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The man had assisted her in no way
in this process, but his excitement was
very great. While she Atood looking
down at the little heap of sand which
covered all that remained of this for
lorn and forgotten visitor to this is
land, wondering if the fate of that
trespasser upon these silent shores
would some day be hers, the man sud
denly dropped on his knees as she had
seen him do on her first night on the
island. .He put his hands together and
began that mumbled jargon which she
bad not been ablo to understand, but
which had seemed to her more like
language than anything to which he
had given vent. She was surprised be
yond measure, yet| she listened' with
every faculty on the alert if possible
to comprehend what he had been say
ing, and presently a familiar sound or
two flashed into her mind that he
was making use of a prayer which she
herself had used in childhood that,
absurd, fantastic, impossible though
the conclusion v-'hs, he was saying the
childish petition, "Now I lay me down
to sleep!"
The first impulse of the woman was
to laugh. The next impulse was to
take off the palm leaf hat and stand
'with bowed head and clasped hands.
re
«e. ovmM/r..
corr/Horm CRtAt BRITAIN
Tne liours ran on until the declin
ing sun and the. coolness that came
•with. the late afternoon warned her"
that if.she were to continue her ex
plorations she must be. about it im
mediately. So she rose and nerving
herself to lier task went toward the
coppice where lay the ghastly remains
of what had beea a human being.
Forcing herself* to the duty with her
knife she carefully, cut away the rush
es, being, particular not to disturb the
bones of the skeletons. As before she
did all this in the face of a vigorous
.remonstrance from the man. In some
way, she could not tell how, the place
.. wus horrible to him. He. would never
have come near.lt evidently of his own
U'ill, and although,the power of mem
ory in him .was but latent, the impres
sion that had been produced upon him
by what she found there at some
--period in his life was strong enough
to make him avoid it forever.
She did not ask him for assist
ance, indeed, she would not have
trusted him with the knife under any
circumstances, and he made no at
tempt to keep cldse to her. He stood
v.
on the outskirts of the coppice in a
great state of excitement, uttering
.without sequence or reason such
words as she had taught him. To him,
in this instasce she gave no heed.
Presently she had completely un
covered the two skeletons. She had
studied anatomy, but was not a spe
cialist in that department of human
learning. She thought that the skele
ton before her was that of a woman.
She measured its length with a piece
of tall grass and compared it with her
o'wn. They, were both of a size. The
soil in which the bones lay was Boft
and porous. Every vestige of clothing
had long Bince rotted away and disap
peared with the flesh it covered. If
the person whose bones lay there had
worn- any article -of gold or silver,
which, being rustless would have sur
vived the long exposure, they were
probably buried in the earth beneath
the bones. She would attend to that
later.
Then she looked toward the bones
at the feet of theliupan remains and
decided instantly that they were the
bones of-a dog. Across the vertebrae
lay apiece of metal. She picked it up,
recognizing it instantly as a plate
whiih had probably belonged- to a
dog collar. There was an inscription
on it which she did not take the trou
bleat the moment to read. Slipping
it into the bosom of her tunic and
making sure that the confining rope
would keep it from falling out, she
stooped down and gathered the bones
of the human being up in her arras,
repulsive as the t&sk was, and carried
them down to the boat on Jhe beach.
She laid them in the bottom of the
boat'carefully and then moved by a
sudden impulse, she went back and
gathered up those of the dog which
she put in the boat also. It was an
easy matter to tumble a few. spadefuls
of sand over the bones. Then she left
them in that rude Viking sepulture,
knowing that time would soon refill
the empty dinghy and the bones would
be safely buried unless some other in
vestigator should uncover them.
What marvelous miracle was this
that throughout the years which she
could no longer .doubt this man had
been alone on the island, there had
survived the one childish habit of
prayer and that the one vestige of'
language which had remained to him'
was the language of petition. She did
not believe in it, of course. It was
absurd to her, but it was none the less
wonderful. It filled her with a certain
awe. It was as if some power had
maintained a hold upon the conscious
ness of this man in this way.
