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I 1 THE MAID af MAIDEN liANE 1
I Sequel to " Hie Dow of Orange Ribbon."
WL A LOVE STORY BY AMEIilA E. BARR
HJ (Copjtlihl, 1100. tay A-oelia K. llrt)
H CHAPTER XII (Continued.)
k "Poor Utile fish!" answered Annie.
Jf "They could not cry out. or plead with
H-j ou, or beg for the r lives, becauso
HjB they were dumb and opened not their
H mouths, they wero wounded and
I strangled to death."
Hn "Don't ay such things, Annie. How
HcS can I enjoy mj siiort II you do?"
H'll "I don't think you ought to enjoy
Hi 'P01"1 wh,ch ls murder. You have your
HJtfy wherry to sail, la not that sport
f j enough? 1 hnvo heard )ou say noth-
H j Inn that floats on fresh water, can beat
H a Norfolk wherry"
Bkj Then Hyde and Mary had n came of
Mbv, battledore, and she watched them loss-
f 7 ,nB the gayly pnlntod corlts, until amid
K ' ' their light laughter and merry talk she
H fell asleep. And when sho awakened
HF It was sunset, and thero was no one In
Hj her room but her maid. Sho had slept
Hj long, but In spite of Its refreshment,
HL she had a sense of something uneasy.
Vjr" r"""- Then aba recalled the story Mary
HM Damer had told her, and because she
BY comprehended the truth, she was In-
HP. stantly at rest. The whole secret was
HH- clear as daylight to her She was pos
HJf Itlvo Item Van Arlens was himself the
H' thief of her cousin's lote and happl
HJ ness, and the brlnger of grief almoit
of death to Cornelia Hlio said to
v herself, "I shall not bo long here, and
before I go away I mutt put right
HJ lore's wrong"
HJ 8he -would write to Cornelia. Her
HJ word would bo Indisputable. Then
HJ she would dismiss the subject from
HJ her conversations with Mary, until
HJ' Cornelia's answer arrived, nor until
HJ that time would she say a word of her
HJ suspicions to Hyde. In pursuance of
I) these resolutions the following letter
Hi to Cornelia loft Hyde Manor for New
HJ York the next mall:
"To Miss Cornelia Moran:
HJ "Because you are very dear to ono
HJ of my dear kindred, and bocause 1 feel
HJ that you aro worthy of his great love,
HJ t also love you. Will you trust mo
HJ now? There has been a sad mistake.
Hj I bellove I can put It right. You must
HJ recollect the day on which Gcorgo
HJ1 Hyde wrote asking you to fix an hour
HJ i when be could call on Doctor Moran
HJL about your marriage. Did any other
7 lover ask you on that day to marry
HJ him? Was that other lover Mr. Van
HJ Arlens? Did you write to both about
HJ the same ttmo? If so, you misdirected
HJ your letters, and the one Intended, for
HJ Lord Hyde went to Mr. Van Arlens,
HJ and the ono Intended for Mr. Van
HJ Arlens went to Lord Hyde. Now you
HJ 'will understand many things.
HJ "Can you send to me, for Lord Hyde,
HJ a copy of the letter you Intended for
HJ htm. When I receive It, you may con-
HJ tent your heart. Delay not to answer
HJ this; why should you dolay your hap.
HT ita-KV Pinets? I send you as love gifts my
JrSMt.tttftpBfcdeslres, prayers, all that Is
HTT best TWrie, all that I give to ono high
Hj' In my esteem, and whom I wish to
H place high In my affection. This to
your hand and heart, with all slncer-
tty. Annie Hydo."
Hj Bhe calculated her letter would
Hj reach Cornelia about the end of Sep
HJ tember, and she thought how pleasant'
HJ ly tho hopo It brought would brighten
Hj her life. And without permitting Hydo
B.v,1 to suspect any change In his love at
H fair, she very often led the convert
HJ tlon to Cornelia, and to the clrcum
HM stances ol her, life. Hyde was always
HW' willing to talk on this subject, iid
Hi thus ike learned so much about Aren
HJ . ta, and Madame Jacobus, and Item
Hfj Van Arlens, thai the pooplo becamo
HLt her familiars.
