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From IfM®® rodneys By GEORGE BAM M'CUTCHEON Copyright* 1908* by Dodd, Mead 41 Co. CHAPTER XXX. THE TWO WORLDS. JWO days aud nights crept slowly into the past, and now the while people of the chateau had come to the eve of their last day stay ou the islaud of Japat. l'he probationary period would expire with the sun ou the following day. the an niversary of the death of iaswell bkuggs. The six months set aside by the testator as sufficient for all the re quirements of Cupid were to come to uu inglorious end at 7 clock on March ^i). Accordlug to the will, if Agues liuthvcn and liobcrt Browne were uot married to each other before the close of that day all of their rights, in the estate were lost to them. '.tomorrow would bo the last day of residence required. But. alack, was it to be the last that thev were to spend iu the world forsaken land? No later than that morning a steam er—a small Dutch freighter—had come to a stop oil the harbor, but it turned tail aud lied within an hour. No one came ashore. The malevolent tug went out and turned back the landing party which was ready to leave the ship side. The watchers in the cha teau knew what it was that the tugs captain shouted through his trumpet at a safe distance from the steamer. The black and yellow HagS at the end of the company's pier lent color to a grewsome story, ihe hopeless look ueepened in the eves of the watchers. Holllngsworth Chase alone maintain ed a stubborn air of confidence and unconcern. "Don't be downhearted. Bowles." he 6aid to the moping British agent, "loull soon be managing the baiiK again and patronizing the American bar with the same old regularity." Ihere had been several vicious as 6aults upon the gates by the infuriated islanders during the da.v- following the rescue of the heirs. Some powerful in fluence suddenly exerted itself to re store them to a state of calmness. Thev withdrew to the.town, apparent ly defeated. Ihe cause was obvious— Itasula had convinced them that death already was lifting his haud to blot out the lives of those who opposed tlirKin. !5oi)bv Browne was accomplishing wonders in the laboratory. He seldom was seen oiuslde tne distilling room Ills assiduity was marked, if not com men tod upon. Hour after hour he Btuod watch over the water that wen up in vapor and returned to the crystal liquid that was more precious than rubies aud sapphires* Drnsilla kept close to his side dur imr these operations. She seemed afraid or ashamed to loin the others She avoided Lad.v Depplnghnin as completely as possible. Her effort to be friendly when thev were thrown together was almost pitiable. As for 7-iuI.v Agnes, she seemed stricken by an unconquerable lassi tude. The spirits tnat had controlled !if»r voice, her look, her movements. wo»o Kntil.v mieslng. More than once Hovievra had caught her watching pep plmrhnm with eves that spoke voU luues. though they were mute and wistful. I'roin time to time the sentinels brought to Lord Depplnghain and Chase missives that had been tossed over the walls by the emissaries of llasula. ihev were written by the leader himself and in every Instance expressed deepest sympathy for the plague ridden chateau. "iheres a paucity of real news in these pcutle messages that annoys me.* Chase said alter reading aloud the last of the epistles to the princess and Ihe Deppinghanis. "I rejoice in my heart that he Isn't aware of the true state of affairs. He doesn't ap preciate the real calamity that con fronts us. The plague? Poison? plllle. If he only knew that I am now smoking mv last—the last—cigarette on the place Jong look at my warships. Ladv l)op pingham." he replied, with most re assuring smile. "I think Pi] take a stroll along the wall before turning ?££n." iA He arose and leisurely started to go •^Indoors. The princess called to liini. vr.-ar.d he paused. vr: "Wait." she said, cominir up to him. w.Thev walked down the hallway togeth •ier. "1 will run upstairs and unlock he treasure chest, do Hot trust ven my maid. You shall have two tonight. No more." Motive really saved them for me." he queried, uotc of eagerness in his voice, "nil these daysv' I have been your miser." she said llgnllv and then ran up the stairs. lie looked after her until she disap peared at the top with a quick, shv lance over her shoulder. An expres- "7 cannot bear the thought of leaving you behind, slon of utter dejection came into his face. A haggaixl look replaced the buoyant smile. •God, how I love her—how I love her! he groaned, half aloud she was coming down the stairs now. eager, flushed, more abashed thau she would have