"Now I lay me down to sleep!" How
long it had been since she had said
that She believed nothing, she cared
for nothing, but the woman hid her
face in her hands for a moment. She
clenched her teeth and forced out of
her mind that which at that moment
was striving for birth. She was to
'teach this man everything. She was
•to make him knowjlife,flgd history.
She was to bring liigUn touch with all
^he glories of to-day and she reeog^
sjiBized In that hour, although she did
not and could not admit it, that per
haps lie might teach her something
as well, something that" she had not
known or something that she had for
gotten, without the knowledge of
v/hich all her science was a vain, a
.. Jioolish, a futile thing.
The little prayer waa ended. The
:.DJan rose to his feet. She, took her
•spado and went back to the place
where the bodies hadvlain and there
began carefully to scrape away the
earth, examining scrupulously every
shovelful ere she threw it aside. In
ifmn place where the hand had* lain,
/.(Bhe remembered, her labors were re
garded. Sho camo across two rings, a
diamond and a plain circlet of gpld.
These sho placod in her tunic with
ithe collar and continued hor digging.
It was growing iate and growing
•. dasi:, but she left no square inch of
ground unexplored. She found aoth
-.ir.g else. The rings belonged to a
woman evidently. Her surmise in that
particular was right. There, were no
other-metal-parts of her apparel left-.
The nails in her .shoes, the., steel or."
lier dor'set had runted- away and left
no- sigh. There was nothing remaining-'
but the two little baubles pressing
against her own warm flesh.
So intent had she .been that the sun
had gone down, before she ceased and
upon the island there descended that
quick and .sudden night of the tropics.
The wind had risen, the old ocean was
thundering on the barrier reef and a
heavy sea breeze was shrieking
through the trees. The sky on the
horizon .was overclouded and the
clouds were rising rapidly. There''
would b« a storm, which was develop
ing with tropic rapidity. Quickly she
retraced her steps along the sand
towArd the.cave on the other side, the
man following.
They had progressed not more,than
half way when the storm-, bust upon
them. Peals of thunder and flashes
of lightning filled the air.
at
was:such
a display of the- Titanic forces of na
ture as might have appalled the stout
est heart. It filled the, woman with a
vague terror. She noticed with sat
isfaction that the man was entirely
unmoved.by the terrific,-, demonstra
tions of nature, By the flashed of
lightning as they Btumbled along in
the otherwise total blackness she
could see his face serene. In a mo
ment. of apprehension she caught his
hand with her own and, clung., to it
tightly,- It was the unconscious appeal
of the physical weaker to the physical
stronger. lier hand, had clasped the
hands. of her fellow creatures many
times. Never before,, had, his palm
met the palm of huiban being, much
less a woman's. She could feel, that
tremor run-through him,, but by in
stinct, as it were, he met her. hand
clasp with his own, and together they
made their way to the cave.
They had scarcely reached it when
the rain burst upon theni. The heavens
were opened, the floods descended,
they beat upon the sands in fury. She
could not drive him out there in that
flood for the night. She motioned
hiui to come within the entrance of
the cave which was sheltered from the
wind and" which was dry and still. She
made him lie down near the entrance
and then, withdrawing herself into a
recess at the side, she disposed of the
oars, which she had carried home oh
her shoulders, in front of her. from
wall to wall and lashing them vith
the rope' to her person mdde another
feeble barrier, but which would yet
give the alarm to her and waken her
if it were moved. And presently she
went to sleep. ^ie was too tired
even to speculate on her discoveries
or to piece them together that would
be occupation for the morning.
CHAPTER V.
The.Voices of4he Past
It rained hard during most of the
night. The woman slept lightly and
whenever Bhe woke the could hear
outside of her sanctuary the roar of
the storm.. The man, as usual,, slept
the long hours through as undisturbed
by the commotion as,a child. It-was
apparent to her that he had absolutely
fio fear. Whether this was due to ig
norance or temperament she could
not say. Was.fear, after all, under the
conditions in' which his life had- been
lived, a purely artificial quality, or was
it natural and Inherent? He: had
avoidances," abhorrences, antipathies,
as the skeletons in the coppice which
she had buried. Was that avoidance
fear or was it. something else? Was
it instinct, pr did it arise from recol
lection? She rather fancied the last.