Kf Certainly the letter sent to Cornelia
Hi' sped on Its way all the moro rapidly
HJ and Joyfully for the good wishes and
Hi nnselflsh prayers accompanying IL Tho
HV very ship might have known It was the
Hi bearer of good tidings, for If there
HI bad been one of the mighty angels
HJ whose ohargo la on the great deop at
Hi tho helm of tho Good Intent sho could
Hj V not have gono more swiftly and surely
me to her haven One morning, nearly a
Br week In advance of Annie's calcula.
f , j ,
HE' With clothing of every description,
H tlon, the wonderful letter was put Into i
Cornelia's band. The handwriting was
strange, It was an English letter, what '
could It mean? i
HmjL Let any one who has loved and been .
ft. parted from the beloved by some mis. i
understanding try to reallzo what It
B meant to Cornelia She read It through
HHf In an Indue, i able hurry and cino-
H tion, and then In tho most natmal and
H,' womanly way, began to crj There
Hlj! was only one wonderful thought she
HH could entertain It was not the fault
HH of Jorls This was the assurance that
LVsWv turned her Joyful tears Into gladder
pVO smiles, and that made her step light
Hbfl an bird on the wing, as she ran down
HHJFF the stairs to find her mothor, for her
HHfr-'I happiness wa. not perfect till she
HT shared It w a the heart that had
PHI borne her rrow, and rarrled her
IgH grief through many w eary months with
PH In the first hours of her recovered
PP gladness the did not even eraembor
Real's grt laUlt. nor yet her own
MB arelesiness.. These things were only
mM' aecUnUf not worthy to be taken
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Into account while the ureal sweet
hope that had como to her, flooded
like a springtide every nook and cor
ner of her heart. In such a mood how
easy It was to answer Annie's letter.
Hlip lerollected eery word sho had
written to IIdo that fateful day. and
she wrote them again with a tenfold
Joy.
CHAPTER XIII.
i
The Return of Joy.
Now It Is very tiotlccnblc that when
unusual merits begin to happi n in any
life, there is a succession of such
oontB, and not unfreriuently they ur
rive in similar ways. At any rate,
about ten days after the receipt of
Annle'a letter, Cornelia was almost
equally amazed by the receipt of an
other letter a piece of paper twisted
carelessly but containing theso few
pregnant words
"Cornelia, dear, como to mo. Drlng
me something to wear I have Just
arrived, sated by the skin of my
teeth, and I hate not a decent gar
ment of any kind to put on. Arcnta."
A thunderbolt from a clear sky
could hsrdly hate caused such sur
prise, but Cornelia did not wait to talk
about tho wonder Hhe louduil a maid
with clothing of utery description, uml
ran across tho street to her friend
Arcnta saw her coming, and met her
with a cry of Joy and as Van Aricns
was sick and trembling with tho sight
of his daughter uml the Inlo of her
sufferings, Cornelia persuaded htm to
go to sleep, and leave Arenta to her
caro, Poor Arenta, she was 111 with
tho privations sbo had suffered, she
was half-starved, and nearly without
clothing, but she did not complain
much until she had been fed, and
bathed, and "dressed " as she said,
"like a New York woman ought to
be."
"You know what trunks and trunks
full of beautiful things I took away
with me, Cornelia," sho complatnod;
"well, I have not a rag left. I have
nothing left at all."
"Your husband, Arenta?"
"He was guillotined "
"Oh, my dear Arcnta!"
"Guillotined. I told htm to bo quiet
I begged him to go oer to Marat, but
not his nobility obliged him to stand
' by bis order and his king. Bo for
them he died. I'oor Athanasel Ho
expected mo to follow him, but I could
not mako up my mind to tho knlfo.
Oh, how terrlblo It was!" Thon she
began to sob bitterly, and Cornelia let
her talk of her sufferings until she
fell Into a sleep a sleep, easy to see,
still hunted by the furies nnd terrors
through which she had passed.
For a week Cornelia remained with
her friend and Madame Jaoobus Joined
them as ofton as possible, and gradu
ally tho half-dlatraught woman recov
ered something of her natural spirits
and resolution. Of courso with many
differences. Sho could not bo tho same
Arcnta, she had outlived many of her
Illusions. She took but little Interest
for a white In the life around her.
Hem she did talk about, but chiefly
becauso bo was going to marry an Ung
Hah girl, an Intention sho angrily de
plored. "1 am sure," she said, "Mem might
have learned a lesson from my sad
fortune. What does he want to marry
a foreigner for? He ought to have
prevented mo (rum doing so, instead
of following my foolish example."