had him know ithout a word she placed the two cigarettes in his outstretched palm Her eves were shinir In silence he clasped her hand and led her unresisting through the win dow and out upon the broad gallery. She was returning tne fervid pressure of his fingers, warm and electric, hoy crossed slowlv to the rail. Two chairs stood close together. They sat clown side bv side. The power of speech seemed to have left them alto gether. He laid the two cigarettes on the broad stone rail, bhe followed the movement with perturbed eyes and Jieii leaned forward and placed her elbows dn bhe rail If the ship should come tomorrow you would go out of ray life—vou would away and leave me here." he began nonrseJv. No, no she cried, turning upon him suddenly. -You could not stav here. \ou shall not!" *l»ut, dearest love, am bound to stay. I cannot go. And. God help me. 1 want to stay. If 1 could go into your world and take vou unto myself for ever—it you will tell tne now that some day vou may forget your world and come to live in mine—theu. ah. then, it would be different! But without you 1 have no choice of abiding place ncre as well as anywhere." She put her hands over her eyes. •*I cannot bear the thought of—of leaving you behind—of- leaving you here to die at the hands of those beasts down there. llollingsworth. I implore ou—come! If the opportunity comes Mere —and it will. I know—you will leav the island with the rest of us? 'Not unless I am commanded to do so b.v the man who sent me here to I believe you would die more ccr-1 serve these beasts, as vou call them, He leaned over and took her hand in his. "You do love me?" "Yon know I do—yes. yes!" she cried from her heart, keeping her ifaee reso lutely turned away from him. "I am sick with love for you. Why should 1 deny the thing that speaks so loudly for itself—my heart! Listen! Can you not hear it beating? It is hurting mo ves, it is hurting ine lie trembled at this exhibition of re leased, unchecked passion, and yet he did not clasp her in his arms. "Will you come into my world, Ge nevra?" he whispered. "All my life would be spent in guarding the lov you would give to me—all my life given, to making you love me more and more until there will be no other world for vou to think of." •'I wish that 1 had not been born, she sobbed. "I cannot, dearest--! can (nfoii /-i & talnlf from lack of cigarettes than from an overabundance of poison.'' said Genevra. She was thinking of the stock she had hoarded up for him In her dressing table drawer, under lock and kev. I say. Chase, can you just see Rasuhrs face when he learns that we ve been drinking the water all along and haven't passed awayV cried Depplnghain. "And to think. Mr. Chase, we once called von "the enemy.'" said Lady Agnes in a low. dreamy voice. "I appear to have outlived-my use fulness in that respect." he said. lie tossed the stub of- his cigarette over the balcony rail. "Goodby!" he said, with melancholy emphasis. Then he bent an inquiring look upon the face of the princess. I "Yes." she said, as if be had asked the question aloud "You shall have three a day, that's all/' "You 11 leave the entire fortune to me when you sail away. I trust." he said. The Depplnghams were puzzled. "But you also will be sailing away/' she argued. "I? You forget that I have had no orders to return. Sir John expects me to stay. At least, so I've heard in a Roundabout way.-' "You don't mean to say. Chase, that I you'll stay on this demmed island if the chance comes to get away?" de-1 mantled Lord Deppingham earnestly. *lhe two women were looking at him in amazement. -Why not*/ I an ally, not a de serter." '•You are a madman!" cried Lady :^Agnes. "Stay here? They would kill ••you in a jiffy! Absurd!" '•Not after they ve had another good not change the laws of fatyui tsiled—1 am doomed to live fore' ihe tcixace! "flie/r ivories came up 1o the two in the gallery. If I have to die tomorrow," Saun ders, the brtde^rooiu. was saying, with real fecliug in his voice. "I should say with all my heart that my life has been loss than wools long. The rest of It was nothing. I nevrr was happy before, and happiness Is everything." CHAPTER XXXI. TnE snirs that pass. III3 next morning was rainy. A quick, violent storm had rushed up from the sea dur ing the night Chase, after a sleepless night.'came down and, without waiting for his breakfast, hurried out upon the gal lery overlooking the harbor. Genevra was there before him, pale, wistful, heavy eyed, standing in the shelter of huge pilaster. "Holllngsworth," she said drearily, do you believe he will come today?" "He?" he asked, puzzled. "My uncle. The yacht was