If so, it was evident that.the man had
been on the-island a.long time. It
would have taken years for the metal
that must have been, about that
woman's person to rust away, for the
steel clasps of the dog's collar entire
ly to disappear.
Upon that faint memory that he
cherished, upon that prayer that he
prayed,-she could build the foundation
of his education. She had been so suc
cessful in training him and in restrain
ing him, in influencing him and sway
ing him so far that she had abundant
confidence in her ability to do
Indeed, she thought bitterly, as she
lay awake during the long watches of
the night, that the rest of the world
was nothing to her and that she hated
it. She, therefore, not only was be
coming resigned to her situation, but
was rejoicing in it. She would teach
tills'-man all she knew. She would
.teach him to think, to reflect, to rea
son. She would teach him to talk.
Since she had a book, albeit a "sorry
one, she would teach him to read.
It was bright and sunshiny out, al
though there were ominous clouds all
about the western horizon. It was
probable that the rainy season was at
hand, if not upon them. She re
gretted that she had not given more
time to the study of nature, to the
fauna and-flora of the South aeag, to
the conditions of wind and weather
under which life was lived there. Much
philosophy would she, gladly have
parted with for such practical infor
mation. She had to piece her ideas
of.ftffalrs out from scraps and tags of
knowledge, unclassified, incoherent
from vague recollections of childhood
stories and romances from carelessly
dcanqed collections of voyages, books,
of travel and adventure. The result
v.-^s unsatisfactory. In some particu
lar^ the instinctive man before her
was ier master. At the things which I
w«nt to make up physical comfort aq4
Tri-
well being in a state of absolute na
ture he certainly surpassed her.
She was thankful when she walked
abroad that she had the shelter of the
cave, for everything was drenched
from the terrific downpour. If it wps
'the beginning of- the wet Season she
knew that'the .rains would soon'- coie
again. TStill she luxuriated in "what
freedom'she had.- Without removing
her single garment she plunged into
the lagoon for a refreshing hath. The
man followed her and swam about her
moving slowly, -with less skill than
Bhe, but. as easily as a porpoise
•plunges about the bow of a progress
ing ship.
.Refreshed, she 'came back to the
mouth'of. the cave and brought thence
for a careful inspection ail her
worldly possessions', stive the little
heap of-clothing which she had care
fully piled upon: the jutting shelf in
the shadow of the cave for time of
need. She ranged them on the sands
before her. There was ttie Bible and
the little silver box which she had
found in the cave. She examined
more critically its contents, wondering
The Man Followed Her and- Swam
About Her, Moving Slowly.
what they might be, and finally there
came into her mind recognition that
they were flint and steel'. When she
wished, she could make a fire. She
was happy for the nioment in the
knowledge and then the uselessness of
the power came across her curiously.
What did she want of fire? There was
nothing to cook. Its warmth was un
necessary. Still she was glad to have
the ancient flame kiridlers and she
laid them aside carefully in the box,
not knowing when they might be use
ful, tinder what circumstances invalu
able. At least she might regard them
as apparatus which would be helpful
in the curriculum through which she
meant her savage pupil should pass.
Then there was her watch which
she guarded as
the
apple of her eye.
It was an American watch of the very
best make, and although It had gone
with her through the waters such was
the workmanship of the case that it
had taken no harm. .It was.ticking
away bravely, marking time. She
thought that for her time, had stopped,.
and yet she was glad, indeed, for the,
almost human sound it made' when she
laid it lovingly against her cheek.
There were the' hairpins, also, for
which she was most gTateful. They
enabled her to keep her hair In order.
She had a wealth of glorious hair,
black as the midnight sky. With the
aid of the mirror and of the comb,
which also was
a
BO
to
the end. It was quite evident that life
would be easily supported under the
conditions in* which it must be lived
on that island. She need have no
physical concern as to her material
well being or comfort, aud here was
mental education and stimulus which
made her for the time being forget
the rest of the world.
priceless treasure,
she arranged It carefully according to
the mode: which best became her.