"No ono could have prevented you,
Arcnta You would not listen oven
to your father."
"Oh, Indeed, It was my fate. We
must all submit to fate. Why did you
refuso Item?"
"He was not my fato, Arenta."
"Well, then, neither Is George Hyde
your fato. Aunt Jarouua has told mo
some things about him. She saya he
Is to marry his cousin. You ought to
marry Item."
As she said theso words Van Arlens,
accompanied by Jorls Van Heemsklrk,
entered tho room, and Cornelia was
, glad to escape," She knew that Aren
ta would again relate all her experi
ences, and sho disliked to mingle them
with her renewed dreams of lova and
, her lover,
"Sho will talk ntid talk." said Cor
1 nella to her mother, "and then thero
i will be tea and chocolato and more
I talk, and I havo heard all 1 wish to
1 hear nbout that dreadful city, and the
1 demons who walk In blood. Senator
Van Heemsklrk camo In with her
rather as I left."
"I hope ho treated jou moro civilly
' than mndaroe did."
"Ho was delightful, I courtesled to
him, and ho lifted my hand and kissed
It nnd said, 'I grew loteller every
day,' and I kissed his cheok and said,
I wished ulwa to be lutely In b?s
, sight ' Then I camo homo, because
' I would not. Just yet, speak of George
I to him."
"Arcnta would hardly havo given
I jou any opportunity I wonder at what
I hour she will relcaso Jorls Van
Hetuiaklrkl'
' It will Jiu later than it ought to
bo"
I Indeed It was to late that Madame
I Van Heemsklrk had locked up her
. house for the night, and was troubled
at her husband's dolay even a little
cross.
! "An old man like you, Jorls," she
. said In a tone of voxalion "titling
till nine o'clock with the last runaway
1 from I'urls; a cold jou havo already,
and all for a girl that threw her senses
' behind hor, to marry a Frenchman."
J "Much sho has suffered, Lysbet."
I "Much sho ought to suffer. And I
i believe not In Arenta Van Arlens' suf
fering" "I will sit i Ittlo by the flro. Lys
bet Sit dowp y mo. My mind Is full
of her story. I)!tte- fears and suffer
Ing sho has como through. Her hus
band was guillotined last May, and
from her home she was taken no
tlmo to write to a friend no time to
tate anything alio had, except a string
of pcsrli, which round hor waist for
many weeks she bid worn. Hungry
and sick, upon the floor of bar prison
the waa sitting, when her nana was
, .'I' ' ' l
called) for bead after bead of her
pearl necklace had gono to her Jailor,
only for a little black bread and a cup
of milk twice n day; and this morning
for twenty-four hours she had been
without food or milk"
"The poor little ono' What did she
do?"
"When In that terrible Iron arm
chair before thoto bloody Judges, the
sajs she forgot then to be afraid, Sho
had no dress to help her beauty, hut
the declares sho neter felt moro beau
tiful, and well I can believe It They
atked her name, and my I.jsbct, think
of this child's answer! 'I nm called
Arenta Jeffrrfon de Tournnerre," sho
said, nnd at the name of 'Jefferson'
there were exclamations, nnd ono of
tho Jurymi n rose to his feet nnd asked
excitedly, 'What Is It jou mi an? Jef
ferson! Tho great Jefferson' The
great Thomas Jefferson' The great
American who loves Franco and Mb
crty?' 'It Is tho same," sho answered,
nod then she snt silent asking no
fator. so wlso was she, and Foutiulcr
Tlnvllle looked at tho President nnd
said. 'Among my friends I count this
great American!' and a Jurymnn
ndded, 'When I was poor and hungry
he fed and helped me. nnd ho bowed
to Arenta as he spoke. When ques
tioned further she answered, 'I ndoro
Liberty, I believe In France, ( married
a Ficncbmsn, for Thomas Jefferson
told mn I was coming to a great nation
end might trust both Its government
"Arenta Jefferson do Tournnerre."
and Its goneroslty They wero all ex
tremely polite to her, and gave hor at
once the papers which permitted her
to leave France. Tho next day a llttlo
money she got from Minister Morris,
but a very hard passago sho had
homo."
"After all, It was a He sho told,
Jorls."
(To be continued.)
WAS NOT MAKINO MUCH.