to call for me not later than today." I remember." he said slowly. "It may couie. Genevra. The day is OUUg." She clasped his hand convulsively, a desperate revolt in her soul. I almost hope that It may not come for me: she said, her voice shaking with suppressed emotion. "It will not come. I feel it in my heart. We shall die here together. Holllngsworth. Ah. hi that way I may escape the other life. No. no! What am I saying? Of course I want to leave this dreadful islaud—this dreadful, beautiful, hate ul, happy island. Am I not too silly She was speaking rapidly, almost hys terically. a nervous, flickering smile on her face. Dear one." he said gontly, "the yacht will come. If It should not come toda.v mv cruisers will forestall its mis sion. As sure as there is a sen those cruisers will come." She looked into his eyes intently, as if afraid of some thing there. "Oh. I not mad!" he laughed. vYou brought a cruiser to me one day. 111 bring one to you in return. We ll be quits." Quits?'' she murmured, hurt by the word. Forgive me." he said, humbled. Hollingaworth." she said after long, tense scrutiny of the sea. "how long will vou remain on this island?" Perhaps until I die—if death should come soon. If not. then God knows how long/* "Listen to me." she said intensely. I-or mv sake vou will not stav long. You will come away before they kill you. You will! Promise me. You will come—to Paris? Some day. dear heart? Promise!" To Paris?" he said, shaking tafi head sadly. "No. dearest one. Not now. Listen: I have In ray bag up stairs an offer from a great American corporation. My hcauquartcrs would be iu Paris. My duties would begin as soon as ray contract with Sir John Brodncy expires, ihe position is a lu cratlvc one: it presents unlimited op portuulties. 1 am a comparatively poor mau. The letter was forwarded to me by Sir John. I have a year in which to decide." "And you—you will decline?" she asked. •Yes. I shall go back to America where there are no princesses of roval blood. Paris is no place, for the dls appointed, castoff lover. 1 can go there. I love you too madly. I'd go on loving you, and you. good as you are. would go on loving me. There is uo telling what would come of it. It will be hard for me to—to stay awav from Paris—desperately hard. Sometimes 1 feel that I witl not be strong enough to do it. Genevra." But Paris Is huge. Holllngsworth she argued insistently, an eager, im pellmg light in her eyes. "We would be as far apart as if the ocean were between us." "Ah. but would we?' he demauded. "It is almost unheard of for an American to gain entree to our—to the set in which—well, you understand she said, blushing painfully in the consciousness that she was touchlni his pride. He smiled sadly. "My dear, you will do me the honor to remember that I am not trying to get into your set. I am trying to In duee you to come iuto mine. You won' be tempted, so that's the cud of It Beastly day, isn't it?" He uttered the trite commonplace as if no other thought than that of the weather had been in his mind. "By the way." he resumed, with a most genial smile •for some queer, unmasculine reason I took it into my head last night to worry about the brides trousseau. IIow are you going to manage It if you are unable to leave the island un til—well, say June?" bhe returned Ills smile with one ns sweetly detached as his had been catching his spirit. "So good of you to worry, she said, a defiant red in her cheeks. "}ou forget that I have a post poned trousseau at home. A few stitch es here and there, an alteration or two, some smart summer gowns and hats Oh, it will be so simple! What is it? What do vou see?" no was looking eagerly, intently to ward the long, low headland beyond the town of Aratat. I am doomed to live forever in ihe dreary world of my fathers. But how can 1 give vou up? How can give up vour love? How can I cast vou out of mv lifer" "hou do not love Prince Karl? "IIow can you ask she cried fierce ly. "Am I not loving you with all my heart and 3011J "And you would leave me behind if the ship should come?" he persisted with cruel Insistence. "You will go back and inan\v that—him? Loving me, you will marry him?" Iler head dropped upon her arm. He turned cold as death. "God help and God pltv vou. my Jove. I never knew before what your little world immns to you. I give you up to it. 1 crawl back into the one you jook down upon with scorn. I shall not again ask you to descend to the wor:d where love is." Her hand lay limp in his. They* stared bleakly out into the night, and no word was spoken. The minutes became an hour, and yet they sat there with set faces, bursting