Sometimes when she had finished her
toilet, she shot a glance at the Watch
ful man, a Human, natural instinctive.
glance, but she was able to detect no
change in his mental attitude, which
was that of such complete and entire
adoration, mingled with timidity and
hesitation, that no transient change
apparently was able to modify it He
looked upon her as he, might, have
looked upon a god, she thought, had he
known what a god was and had there
been such a thing to look at.
There was also the pair of, scissors,
together with the little housewife with
needles and thread. Mirror, hairpins,
scissors, sewing' materials, comb
woman's gear and the .Bible, a
woman's book, she reflected with a cer
tain bitterness, unconscious of the
truth of her thought—a book for chil
dren, old women, and women-led men!
Well, that philosophy upon which she
prided herself must come to her as
sistance now and she could not afford
to disdain the volume which was all
that the world, of many books offered
to her for her purpose, because she
did not believe in it. The truth was
in her and she could tell him what it
was despite the assertion of the
printed pages.
In the leather bag there was abso
lutely nothing except broken glass
and scratched bottle tops of silver and
the bag itself was ruined. She sepa
rated the pieces of metal and the
metal fittings of the bag, which were
also of silver, and filling the rotting
leather with sand she presently sank
it in the lagoon.
Last of all she examined what she
had brought from the other shore of
the island the night before. The sil
ver was tarnished, but by rubbing it in
the sand she
Boon
1375."
The rain fell more softly now Her
eyes drooped.
She slept again, only to wake and
njuse once more/' She could have
slept better had-he been-outside. How
could he lie there in the* complete and
steepjng insensibility, at slumber? Her
hand fell, against-h^r breast. There
was the treasure tfove of her exist
ence the day before. What would tbey
tell her? She could scarcely wait un
til morning to look. So she woke and
siept and woke and -slept until the
l»y broke.
would be
brightened it. It
was heaviiy engraved and she had
no difficulty in making out the words:
"John Revell Charnock—His Hog."
After that was a date "July
21
The first was a diamond, a solitaire,
of rare beauty, she judged. Although
she was not especially expert in such
matters, she deemed it must be of
great value. There was no inscrip
tion of any sort within the narrow
hoop of gold, although she searched
keenly the inner surface. The diamond
was curiously set. There, was'an ex-
qulsite tracery of a little coat of.arihs
on either side of the setting, done in
miniature but with a skill to marvjel.
at, too small even for hor
.brilliant'".
vision to decipher in detail.
The: othet mhe r«co«nUe4:vwtth a dudgeon.
sneer as one of those fetters of con
vention, a wedding ring. It. was a
heavier hoop of gold much engraved
within.- She washed it,in the stream
and rubbed it in Use ^and until she
could make it out. "J. R. C.," she
read, "to ,M. P. T.." There was a date
.'after, September io, 1S69, and then
.these cabalistic Word?, "II. Cor.
12:15,"
which she presently divined to be a
reference to some text in the Bible,
fit source from which to select the
"posy of a ring," agreeable to
BO
loved stood be­
fore hjrf.' Her eyes fell again upon
the man and the dream was broken.
She pieced together now qll that
she had of him, smiling as she did sa
at the thought of certain strange stor
ies she had read wherein men of mar
velous deductive'powers'had brought
to solution problems which appeared
as impossible of detection as this pre
sented to her.
John Revell Charnock, evidently the
father of the man of the island, had
married one M. P. T. on the 10th of
September, 1869. Perhaps within a
year afterward this John Revell Char
nock, assuming him, as was likely, to
have borne his father's name, was
born. /The best English stock in the
colony were Massachusetts and Vir
ginia. The ritern piece of the boat
borne the name of a Virginia'river and
of a Virginia town. The man before
her was a Virginian, therefore. Say
he was born«3i^ it would make
him 25 years Oljj, In accordance with
her first gue$s, The father and
mother, possibly,, Ruined by tho results
of the civil ,yar.- had embarked On
some vessel to seek-,a fortune in anew
land. Something had happened' to
the ship and tTb'e woman, the little boy
and the dog had iitnded in some way
upon these shores'%lone after some
horrible voyages, perhaps like tliat she
had passed'ffirougli.- The \boy must
Have been ilyg,- or
ijix
years old, else
he would liave ^ile^L being deserted.