New York Statesman Told a 8tory
With a Moral.
dor. Odoll's declaration concerning
the Incorruptibility of tho present
stato legislature led Assistant Corpor
ation Counsel "Charlie" Whitman, who
Is looking after tho Interests of tho
city In Albany, to tell this:
A cortan New York city "states
man" came to Mr. Whitman after his
pernicious activity had defeated a
certain measuro of doubtful cbaractor
and atked:
"Say, Whitman, what aro you mak
ing out of all this?"
"My salary and enemies good and
plenty," replied Whitman grimly.
"Nothln' doln' on tho side?" In
quired the politician.
"Nothln' doln'," answered Whitman
aadly.
"Say," Interpolated tho statesman,
"tho gunio you aro stacked up against
reminds mo of tho story of tho coun
tryman who drove to market tho
largest bunch of hogs his county had
ever seen. When he got to tho village
pork was plenty and he couldn't get
his price, to ho drnte his pigs homo In
disgust.
"'Silas,' Inquired his wife sarcas
tically, 'what did ycr make out o' ycr
trudge?'
"'Nothln' much, I cnl'ntc,' growled
Rllas, "ceptlu1 only the satslety ot
the durncd hogs.'
"And you, Mr. Whitman, how do you
enjoy jour 'snssloty'?" New York
Times.
IT WAS HIS LAST "MASH."
Young Lady's Remark Too Much for
Elderly Gallant.
A handsome gentleman of CO, who
looks much younger and still retains
an eye for the beautiful In tho fair
sex and a tender fluttering of tho
heart when tho ladles glanco his way,
got Into n street car In company with
his son, a grown young man. A
striking feature of tho elderly gallant
la an extremely long and full goatoo
and big, flowing mustaches. Tho gen
tleman found a seat directly oppo
site two unusually attructlto young
ladies, Immediately bcsldo v. horn the
son found hla seat.
In a few moments the girls wero
glancing often at the old Kentlcman
and chattering together In great glca,
Tho gentleman hugged himself men
tally, hut restrained his emotions In
tho presence of hla ton. On leaving
tho car the son said
"Say, Governor, I've got a good one
on you."
"Well, what Is It, my son?"
"Why, one of those girls next to
mo saldt 'What a funny looking
thing that old man Is over there.' To
which the other ropllod' 'Yea, Isn't
ha? He looks llko a goat!'"
That was tho old man's last
"mash."
i
Progressive.
Giles "Ily the way, what became, ot
that fellow Bktnncm who was In the
coal business bcra last winter?"
Mller -''Oh, ho sold out about a
month ago nnd went to Arltona. Last
I heard ot him ho was In Jail for rob
blng stags coach."
Olios "In other words, he evoluted
from a light welghman to a highway,
man."
Pay High Pries for Drawings.
The extraordinary price of 1,850
guineas was paid recently at Christie's
In London'-for a set of twelve lllut
itrttlont In charcoal and wash by Fra
gousrd. in - u ... it. ' . j.VJ!i!
Where Ocean Rolled f
A dispatch from Salt Lako City,
Utah, states that Mrs1. D. F. House, a
former Cincinnati woman, has mado a
discovery which proves conclusively to
scientists, according to tho dispatch,
that Salt lake was once a part ot tho
Pacific ocean, For years geologists
and lcarnod scientists. Including ex
perts from tho Smithsonian Institu
tion, havo mado vain efforts to dis
cover somo convincing proof that tho
Inland sea was once a part of the
great Paclflc, Parties ot scientists
have lived on and trawled tho shores
of the big lako, but none ot their dis
coveries was evor accepted as positive
proof. Tho discovery mado by Mrs.
House which Is accepted by many as
proof posltivo Is a piece of sponge-like
coral, but contalna salt sea perl
winkles, which a number of scientists
claim aro only found In ocean coral.
