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lit A Man and By W. George Gribble Lnr CCopyright, by Shortstory Pub. Co. Mr. John Franklin Hlgginson, senior partner of the firm of Iligginson & Rush, lay stretched at ease In his deck chair cu a transatlantic liner. It was a perfectly calm night, and the sea was murmuring softly in response to . the full light of the moon, which was making the night eloquent. Mr. Ilig ginson had drawn his chair to a se cluded corner of the lower dtck where he was closer to the water and unvheltered from the heavens. He had dined full and well, and the fra grance of his cigar was deeply satis fying. How luminous the water seemed to night! It must be full of those phos phorescent anlmalculae Mr. Iligginson had read about. As he tipped off the ashes from his cigar daintily with his little finger, he noticed how the ruby In his ring flashed In the moonlight. It was a handsome "pigeon-blood" ruby of con siderable value. For a while Mr. Ilig ginson watched the strange light it emitted under the rays of the moon. 1 From this musing Mr. Higginson's f attention was drawn to the water by something moving near the ship. Prob ably some larger species of fish, he mused, possibly as there was a white flash 'possibly even a porpoise. Then he remembered that porpoises come only In schools and leap out of the wa ter. Mr. Iligginson Idly wondered at the swirling luminous water. Suddenly ie stared below him. Strange! he thought, that might have been a white arm! He would have liked to have asked a sailor the meaning of such phenomena, but there seemed no one about; il was evidently late, as the passengers had all turned In. Again came a white flash in the moonlight. Then a streak of white ness, splashing and flashing in the shimmering water. Mr. Iligginson gazed spellbound; sometimes nearer, sometimes farther off, whatever it was it kept well up with the steamer. Mr. Iligginson felt a little ripple creep down his spine. Suppose It should be ! The thought was too unpleasant besides, it was obviously alive and moving. Now it was quite close in and beyond a doubt, it had white feel ers, which looked and moved like arms. Mr. Higginson's brain swam. Pictures by Doecklin came dancing be fore his mental vision. Then he shud dered, for there, In the moonlight, by the boat's side, swam a beautiful woman! What was he to do! Could it be some demented passenger? The French lady had seemed to him some what unbalanced. Then he had heard of somnambulism. Great Scott! And he would be required as a witness in case anything happened! In a tur moil of emotions Mr. Iligginson waved , to the lady. She came nearer some what cautiously. He deemed it best to humor her and temporize, as she seemed such an excellent swimmer, hoping for help to appear meanwhile. A brilliant Idea presented itself to Mr. Iligginson. "I suppose you are a mermaid?" he called, very softly. He heard only what sounded like a faint laugh, while the lady, as Mr. Iligginson expressed to himself, moved with a gallic aban don through the water. Perhaps she didn't understand English. 'Vous-etes une petite nymphe, n'est-ce pas?" he called again, with a sympathetic side gesture, suggestive of aquatic origin. This time he heard an unmistakable and impudent little giggle. Mr. Iligginson tried another tack. "Do you sing? Chantez-vous?" he called hoping she would throw discre tion to the winds in her desire to act out the part of a Lorelei, and thus at tract the attention of the watch. This time his question was answered. Soft, like silver cadences, came the most exquisite singing Mr. Iligginson had ver heard. Like a sigh the singing ended, and Mr. Iligginson scarcely yet breathed, afraid to lose a note of it. A laugh rippled up to him. There below him was the lady whose singing was only matched by her swimming. Her hair glisteued like gold and silver In the moonlight, while one arm moved out of the water and in with scarcely a ripple. She beckoned and smiled at him radiantly, and .he saw she was no passenger. "What do you want?" he asked, al most in a whisper. She made a gesture with one hand and the little finger of the other. He looked at his hand and saw the ruby shining there. He looked at her doubtfully. She made a pleading gesture and gazed at him to fully, that, as in a dream he took off his ring nd dropped it into the ocean. She .caught it deftly as it flashed Into the water and pressed It to her lips. "Thank you! thank you!" ehe exclaimed In perfect English. "So you can sneak English?" he queried. "Yes," she replied, and her voice sounded like a ripple of water. 