Tho woman ha$,vjjKf)&ed, died, and the
dog with the lad alone.
Alone he had ilGfitv. for a score ol
years on that" isjwiii£ What ilatchful
Providence? Stop! She be
lieved in no Providence. What strange
mysterious fiije''"-.Uojt him from the
fate of the oilier two, had preserved
him alone for hfer?
So she wOtt# a"A]Story out of her
treasure trove foi1Sis' man, a history
which at least satisfied lier and which
the more she reasoned about it and
the more she tested it, seemed abso
lutely adequate and entirely' correct.
Well, she had opportunity now and
she was glad. She faced the future
calmly, recognizing her chance and
her work and set about with syste
matic method, -order and persistence
to- teach tliis man what It was to be a
human being, to give him, as rapidly
as she might communicate it and as
he might receive it, all thi learning
she possessed, to compensate him with
no further delay for those 25 years of
silence.
Was it for this site had been trained
and educated at great cost of' time
and money and effort? That she being
a woman should give it all to this
one man .without money and without
price?
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
How She Knew,
I do think," excialmed Mrs. Tolk
.-i, muignantly, "that Mrs. Gadabout is
.he most aggravatingly inquisitive
..'Oman, it' must say so, I ever knew.
iVhy, I never pass her on the street
nut what she invariably turns her
aead and stares back at me to see
n'hat I've got on and hoi/ it sets from
behind."
"How—er—that is, I was wondering,
my dear, how you found out that the
mean thing looked back. Some one
tell you?" inquired Mr. Tolker, inno
cently.
And Mrs. Tolker straightway turned
the stream of her indignation, seeth
ing hot, from Mrs. Gadabout to her
'insinuating wretch' of a husband," as
she fondly termed him, and after the
first pyrotechnic outburst steadily re
fused to speak to the unfortunate man
for the rest of the evening.
Empress Uses Typewriter
It is related that in passing through
her husband's library recently the at
tention of the empress of Japan was
attracted,-to a peculiar-looking ma
chine. On learning that it was a
typewriter, and having it explained
to her, she. became interested and be
gan to hit the keys. Now, it is said,
she does a good deal of correspond
(2Dce for the emperor.
It is further reported that Queen Al
exandra of England, Queen Maude of
Norway, the czarina and the queen of
Portugal are,all fond of using the
.typewriter in corresponding with their
Intimates.
It is probable that all of them put
together do not use the machine as
much as Carmet) silva, tho queen of
Romania, who rattles her poems and
stories on a typewriter.—St. Nicholas.
22.
John Beveil Charnock then
years old, assuming that
this was he and that the dog had''been
given him when he was born. It was
more probable, however, that he was
from three to five years old before
he became the owner of a dog, which
would make him about 25.
.. The man before her looked younger
to her scrutiny than that. Care and
trouble had passed him by. With
nothing to vex him he might have
been any age. He would probably
look just as he was for 20 years or
more. Still fancifully adjusting ex
ternal relations to. Internal relations,
which, after all, she realized was the
secret of life according to her favorite
philosopher, she concluded that the
man was 25, three years older than
she at that moment, a proper differ
ence in their ages for Her
face flamed. She scarcely knew why,
and she turned to an inspection of the
rings.
Treating Tree Wounds.
Plastic slate, that Is to say, mold
able slate. Is a mixture formed by
combining about one part of coal tar.
and four parts of slate dust and is
recommended for covering large
wounds in trees. This mass must be
about the consistency of a not too
thick glazier's putty/so that it can be
balled and rolled out in tlie hand.
Slate
duBt
can easily be maue by
crushing small pieces of slate. The
mass sticks to wood, to metal, to stone,
and in fact to everything that is not
greasy and closes every opening air
tight.—Scientific American.