hearts, unseeing eyes. Below them in the shadows Bobby Browne was pacing the embankment, his wife drawn ^ose to his side. Three men. Brltt, Saunders and Bowles, were amoklng their nlpeq op tfte edge of The smoke! bee? Close inshore too! By heaven. Genevra. there's steamer off there. She's a small'one or she wouldn run in so close- It—It may be the yacht! Walt! We'll soon see. She ll pass the point in a-few minutes." Already the cltltzens of the town were ruslilug to the pier. Even befor the vessel turned the point the watch ers at the chateau witnessed a most amazing performance ou the dock. Half a hundred natives dropped down as if stricken, scattering themselves aloug the narrow .pier- The people were simulating death They were posing as the victims of the plague that Infested the land! As ho was explaining the ruse to his rays tified companion the nose of the vessel came out from behind the tree covered point. An instant later thev were senulng wild cries of joy through the chateau, aud people were rushing toward them from all quarters. The trim white thing that glided across the harbor, graceful as a bird, was the marquis* yacht! It Is needless to describe the joyous gale that swept the chateau into a maelstrom of emotions. Ihey saw the tug put out to meet the small boat: they witnessed the same old maneuvers: they sustained a chill of surprise and despair when the bright white and blue boat from the yacht came to a stop at the command from the tug. I here was an hour of parleying. Ihe bclcagurcd ones signaled with de spairing energy. The Hag. limp iu the damp air above the chateau, shot up and oown in pitiful eagerness. But the small boat edged away from close proximity to the tug and the nenrhv dock. Thev spoke each other nt It'ii.T nd ever widening range. At lasi the .vachts boat turned aqc} fled toward the trim white hull. p.im* nmmmm startled! -dazed people on the balcony could grasp the full and horrible truth the#yaGit had lifted anchor and was slowly beaded out to sea. Chase iooked grimly about hlln into the questioning, stricken faces of his companions. lie drew Ills hand across his moist forehead. "Lndies and gentlemen." he sahl se riously 4ind without the faintest intent to jest, "we are supposed to be'dead!" There was a single shriek from the bride of Thomas Saunders. No sound left the dry lips of the other watcher who stood as if petrified and kept their eyes glued upon the disappearing yacht. They have left me here to»die!" came from the stiffened lips of the Princess Genevra. "They have desert ed me! God in heaven!" •Look!" cried Chase, pointing to the dock. Half a dozen glasses were turn ed in that direction. The dying and the dead were leaping about in the wildest exhibition of glee ful triumph. The yacht slipped into the unreacha ble horizon, the featherv cloud from Its stack lying over against the leaden sky, shaped like a finger that pointed mockingly the way to safety. White faced and despairing, the watchers turned awav and dragged themselves into the splendid halls the building thev had now come to re tire! as their tomb. All dav iyng the Islanders rejoiced. Their shouts could be plainly heard bv the besieged. Then' rifles cracked sar castic greetings from the forest. Bul lets whistled gav ncoompauimcuts to the ceaseless song: -Allah Is great! Allah Is good:' No man In the despised house of Taswell bkaggs slept that night. The guard was doubled at all points open to attack. At 2 in the morning Dep pingham. Browne and Chase came up from the walls for coftee'aud an hours rest. They were wet and cold. Thev had heard Hasula minions shouting derisively all night long: "Where is the warship? Where is the warship?" It will come. I am positive." said Chase, insistent in suite of his dejec tion. They drfink their coflee in si lence. He knew that the others. In cluding the native who served them, were regarding him with the pltv that one extends to the vainglorious brag gart who goes down with flying colors. lie went out upon the west gallery and. utterly lagged, threw himself into un unexposed chair and stared through JI shout arose to Inn Hps. but he lucUcd the power to fjlvfe It voice. tired eyes Into the inscrutable night that hid the sea from view—the faith less. moaning, jeering sea! When he aroused himself with start the gray, drizzly dawn was ufobn him. He had slept. The next instant he was on Ills feet, clutching the stone balustrade with a grip of iron, his eves starting from his head. A shout arose to his lips, but he lacked the power to give it voice. A quaint smile grew iu his face. His eves were bright and full of triumph After a full