'I can ereak any language once I have touched to my lips something belonging to one who speaks it." Mr. Higginson's mind ran over cases he had heard of witnesses who could only speak under the spell of a gold en coin. "She might have asked for my handkerchief or my necktie," he thought to himself a little ruefully, but aloud he said: "Who are you?" "You wouldn't believe me," Ehe laughed. "Not really!'! he exclaimed, with a vague shudder. She nodded, and splashed Ihe water up to him with a little laugh. 1 ' "Where do you live?" he asked. "Do not move and I will tell you, as ou have been so kind to me. And. softly splashing by the vessel's side, she told him the following, half-singing in a.'Curious, fascinating rhythm: , "My name is Pel3gla, and I was born In a cave of corals, many miles b'elow the surface. Down there Is a. world of helngs of all sorts mermaids like me, mermen, oyster maidens, which grow from pearls: mothers -of-pear I, which are the mothers of the oyster xaaldeas: rexaJ dwarfs, which never a Mermaid i come to the surlace; and Sea An cients, which are old men, descend ants, they say, of the god Neptune. We have our laws and we are bound to keep them. One of them is that we may only appear once in our lives to human beings." Mr. Iligginson felt a subtle glow of satisfaction at these words. "So you are having your night out?" he ventured. But she ignored his re mark by diving under the water. When she came up she continued: "Have you ever heard of Undine?" He remembered the name vaguely, but could not recall her story. "Well," she went on, "You should read it, for it is quite true." A recollection flashed through his mind. "Do you meaa to say that that old story of mermaids not having souls, but being able to ac quire them through human love, is true?" She nodded her head half sad ly. "That is why we are allowed to show ourselves to a human being once In our lives." "And do you generally choose an ocean-liner?" he asked, thinking mermaids must be developing a sense for business. "Not general ly," she replied, "mostly it is sailors or fishermen. Iut do you remember, last year, hearing of a very rich man who was lost at sea?" Mr. Higginson remembered perfectly a very wealthy Wall street broker who had thrown himself overboard from a transatlantic steamer. "Yes," he said, "I remem ber very distinctly." "Well, he is mar ried to one of my friends," she said, with a mischievous glance that made Mr. Iligginson shiver. "I hope he's He Took Off His Ring and Dropped It Into the Ocean. harpy!" he managed to say in a con ventional tone. "Oh, perfectly!" she replied, coolly, "he gave her a most lovely engagement ring, almost as handsome as this one!" Mr. Iliggin son turned icy cold. "But," he choked, and his voice sounded strange, "that is not an engagement ring!" She sent out a ripple of laughter and splashed the water merrily, "Oh, yes, it is!" "And do you mean to say that I am af fianced to you?" gasped Mr. Higgin son. "By the laws of our realm you are bound to me!" she said, tossing her golden hair in the spray. "But I know nothing of your laws. Ry our laws by the laws of Great Britain and the law of the United States I am not bound to you or any woman!" His tone was almost defiant. "But, sweetheart mine!" she laughed, "don't you see you are not in any one of those countries, but on, the ocean, and should you not be tied by the law of the realm you are in?" An awful 1q; ic in her remark struck him speec less with horror. "Besides," she ; -sumed reflectively, gazing at the rii z, "you ought to be glad to have t e. Am I not beautiful?" and with na! it frankness she half lifted herself on a little wave and clasped her hands 1 o hind her head, gazing up at him in a way to make him giddy and set 1 Is heart racing wildly. In truth she w 13 gloriously beautiful! His antipathy f r her seemed to melt into the moonligl t. There was a flash of merriment .'n her eyes, which wholly escaped him. He was bending over, devouring her beanty with his eyes. She stretched up her arms to him. "When," he whispered, "when shall I come?" A yearning look crept into her face and her mouth seemed formed as If for an answer or a kiss. His elbow and one foot were on the taffrail, when he was seized from behind- with a grip of iron and forced backward, while a gruff voice said in his ear: "It's against the cap'ns orders to jump overboard." Mr. Higginson started, stared, and walked slowly to his stateroom. Anglicized German Names. According to a correspondent of the New York Tribune Judge Peter S. Grosscup's surname belongs in the "originally German" class. The name, he says, was undoubtedly Grcsskupf (great head), just as his mother's fam ily must originally have been Bauer meister, although