Did as He Was Told,
Some years ago the Yankee schoon
er Sally Ann, under command of Capt.
Spooner, was beating up the Connecti
cut river. Mr. Comstocl:, the mate,
was at his station-forward. According
to his notion of things the schooner
was getting a "leetle" too near cer
tain mud flats which lay along tho lar
board shore, so aft he went to the cap
tain and with his hat cocked on one
side said:
'Cap'n Spooner, you're getting a
leetle too close to them flats. Hadn't
ye better go about?"
The captain glared at him.
"Mr. Comstock, jest you go for-ard
and tend to your ptsrt of the skur.er.
I'll tend to mine."
1
'I
Mr. Comstock went for'ard in high
idseon.
j, i,
'nw a—
P.k
I
Boys," he bellowed out, "see that
ar mud hook's all clear for iettin' go!"
"Ay, ay, sir!"
"Let go, then!" he roared.
Down went the anchor, out rattled
the chains, and like a flash the Sally
Ann catne luffing into the wind, and
then brought up all standing. Mr
Comstock walked aft and touched his
hat.
"Well, cap'n, my part of the skuner
is to anchor."—Bluejacket.
tho3e
who submit to such ancient follies*as
the well-named bonds of matrimony.
She reached for the Bible and with
unfamiliar fingers searched through it
until* she found the place: "I will
very gladly spend and be spent for
you though the more abundantly I
love you, the-less I "be loved." The
beauty of the phrase caught her fancy.
She read with a strange new interest
the chapter in which these words
were shrined. The touch of human
passion came to her'across the long
years and with the ring sparkling in
her own white hand she embodied its
tradition in personality and the wom
an who had been
LICK'S FIRST LOVE AFFAIR
Future Millionaire Was Repulsed by
Girl's Father Because of His
Poverty.
There are many stories of the light
er side of finance in which love affairs
find a place. Perhaps none of these
is more peculiar than the story of
James Lick, a name famous all over
the world through a monument to his
memory, the great Lick observatory,
in California. In the financial world
the great city of San Francisco is a
monument to Lick's luck—he foresaw
the possibility of the great city of the
Pacific^ slope, bought the land on
which 'it now stands, and became a
millionaire. Before that time the
name of Lick was great in the musical
world. Lick's pianos—out of which
he made the money which he invested
in land—were manufactured by him.
But on the poetic side of life—a world
apart from such things as piano-mnk
ing and mud-fiats—the great Lick Mill
stands as a monument to Lick's love:
In early life James Lick sought the
hand of a miller's daughter, but was
repelled by the father on the ground
that the young suitor did not possess
a mill. Many years afterwards, when
he had become one of the richest men
in the states, he erected a large mill
and adorned it like a palace. It was
built of mahogany and costly woods,
and erected solely as a memorial of
his youthful attachment. His only
pleasure was to contemplate this pa
latial mill and to gloat over the man
who had spurned him for his poverty.
—Harry Furniss. in the Strand.
LADY PASSENGER'S LOG
She Wanted to Be Sure Just What
the Wind Should Be
Called.
It was blowing rather hard, and
there was a nasty sea on an hour and
a half before the first breakfast bugle.
An officer of the ocean liner hurried
along the passage between the state
rooms, and a timid voice called to
him:
"Oh, Mr. Officer, please stop."
He turned and saw a dear old lady
with a wrapper thrown around her,
peeping through her half-open door.
"Yes, madam," said the officer.
"Mr. Officer, please would you call
this a gale?" asked the old lady, anx
iously.
"Oh! no, madam. There's not the
least danger. I assure—"
"Well, is it half a gale?"
"Not even half a gale, and this is
such an excellent sea boat that you
needn't worry a bit," explained the
officer.
"Well, what would you call it,
piease?" said the lady, steadying her
self as the vessel rolled.
"Just a fresh nor'west breeze,
madam, with across sea running. But,
really, there's nothing to fear."