minute of preparation he made his way toward the breakfast room outwardly as calm as a May morning. Browne ftnd Dcppinghaui were asleep In the chairs. He shook them vigor ously. As they awoke he said in the coolest, most matter of fact war: •Theres an American cruiser out side the harbor. Get up!' [TO BE CONTINUED. I DISCIPLINE. The Way BirtKs Tried It on Hia Six months-old Caby. Blnks had sent Mrs. Iiinks on a visit to her mother, and lie was on (he job with fhe slx-moulns-oid hahv. In the night the babv woke aud cried. Biuks looked at h:a watch— three-quarters of an hour till bottle lime. He said to lumscil: "Let him /ell. He's a healthy little* Indian, aud lie must be disciplined. Theu lbnks fried to Sleep But Binks couldn't sleep, kverv crv grew more pathetic and abused and heartsick and discouraged. Each crv said more and more plainlv: "1 have no friends or relatives. I unhappy and uncomfortable and want some one to be good tp me. But Binks* the stubuorn and stiff necked, stuck it out, though each crv sfabhed him clear througn. Mnallv (maybe be set it forward a bit—who knows?! Binks' watch an nounccd the arrival of bottle time. He went to the Icebox for the food, healed it and took it to his now faintly sob blng hifant son. But the Inlunt sou could not take the bottle. lie choked on the first swal low. then put up his hands and re newed his wordless plea to the big man he could see dimly through his tears. Then that father said. "Discipline bo hanged!' Maybe, though. wasn't "hanged' he said, but the vowel sound V? right, auvway. He toot i: that \{ibv. and the babv stuck to his dnddv like fly paper. Kurllier attempts to lav him down were iulile. lie wanted no food but heart ford, no milk but (hat of human kindness. So the big man laid that babv beside him on the pil low: fhe babv put one rose petal hand to his father's stubby cheek, gave a long, quivering, satisfied sigh and slept for six unbroken hours. As Binks lav there, afraid to stir lest he disturb the 111 lie one and feeling like a horse thief because he bad let the love h'.tnrrv Infant crv his heart out. h:» renc^'d 'vc'**::'*!!!": •TMs, Ipiiiic Chicag News. MAGNETISM. Some of the Peculiar Properties of This Strange Force. The true nature of magnetism as such, of course. Is not known. All 'hat we ran be sure of Is that mag netic mtruction does not radiate out ward In all directions :ik dors light, but simply :u*ts :ilong lines consisting of closed curves :ili(l called lilies of force, these tines connect lug the I wo poles niul nm extending very far out ward between them. These curves may be found very nicely by placing a horseshoe magnet under a thin shoe' of paiter aud sprinkling iron filings lop. The tilings will collect along the lines. Now*, as to the different kinds of magnets, there are natural, artificial and electro magnets. The natural ones nrc found as magnetic ore in (he earth, the artificial ones arc made by stroking a piece of Iron or steel with a mag- ed bv the action of nn electric current. Some peculiar things have been no» Hcefi in regard to magnetism, among which arc the following lacts: It has been observed that fire Irons that have rested In one position dur ing the summer months are often high ly magnetized, no doubt having been caused bv the magnetism of the earth itself by the process known as Induc tion. Other iron articles that stav in one position and do not come In con tact with fire or other heat are often found In the same condition, such ns iron bars to pill windows aud iron railums hi front of houses. he most peculiar observation made, however, was that ihe upper part of the steel tire of a carriage wheel at tracts the north pole of a magnet, while the bottom part, or part In cou net with the earth, attracts the south pole, llils is in the northern hemi sphere only and Is fully in accord with he theory of induced magnetism. Of -ourse in the southern hemisphere, where the earth is under the influence »f ihe south magnetic pole, the condl- Ions are reversed. A magnet dipped into boiling water loses a great pari of its magnetism, which Is miraculously restored to it ou coming ool again. A sharp blow given to a magnet will cnusc it to lose lis magnetism. Also the application of heat will have like effect. If a magnetic needle be placed over a rapidly revolving plate of copper, al though It be separated from It bv a thick plate of glass, the needle will revolve in the same direction as the plate.