she was known as Susannah Bowermaster. Among the Anglicized names in this class aro Remenschneider (strap cutter), which became Rimcnsnyder; Rindskopf (bullhead) was changed to Rinskorf; Wannemacher (tubmaker), Wana maker; Krankheit (sickness), Cronk hite; (Loewentritt (tread of the lion), Leventritt, and Knoblauch (garlic), Kno block- His Specialty. Havent you any trade or profes sion?" queried the kind lady, as he handed the husky hobo a hunk ' of home-grown pie and a sandwichi "I uster be a understudy fer a pr . feshlonal boxer, ma'am," answered the h. h. ' - ; j "Professional - boxer!" echoed the k. S. . f "Yes, ma'am, he replied. "Ha vtf a undertaker. j 1 .. Mown m Information and Gossip Picked Up Here and There in Washington. Vjrf f KfA Husky Babies Is Aim of Uncle Sam WASHINGTON. Uncle Sam wants to raise a new brand of babies, one that shall be of beef and brawn, nerve and muscle. And he has set about it in a businesslike way. In the first place, the bureau of chemistry of the department of agri culture, under the direction of Harvey H. Wiley, will find out what foods now prepared for infants are really foods. If it is discovered that they are not foods at all, but cracked bran and canned mustard poultices there will be trouble. After the results cf the inquiry is concluded mothers will be sent lists of foods proper for the use of babies. From physicians, manufacturers, and specialists in children's diseases there will be collected data tending to show the causes which render chil dren ill, end then they will be asked to give information, based on their years of experience, which will advise the proper sort of nourishment and treatment for children, not only to avoid disease, but to build better ba oies. Dr. Wiley believes that in a few years he will see the results of his Capital to Get a Thorough Cleansing THIS town is to be subjected to one of the most thorough houseclean ng operations that have ever been performed hereabouts, and it is the Delief of those who will have the job n charge that the old town will be juite a decent and sweet smelling place to live in after the cleaning process has been completed. Those of Uncle Sam's sanitary corps who make a specialty of sani tary problems will be given a free hand, with instructions to go as far as they like. The reason for so much activity on the part of those interested in the health of the good citizens of Wash ington is a report in the Canal Zone Record which shows that while the average of temperature and humidity in the zone and Washington are about Women Like Rural POSITIONS as rural carriers are not supposed to be attractive to wom en, and the postoffice department does not encourage their employment as cuch, but an increasing number are in vading the rural delivery field. Some are regular carriers. Assistant Postmaster General De Graw is authority for the statement that when women obtain places as rural carriers they invariably accept cheerfully the hardships that accom pany the work in bad conditions of road and weather. An example of this enthusiasm is shown In a report received at the de partment of the case of Miss Lenna Sennot, who is the substitute carrier Ex-Envoy Sold Horse to Leave Country THAT Mehmed Ali Bey, deposed Turkish minister, was compelled to leave with Homer Davenport, the horse loving cartoonist, his prize Ara bian steed in order to obtain funds with which to leave America, is the story made public here by a friend of the fleeing minister. Furthermore, it is stated that this final sacrifice came only after the min ister had vainly appealed to a wealthy New York cigarette manufacturer for a loan of $2,000. who a few months before had been presented with a mate to the Davenport horse at the suggestion of Mundji Bey, consul gen eral at Ne.w York. When Mehmed Ali Bey reached this country a year ago he brought with him two Arabian horses valued at $10,000 each. One of the Schinasi brothers, wealthy cigarette manufac turers of New York, is said to have expressed a willingness to buy one af them for $12,000. Mehmed Ali Bey laughed at the offer. Arabian horses are not so easy to obtain in America. Soon after the minister reached Washington Mundji Bey, according to the story told by the chagrined minis ter afterward, suggested that he make gift of the horse to the New Yorker, and the gift was made. A few days ago Mehmed Ali re ceived his recalL He was stranded. Naturally the thought of a loan from the New York cigarette manufacturer occurred to him. " "Lend me ?2,0GS until I see my father, who, as you know, is wealthy, he wrote. r ' "Had I known that your horse had d the Capital aa-v-- S3? 