Diligent search was made for other
specimens, but tho big coral rock, jet
low with age, was all that could bo
found. Professor Hcnshaw, geologist
at tho Walnut lllllrahbol, said that
whllo tho discovery ,was a great one
and while It was thqinot convincing
proof yet establlshcd,ho would not ac
cept It as positive, although ho had
nevor heard of any UUe specimens be
ing found except In the ocean. O W
Martin, professor of geology ot
Hughes high school, said "Tho dls-i
covory is Indeed the most Important
ono over made In that region and will
undoubtedly Interest scientists and
geologists all over the world. Many
efforts have been made to establish
some posltivo proof that Salt lake was
once part of tho Paclflc, uut tbey have
all failed. While the discovery, as re
ported, would afford the most positive
proof wo havo ever had, I could not ac
cept It ns conclusive proof. The ques
tion ot whether tho Salt lake was once
a part of tho ocean has been agitating
scientists and geologists tor many
years, and this recent discovery will
no doubt be of great Interest to all ot
them " Mrs. Houso la tho wife of the
chief engineer of tho Western Psclfle
surveying corps.
M. F Guyer, the professor of geol
ogy nt the Cincinnati University, when
asked his opinion on Mrs House's dis
covery, said- "Whllo It Is very strong
ovldenco and probably the most Irapor
tant discovery to that end that has
ever been made, I do not think It will
bo generally accepted as posltivo prool
that the Inland sea was once n part ol
tho Pacific ocean One thing Is cor
tain it is tho first pleco of coral ever
discovered In an Inland body of water
that contained periwinkles, and It If
almost conclusive evidence that Groat
Salt lake waa onco a part of the Pa
clflc ocean "Cincinnati Times Star.
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Print at Long Distance I
According to reports from Ilerlln
that progressive city will soon have n
now means of communication In tho
electric dllstnncc-prlntlng apparatus
(Forndrucker), which In many cases
will bo a valuablo adjuuet to tho tele
phone. Through a contract with tho post
oftlco department, of which tho tele
graph and telephone system Is n part,
tho Ferndruckcr company Is nolo to
establish a special service for sub
scribers In Ilerlln and Its suburbs, who
can exchange communications In
printed typo by way of tho main tele
graph office Tho apparatus Is similar
to a typewriting machine After con
nection Is mado communication can bo
had by simply manipulating; tho ran
chtno llko a tjpowrltcr. even it tho
addressee Is absent tho printing goes
on automatically on tape. The text It
the message Is duplicated on tho ma
chlno ot the sender, so that a correct
record Is kept and mistakes In trans
mission aro avoided. A great advan
tage of this new apparatus Is that by
a stmplo arrangoment tho communica
tion can bo tent simultaneously to a
number of addresses. In this manner,
for Instance, a person Is cnablod to
communicate with all the newspapers
of Ilerlln bv a single writing ot tho
message on his sending apparatus.
I-argu Industrial establishments,
banks and newspapers will bo greatly
benefited, and a large number ot such
havo already made application for
membership. For tho tlmo being, how
over, the number will bo restricted,
with a vlow of Increasing It In tlmo.
Tbo telegraphic servlco by this In
novation, will also bo facilitated, as
the main telegraph ofllco can at once
transmit all incoming telegraphic mes
sages to any of tho Ferndruckor sub
scribers over tho new apparatus.
Tho git Ing of a speclsl address as,
for Instance, "Smith Ferndrucker, Iler
lln" suffices to have telegraphic mes
sages from anywhere transmitted at
onco to tho residence ot tbo sub
scriber. Tho apparatus has already been In
use by a limited numbor ot Arms,
nnd so far has worked faultlessly. The
nnnunl subscription prlco for Berlin
Is COO marks (1119).
t
R Japanese War Song
When Japan sent a party of naval
officers nnd sailors to this country to
take charge ot the cruiser Kasagl,
bjllt by tho Cramps, tbey taught ono
of tho Japanese war songs to their
American acquaintances. Hero Is how
the Japancso version ran In part:
Tcnshln Jnyaku bakcl hashl
Toyo holwa no glwo shlrnnu,
Momal ganko no cban chan ga,
Durcl klwamaru furnmalwa,
Sctshl yakuwan kogal hlfun.
Nippon danshlno udemaldo,
Yaban no gumo o jaburanto.
Translated tho song Is as follows:
"Tho Tientsin treaty has been bro
kon. Tho extremely discourteous con
duct ot tho barbarous and stubborn
Chinese, falling to recognlzo tho vnluo
of peace In tbo Kast, causes tooth to
bo set and arms folded, whllo public
sentiment Is sorrowful and angry.
"To break this dream ot barbarism
by the power ot tho Jupanose soldiery,
our reinforcements aro constantly ad
vancing, with flags floating bravely.
