfect bushcs of hawthorn. The6e! he bound to- cetlier with iron ban d s and plnnted. I he bands rcsisted 1 iny tendency to outwnrd growth. Tl leVefore the eoft ivood growing inwi ird was welded fogether. In timo 1 1 .single trunk th point of diffei tnce between a tree nnd a bush v, as formed. The tree iinullv burst ihe confinincr Imnds, the mnrks o. ! -wMch can Btill be plninly seen. These two trees1 : bemg of tho white-flowering vari ejty, are .esp'ecial ly rnre. One othe r, hnwthbrn trce wa3 nlso grown by 3 fr . DuhiS in this nrifquc manner. It ia a pink-flower-ing ono, in Ihcya'Al )f Dr. Willnrd t. Futnnm's hour. & irn'er of Han cock fitreet nnd Arassi lchusctts nve- nue. "With two 1 .rees 1M It. Duhig lef t in tho cnre of Mrs. M nrtin at 115 Huncoek street 6 wistarl 'a vine. Thia vine, which is 1?;5 yeit rs old, wns plnnted by John Duhifl . the fnthcr of John jSIichael. J ohn Duhig fought wiih Gjn. Josepli Wnrrcn at Bunker ,Hill o nd he plm 1 ted the wis taria to conv.ncmornte tlie event. Boatoa aiob;. IN LUCK The Qirl Ycs, Cousin Jnne, Qrace is 'golng to nccept tha jicb young man becnuse he owns n yocht. Couain Jane Land'a sjike 1 Thp Girl No; wa'ter's sake. ibe expects to spend her bjoneymoon iW tho yacbu Tbe VVestern Unfon bni, imnbtinced 'n' new c.tlilc servictt hy which 11 is-word triesSnge cnn be sent to Grent Britnin, Irelnnd, Holhtndar Belgium for 75 cents. Dclivery will be nlndc tbe dny followinp. This .siipplenu'rits tbe service of 30 vords for $1.50. Tho Commcrcuil cable SERVICE OF THE PEOPLE lntluences BY SAMUEL BOWLES .... . -1 3 MM..w-. r. wo- . .:. V and StrOnCIV QUnilir mo OQ VCHTS OL 1 an tno rowonoi, oa iv .". j - t- . , progresaivo aomocracy, is umversal eauci presenta, lt xooka lorward, mrougUUi rrtft11lka Tfl TTiti 1)1111 UIUL LilUlU II1UV Ut! . u 1 Jih".ik- ... ,. ueai wiui iw jpuunu iiui;iwjf w avawMv t.sw r r -.nrinwn nnn i.air. rn inrBrpar. iinii rii ii 1 jii page ia ono ot tho strongoat, keenest happier Uving. n. ui ldu v. vw www waw vv w v ' HU Republican etlitorinl, titcrury nnii specml ftMtures Sio u yeat, S2.50 a quatter, 85 cents a a year, 25 cents 0 quaiter, 10 cents a sent treeon applicntion. The Weekly CALIFORN1A QUAfLr- The Callfornla quall la comm6n and SCBAP generally dlstrlbuted over tho atatea west of the Slerras, eicept, at the j hlgher altltudes, and ls ' especlally abundant ln the frulfcgrowlng eec tlons. Llko tho Bob White ot thel east, thls quall never goo's far from ' cover, and It dellghts to dwell pn un lmprpved land wKere trees and cSapa'r ral alternate wlth small areas of open ! ground. In settled rcglons .lt ls Bom'e what domestic ln habits and aoon bo comca accustomod to llving lri, "or--chards, gardenB and cultivated grounds. Tho wrlter haa seen a fo male slttlng upon her egga In a gar- den wlthln 30 feet of a house. betwee whlch'and tho nest carrlagea and fo'oi pa8senger8 paBsed many tlmes eac day. ( ln wlnter a covey frequentl feeds wlth tho ttrmflr'ii chlrkpna. on If not dlsturbed wlll contlnuo to db 8 untll palrlng tlme. Shrlnklng Glaclers. tt appears tbat, save over a small arca, the glaclers of tbe worid are xe treatlng to the mountalns. The Arapahoe glacler ln the Rock I'es has been meltlng at a rapld rater for BCTcral years, Tho glacler on Mount SarmlentOi In South Am'erlca. wmi 11 11 i.H.Tiif iiiiii 1 iih Kcn Miirinv r from the shoro by a vlgorous. growth of tlmbcr The Jacobshaven glacler ln Green land' hae retreated four mlles slnco the year 1860, and' the East giaclor In Spltzbergen ls moro than a mllo away irom its old tcrmirrai moraine. f In Scahdlnavla tho snow llne Is, farV the'r up the mountalns. and the, gla clers' have wlthdrawn .3,000 .feet from tho lowlands ln a century.- In 'the Eastern Alps and one or' two ot! voz. i-iarper s woeaiy. FEWER LIVE8 lyOST" AT SEA. ' no rnii ni iia aeu ih KniuuaiiT tbi lng. In 1894, i,784 masters and set . men and 1,107 paBaengers, making. 1911 flgures wnich appear ln a, pr lah mercantllo marine ,return' Just ' Iryat, In IflOi wnn nnn In .11fl Innt vi It hnd fallon to one In 248; N ,250,000 seamen aro returne'd aa Biimn insi vear. bb atrninai ibbb 230.000 flfteeti years ago. , ,It ls notlc'eablo that of last y 'vesgeis. in is'i, bu,ati- seamen .jd. under BalJ, agalnat 159,257 ? 3ICANTIC WATER TAW w'plclit whcu U iB full Of V2b60 tona. Thero are 32 rr T