22 experiments in a race of husky young giants, to whom sickness and ill health will be a rarity. To first re move the cause for illness and then replace poor food with good will be the aim of the experiment, and the results are expected to be evident in the human machine thus constructed. The movement is the result of nu merous inquiries from parents and others who have suggested that there might be a possibility of impurities in children's foods. For a time ex periments on a small scale have been carried on. but it has been made ap parent to Dr. Wiley that a more ex tensive investigation into the subject will not only reveal the fact that there are impurities in the foods now of fered on the market, but will show a way to bring about better conditions of health for children generally. Dr. Wiley believes that the manu facturers sill have the matter as much at htart as will the bureau of chemistry, and for this reason he is asking each maker of babies foods to make a report not only on the kinds of foods sold by him, but what he would deem a proper food. It is from the physicians, however, that the best information is expected because of their intimate dealings with actual conditions. In connection with the inquiry a special investigation will be made into foods for the use of invalids and that used in hospitals in the treatment of the sick. the same, the death rate in the zone, the difference in population consid ered, is considerably less than here. Sanitary experts express themselves as being shocked at the conditions ex isting here, and in many other Amer ican cities, after what has been ac complished under most discouraging conditions on the Isthmus of Panama. They say that there is absolutely no excuse for the prevalance of such con ditions, and so far as Washington is corncerned, a determined effort will be made to eliminate them. Government bacteriologists, chem ists and experts in other branches oi science are now investigating the con ditions prevailing in many hotels and restaurants, among them some of th best in the city, and it is said that a number of warrants will be issued foi the arrest of some of the proprietors of these establishments. The house cleaning is ' to be general and thor ough; the nation's capital will b turned inside out, stood on its end and turned upside down, and the scraping, dusting, spraying and touch ing up it will receive will be a sur prise to the natives. Mail Delivery Field on a 26-mile route in one of the New England states. Miss Sennot has held the position for three years, and al though the route is a long one and is thickly wooded in some sections. Miss Sennot says she has no fear in driving over the route alone. She carries nc weapon of defense, but considers that she is able to take care of herself. When asked what Induced her tc enter the service, Miss Sennot said that one day, about three years ago. the regular carrier told her he was un able to find a substitute, and jokingly asked her if she would like to sub stitute for him. "I told him I would like to be his as sistant or substitute," said Miss Sen not, "providing he had horses that had some life. . He agreed he had good horses, so I was sworn in as his sub stitute. "No, I have never been afraid, be cause there is nothing to fear. I have every one wearing a smile, and foi that reason I believe I have theii good wills." a string tied to it I should never have accepted it," came the startling reply. "If you wish the horse back I will return it to you," continued the curt missive. Desperate and incensed, the minis ter said "Return it." There came no reply, it is said. "Go and get my Arabian horse froir Schinasi," Mehmed Ali Bey wrote to Davenport. The cartoonist went, but came back without the horse. Thor oughly outdone, the stranded minister decided to turn over to Davenport the remaining horse of the pair, for he had to have money. He got it and left America via Canada. A New Society. Connecticut has set a worthy exam ple in organizing a society of mental hygiene. This institution is not alto gether happily named; the title car ries with it a suspicion of faith cure, psychic sanitation or the like. But the true object of the order is to watch and improve sanatoria. In view of the complaints made from time to time by patients and physicians alike the usefulness of such a society cannot be doubted. N. Y. Tribune. Work for Juvenile Court. New Orleans is to have a juvenile court, and Miss Kate" Gordon and her sister, Miss Jean Gordon, are being congratulated on the success of their efforts. Several years ago these two public spirited women began singl-s handed to work for the establishment of this court. They were later joined