"Thank you so much. I just wanted
to got it quite right In mv diary- you
know."
Source of Profit to Women.
Illuminating of documents is a new
field of work for women, in England,
and
it
might recommend
itBelf
as a
congenial and profitable employment
for women in this country.
for private persons. It is hor plan
to, organize a school for the instruc
tion of young women In the work.
The Golf Player.
The mail was closely followed by a
dense mob. Fierce imprecations rent
the air. A fiend incarnate could not
have inspired more bitter denuncia
tions.
"Robber!"
"Thief!" v, ./*•
"Kill him!" N
Such were the -cries of the exefted
populace.
"Is he, then, such a notorious crim
inal?" wonderlngly asked the stranger
within our gates.
We paused in our hasty preparations
to hurl a brick 'and explained to the
stranger that the object of our wrath
«ras a baseball umpire, and that the
home team had lost the game.
But the stranger displayed little in
terest, and, coming to the conclusion
that he was merely a devotee of golf,
we threw the brick.
"Curfew Shall Not—"
The Stranger—Somebody told me
there was a curfew Jaw In this burg?
The Constable—There. ain't, but
there Bliould be, b'gosh! That darn
recitation has been recited here with
out hindrance as long as I kin re
member!
Intellectual Evolution.
Visitor—Waldonia, are you reading
Robert W. Chambers' story "The—"
Boston Child—Pardon me for inter
rupting you, Mrs. Wayolf, but I passed
through my Robert W. Chambers
stage three years ago.
i' •.
1
Mrs, Hamer-Jackson of London is
urging women to take up the work,
which she says properly belongs to
them. Mrs. Hammer-Jackson is one
of the best illuminators in England.
She makes a large Income and does all
her work at home. I
She describes- illuminating as an art.
Her work is devoted almost exclu'
slvely to the decoration of public ad
dresses, books and cards in the fine
floral scrolls and designs, often spot
ted with gold and silver, in the Btyle
of the old Anglo-Saxon and Oothie
manuscripts.
Mrs. Hamer-Jackson says there Is
practically unlimited work to be done
The Manchester Democrat,
American Boy
or Children'o
or Human Life
or Little Folks
or Pearson's
or 8uccess
or Van Norden'a
or Woman's Nation
al Pail
tBm
Hia Mother Was a Lady."'"
Was Shakespeare's mother's family
one "associated with gentility?" Mrs.
Charlotte Stopes has been minutely
examining the Stratford records, and
tlrnks she has discovered deeds which
answer -that question -In the affirma
tive and which show that Haillwell
PhillippB was not sufficiently thorough
going in his examinations and conclu
sions. Her gleanings are but scanty,
and do not mean much, save possibly
In the implication that Mary Arden's
iamily was one in which education
-was valued and books were available
Polishing by Hot Air.
The maryels of friction are infinite.
Tho use of the sand blag* for polish
ing metals is quite a recent invention,
and now it is followed by that of, a
blast of simple hot air. It is the ve
locity that gives the polishing power.
Thfe articles to be treated are placed
in a basket in a centrifugal machine
driven at a very high speed and heat
ed air is blown from a pipe through
the basket. A high polish is thus pro
duced very rapidly.
Nickel plated articles that have be
come tarnished are made bright in a
few minutes. Wet metal fresh from
the bath needs no preliminary drying,
for the current of air dries and pol
ishes at the same moment. It is only
necessary to so pack the articles that
the air reaches them on all sides.—
Touth's Companion.
An Awkward Compliment.
An Inspector-general was relating
tauiuems of famous national encamp
ments.
"I remember a little Japanese who
attended one of our banquets," he
said, smiling, "and a queer compli
ment that he paid to a colonel's wife.
I sat between tho two and the lady
said across me:
'Mr. Takashira, you compress the
ladies' feet in your country, dont
you?"
"'Oh, no, madam that is a Chinese
custom,' said the Japanese. 'We Jap
anese allow our ladles' feet to grow to
their full size. Not that—'
"And he bowed and liissed in the
polite Japanese way:
'Not that they could hope to rival
yours, madam!'"—Modern Society.