—Exchange. THE ELEPHANT IN BATTLE. Most Docile Yet Courageous and Faith ful of Animals. Of the docility of the elephant there is no need to multiply examples. It is said that in India native women some times when called awav lutrust their babies fo the care of "the handed one. confident that thev will be safe and tenderly handled. But of all elephant stories surelv the finest Is that which tells how the standard bearing elephant of the Peisli wa won great victory for its Mali ratta lord. At the moment when the elephant bad been told to halt its ma bout was killed. The shock of battle closed around it. and the Mahratta forces were borne back, but still the elephant stood, aud the stanaard which It carried still flew, so that the Pcish wa soldiers could not believe that they were indeed being overcome ami rallying, in their turn drove the enemy backward till the tide swept past the roofed elephant and left It lowering colossal among the slam. The fight was over aud won. and then they would have had the elenhant move from the battlefield, but It waited still for the dead man s.voice. I-or three davs and nights it remain ed where it had been told to reinah aud neither bribe nor threat would move it till lliev sent to the village on the Nerbudda. a hundred miles away, and fetched ihe mahouts little son. round eved. lisping child, and then at last the hero of that victorious day remembering how its master had often In brief absence delegated authority the child, confessed its allegiance and with the shattered battle harness clanging at each stately stride swung slowly along the road behind fhe boy. —London Times. A Little Crowded A backwoodsman went to New York city for the first time, says the Nitur dav livening Post, lie stopped at Broadway hotel which was pretty well downtown, Next morning his nephew who lives In New York, came to taki him out and show him the sluhts. The walked down roadwav until they got to Canal street. 1 he backwoodsman slopped aud contemplated the great congestion of traffic there, hundreds of trucks going every way. "Son. he said to his nephew, ".von have a nice dtv here, but it pears to me that vour folus is a hull passel be hind In their haulm Vf?.z tiling. Little Known of the Real Origin of is, the Instrument. ITS USE BY THE CHINESE. This Wonderful People Knew pf tho !M He—Do vou know Unit as long ns have known vou I have never seen you dressed iu while/ ^lie—Indeed: Arc vou. then, ho partial to the color? He Not exactly that, but whenever I se a girl dressed in while I am alwn.v tempted to kiss her. She—U III vou excuse me f:r a quarter of an hour Dicn't Believe In It. The Squire—That's a splendid horse. Giles. I suppose vou feed It dally with punctuality. lilies—Naw. zur. None ver noo fangled foods vur me. .lust a.v and oats—oafs and av.—London Telegraph. Business. Miss Coy (at (he garden party)—Let vou kiss mev Certainly not. I vo only known vou an hour. Mr. Hustler Hooking at his watclu—Well. then, sup pose 1 come around in an hour und quarter —Boston 'Transcript. He that is 111 to himself will be good to nobodv.—Scotch Proverb. Hie Favorite Song. There is a young optician in Denver who sings very well, says tho Post of that cllv. The other night he was making a call on a couple of sisters up on Corona street when ho was &Bked to slug. 'W lint shall it be?'* ho asked as be went to the piano. our fsvorite soug said one of the girls. ••All right.- he replied, and the optician sat down and suug The Night Until a Thousand Eyes Impertinet. Mrs. Hank-If you won do no work ver won fit no dinner, and that's all there is to It. "Tell yen what I am willinsr to do. will rrlvt- r. a -esfvn In correct Eflff Jlsh, Is a par9' ,y 1 'Mkl 1 Magnetic NeecMo Long Before tho Christian Era—The Claims of Gioia, tho Pilot, and tho Credit Dud Hun. Much interest must forever attai lo the discovery of that valuable instru ment the mariner's compass, ami ct then' are lew subjects roiu-eniing which less is known. Kor a period (he honor of the invention was ascribed to tiioia. a pilot, born at Pasitaiai. a small village situated near Amalli. bout the end of the thirteenth cen tury. His claims, however, have been disputed. Much learning and labor lui\e been bestowed upon the subject the dis covery. It has been maluialnc'l by one lass that even the Phoenicians were the iuveutors. by another that ihe Greeks aud Romans had a knowledge »f It. Such notions, however, have been completely refuted. One passage, nevriihrlrss. of a re markable character occurs in i!u works »f Cardinal de Vitty. bishop -»f P.ole nais. iu Syria, lie .went to i'ab'Stlne luring the fourth crusade, about the ycur !Un4. Me returned afterward to Ourope and subsequently back to the Holy Land, where he wrote his work lititlod "lllstorla Orieutalls." as near ly as cau be determined, between