by the New Era club, and together they have managed to win a victory where only defeat was prophesied. Why "Dead as a Herring." The herring dies the moment it is taken out cf the water and it i? a rare thing for even fishermen to stxt real !iTe herring. Physicians Recommend Castorla CAST0KIA has met with, pronounced favor on thepartofplijrsicmnsj pliama eeutical societies and medical authorities. It is used by physicians with, results most gratifying. The extended rise of Castoria is questionably tha result of three facts: The indisputable evidence that it is hamless: second i That it not only allays stomach pains and quiets the nerves, but assimi lates the foods TMrrf It is an agreeable and perfect substitute for Castor OiL It is absolutely safe. TtL does not contain any Opium, Morphine, or other narcotis and -does not stupefy;. It i3 unlike Soothing Syrups, Batsman's Drops, Godfrey's Cordial, etc. This is a good deal for a Medical Journal to say. Our duty, how ever, is to expose danger and record the means of advancing health. The day for poisoning innocent children through 'greed or ignorance ought to end. To our knowledge, Castoria is a remedy which produces composure and health, by Regulating the systemnot by stupefying it and our readers are entitled to the information. Sail's Journal of Health, II WHIP V I ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT, j AVegelaMe Preparatlonlhrls 3 .1 SuTinatingtfjcFoafandEcgula: tingtiieS Enochs andlkwtis cf ProraotesDigesfonkeriU ness and Rest.Contains nsi&cr S O 'i Opiuni-MGrphiiie nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. JBetOldlkSSMIELniCSm ill 2 3" ' J&cMltSdtt JbvstSeti ibutoaakStla Aperfecl Remedy foiConsfipa- Worms jCoixvulsioiis JCYEiTsa ness andLoss of Sleep. Facsimile Signatareof 4sS NEW YORK. TOT prt SLt Exact Copy of Wrapper. Boy Grades the Clergy. Bishop tter, at an ecclesiastical dinner in New York, read a Coopers town schpboy's essay on "Clergy men." Ti- essay, which created much amui-ient, was as follows: "There are 2 kinds of clergymen Bishups recters and curats. the bish upa tells the recters to work and the curats have to do it. A curat is a thin married man but when he is a recter he gets fuller and can preach longer sermons and becums a good man." "Washington Star. Withholding the Price. "Muggsy tried ter quit boozin. He ouct tried de gold cure, but it wasn't no good." "Naw, de on'y thing for him would be de nickel cure." "De nickel cure?" "Yeh; keepin' nickels away from aim." Philadelphia Press. AUen's Foot-Ease, a Powder for swollen, sweating feet. Giyes instant wllef. The original powder Jor the feet. 25c at all Druggists. Never trouble another for what you van do yourself. Jefferson. fELLOW CLOTHES ARE UXSIGHTLY. Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue. A.11 grocers sell large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. Pretty teeth are responsible for a good many smiles. HEADACHE Positively cored by these Little Pills. They also relieve Dis tress from Dyspepsia, In digestion and Too Hearty Eating:. A perfect rem edy for Dizziness, Nau sea, Drowsiaess, Bad Taste in the Uotita, Coat ed Tonene, Fain ia the Side, TORPID LIVER. They regTilate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. I SHALL PILL. SUALL DOSE. SHALL PRICE, j Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simi!e Signature ffEFliSE SUBSTITUTES. II' MJv Pf I "aw; . t Guaranteed under the roodai CARTERS I fl VER . j PILLS. CAHTERS I IVER Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. Dr. B. Hal stead Scott, ot Chicago. Ills., says: "I have prescribed your Castoria often for infants during; my practice, and find it very satisfactory-" Dr. William Belmont, of Cleveland, Ohio, says: "Your Castoria stands first in its class. In my thirty years of practice I can say I never baro found anything that so filled the place." Dr. J. IL Taft, of Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I have used your Castoria and found It an excellent remedy in my household and private practice for many years. The formula is excellent." Dr. R. J. Hamlen, of Detroit, Mich., says: "I prescribe your Castoria extensively, as I have never found anything to equal it for children's troubles. I am aware that there are imitations In the field, but I always see that my patients get Fletcher's." Dr. "Win. J McCrann, of Omaha, Neb., says: "As the father of thirteen children I certainly know something about your great medicine, and asido from my own family experience I have In my years of practice found Cas toria a popular and efficient remedy in almost every home," Dr. J. R. 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