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19tf Mam jester, Iowa.
Foley's Hon*j and Tar is the best
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ren. At the Aral symptoms of a cold,
give as dlrectMt, and ward off dan
ger of croup, bronchitis, soro throat,
cold in the hmd, and stufty breath
ing. It bring- comfort and east to
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H*BM for Sale.
A weti lin oroved residence pro
pertv witb two acrea of land foi
sale at a bargain. Two blocks fron
Fair Ground*. Inquire of Broneoi
Carr & sons, Manchester, Iowp.
Anders Phlllpp
This is Until Remembering,
Whenever you have a cough 01
cold, Just remember that Foley'i
Honey and Tar will cure it. Re
member the name, Foley's Hone
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Premiums all the second redioei
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'LBERT PAI Qeh. Agent,
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After exposure, and when you i.
a cold coming on, take Foley's Hofi,
and Tar, tho great throat and ldl
remedy. It stops the cough, relie
the congestion, and expels the
from your system. Is mildly la
tlve.
Anders & Phillpp.
rai eauoRtn likb
KENNEDY'S LAXATT
COUGH SYRUP
Scrub yourself dally, you are
clean inside. This means clea
stomach, blood, bowels, liver,
healthy tissue in every prgan.,
Take Hollister's Rocky Mt
Tea, a thorough cleanser^p
tonight.
Andere.
E. E. COWLfcj
V
Proprlojir' ot
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'40
all kinds of wort
in my line. BCtaHAa safes, musical lni
dtrujnents, hAusetiofd- Goods and heav
u-tlelea a neelalty.
Rejpwenoe Phane No. ids.
The.ebov^ ls tiie name of a Oermali
chemlcfil, which is one of tbie man)
valuable ingredients of Foley's Kid
aey Remedy. Hexamethylenetetrji
Jiine is recognized by inedical tex
oooks and authorities as a uric acli
solvent and antiseptic for the urine
i'ake Foley's Kidney Remedy as-sooi
as you notice any irregularities am
avoid a serious malady.
Anders & Philips
LAND FOR SALE.
till acres of xuua, iou acres UQdffl
-uiuvauou, aim j.uu acrea more can
»e cultivated, enough timber fo»
..arm use tor auy iciigcu of ume, and
Lue uaifeiiLee
01
tue
luuix
tLXjii
uiai is hoc
-uuer cultivation is the very bei
oi tame auu wita pasture, trows tb
ery I'SBt, corn, oats, Barley, Uoiotiu
-*uu iuver, ail fenced ana crosi
lencSd, has a good well and. wiu
ana a living spring in the pai
ture.
ihe house 2i ftX30 It., with a
J-ti
ft., two story and an
che kitchen 14 fiXifi ft. one stor
nigh barn 40 ft.X 70 ft., all in goo!
repair, stone basement holds 60 heai
of cows and in head of horses, gran
iry 18 ftX.au ft, and all on -a roc)
foundation, feed house IS ttXSO
with a cement floor. We have alL,
a Pig pen, brooding houBe that holdi
J.2 sows, there is no better In th
state, does not freeze even in thu
winter, double corn crib, with a driv^
way between, hen house 16. ftX20 ftl
rock smoke house,
14
ft
16 ft
This farm lies one' mile to town^
and same to a church and school.
and can bo bought for $35 per acreg
and is one o£ the best sheep' and
stock farms in the state.
Enquire of C. J. Wagner, Laqs'lfag.
Iowa.
280 acres at $3S per acre 240*&o
res at $8,000 260 acres at $24.00 per'
acre, and many other good bargains
in Allamakee county.
More Danville Proof.
Jacob Schrall, 432 South St", Dan.
vllle, 111., writes: "For over eighteen
months I was a sufferer from kidq'
and bladder trouble. During
whole time I was treated by
doctors and tried several dlff
kidnoy pills. Seven
weekB
a~
commenced taking Foley's Kid
Pills, and am feeling better ev
day, and will be glad to tell anyb
interested just what Foley's Kidn
Pills did for me."
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