the years l'Jl."» and lu chapter PI of that work he has this singula^ pas sage: The iron needle, after contact with the loadstone, constantly turns to the north star, which., at tin* axis of the Jiriuamcnt. remains immovable while ihe others revolve, aud lieuce it is es sentially necessary to those navigat ing on the ocean." These words are as explicit as they ire extraordinary. They state a fact und announce a use. The thing, there fore. which essentially constitutes the •oinpass must have been known long before the birth of (Jioia. lu addition to this fact, there is another equally fatal to bis claim as the original dis coverer. It Is uow settled bcyoud a doubt that the Chinese were acquainted with the compass long before the Kurope ins.' It Is certain that there are alln sious to the magnetic needle In the traditionary period of Chinese history, about 2.000 years before Christ, and a still more credible account of it is found in the rejgn of»Chingwangof the Chow dynasty, before Christ 1114. All this, however, may be granted without in the least impairing the just claims of Gioia to the gratitudeof man kind. The truth appears to lie that the position of Jioia in relation to ttu compass was precisely that of Watt in relation to the steam engine—the ele ment existed he augmented its utility. The compass used by the mariners in the Mediterranean during the twelfth aud thirteenth centuries was a very uncertain and unsatisfactory apparatus. It consisted only of a mag netic needle floatlug in a vase or basin by meiyis of two straws on a bit of cork supporting It on the surface of the water. The compass used by the Arabians in the thirteenth century was an in strumcnt of exactly the same descrip tion. Now. the Inconvenience and in efficiency of kticb an apparatus are oh vlous. The agitation of the ocean and the tossing or the vessel might render it useless in a moment. But iiota placed the magnetized needle ttu a pivot, which permits It turn to all sides with facility. After ward it was attached ton card divided into thirty-two points, called rose dt veuts. and theu the box containing was suspended In such a manner that however the vessel might lie tossed It would always remain horizontal. Klectrlcal Knglneer. Stung. The old gentleman went Into the par lor fhe other night at the witching hour or lo^to aud found the lights out and his daughter aud a dear friend enjoying a tete-a-tete In a corner by the window. "Kvuugelhie." said Ihe old muoKtcru ly. "this Is scandalous!" "Yes. papa." she answered sweetly "It Is candleless because limes are hard. Lights cost so much Ferdinand and I said we would get along witL the starlight." And papa turned about in speech less amazement and tried to walk out of the room through a panel in th wall paper.—Exchange. Why He Was a Heathen. Sir Arthur Kanshaw related an anius lug story of a Mohammedan servant who when asked his religion replied: "Beg pardon, sar. I'm a heathen.1* When asked by Ills master what he Hieant by a heathen the man answer ed: "Beg pnrdon. sar, a worshiper stocks and stones." "Confound it,'* remarked the master can't keep a man like that in my service." To which came the Immediate re joinder: "Beg pnrdon, sar, in your highness' service no time to worship anything!' —London' News. ,1 He Spoke Too Soon. A well known business ni^n attended his (laughter's commencement exer clses at an eastern college. He had been greatly pleased with the beauty and dignity of the exercises and was discoursing to his wife upon the refin big influences of college life. Sudden ly his Impressive monologue was cut short. A girl In cap and gown cana dashing down the steps of the main hall waving her diploma and shout Ing. "Educated, by gosh!"—Ladles' Borne .lournul. Not Anxious. "Vou bnre quite a number of tho poets." said'Goodliy. who was inspect ing lYoodby's library. "All. there's Browning! Do you understand him?" "No: I don't." said Woodby. "Ah." Biild Ooodhy. continuing bis examination, "have you PrnrdV" "Certainly not. What's the use of prnyfug? I ain't anxious to under stand hltn."—LMiHadctphfa Uccord. True honor leaves no room for hesi tation or doubt.^—Plutarch. Samo Thing. S'Tlhhler-1 don't like the wn\l "chaos." «lve ine a synonym. Scrawl er—How would housecieauiug time do7 Philadelphia iteconl. nistrry lmf the unrolled scroll of prophecy.—Gni field, 60 YEARS' EXPEDIENCE PATENTS. inARIt MARK8 0fSIGN8 Copyrights 4C Anynno sending nnketcb mid rtencrlptlnn miiv quickly aacortnln our opinion frm whether so indention 18 probably patentable. Communlrn. tloiiBotrlctlrconOdentlal. 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