"Doth In the despcrnto battle of tho
Gulf ot Pechllt and In an attack on
the Provlnco ot Selklo, wo displayed
tho national prowess by slaughtering
tho Ch'neso fighting against our coun
try. "Wo aro marching throngh a coun
try In which tho scorching heat blis
ters tho flesh. We are pissing through
flro and water, but wo do not caro.
Tho enemy's projectiles como Ilka
hall. Tho corpses aro piles mountain
high at He! Jo. Dlood discolors tua
waters ot Wei hal-wel, but oar soldiers,
never retreating an Inch, easily cap
ture tbo Chinese fort.
"Grasping 400 provinces with one
hand and planting the flag of tho
Rising Sun on tho castle ot Pekln, let
us return In triumph. For you are to
bo nn examplo of tho military clan
Increasing tho fame ot the nation.
"Human llfo Is orly fifty years. If
wo aro reluctant to lose It, we become
disloyal to tho emperor for genera
tions. "Two waya Ho open before us: tho
loyal way Is to die. Let our motto bo
to continue fighting until wo fall ex
hausted, "This Is the most satisfactory solu
tion. How desirous. How Joyful."
Now York 8un.
Streets of ByeandBye
u ... y
O, shun ths spot, my jouthful friends, I
urge you to beware)
Beguiling Is ths plttsant way, and soft
ly breathes the air
Yet none have ever patted to scenes en
nobling, great and high,
Who onre tiessn ta llnstr In ths ttreet
ot Uy-onU-bye
How varied are the linages nrtilng to
my sight.
Of thoie who wished to shun the. wrong,
who loved and prlie.l the right!
Yet from the tllken bonds of sloth they
vainly strove to ny,
Which ui-ld tliem gently prisoned In the
street ot llyand-li) e
A youth nsplred to climb the height of
Learning's lofrr hill;
What dimmed hit bright Intelligence?
what quelled hit earnest wlllr
Why did the ohjcot or his quett still
mork hit wistful eyoT
Too long, alas! lie ta.rwtf In the street
of lly-and.be.
"My projects thrive," the merchant said)
'-Then doubled It ray ttore
How fri-ely than my ready gold be show
ered among the poor!"
stt grew hit wealth, yet strove he not
the mournor tear to dry;
Us never Journeyed onward from ths
ttreet ot ll-andbyel
"Korglve thy erring brother, he has wept
and suffered ions!"
I said to one, who answered "Hs hath
done me grletoue wrong;
Yet will I seek my brother, and forctvs
him ere I dle1
Alaat Death shortly found him tn the
ttreet of lly-snd-byel
The wearied wordllng masts upon lost
and wasted days,
lteeolved to turn hereafter from the er
ror of lilt wnyi.
To lift hla groveling thought! from earth,
and nx them on the iky;
Why does lie linger fondly tn the street
ot lly-and-byT
Then shun the spot, my youthful friends;
work on while Jfl you may;
Let not old age oertake you as you
alnthfully delay,
Lest you should gtte around you, and
dltroter with a tlgh.
You hate reached the huute of "Never"
by the ilrwt of Uy-and-byel"
-Mrs Abdy.
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Some Kinks in Sport
It Is a gorgeous story that comes
from the golf links of Cairo, and every
good golfer will hereafter carry a gun
In bis bag ot clubs it be wishes to
overlook no One points. After a splen
did drive, a Cairo player watched the
ball roll otcr the distant turf, when, to
bla horrified am&zoment n crow swoop
ed down and carried It aloft. The
golfer and tho caddie put off In chase,
tno caddlo cursing In fluid Arabic.
Then, to tha delight ot the golfer, tbo
crow dropped tha ball on tho green,
and ha holed out In two strokos, wblcb
put Colonel UorIo out of commission.
The opponent was threatened with
apoplexy. As In tho caso.of tha Indian
football trick ot a player's) sticking tha
ball undor his Jersey, the e waa every
kind of rule In tha book. - xcept cn to
cover the unexpected, an tho golfer's
m.,j .1 KjjsassT .i it
record, ably asslstod by his crowtblp,
had to stand. Many years ago In Eng
land, bctoro a rulo was mada to fit a
similar emergency In cricket. It ta re
lated that a batsman knocked a ball
Into a tall tree, whero it lodged In tha
crotch of a limb. There was no climb
ing the tree, and tho nearest axe was
a half mile an ay Before It could be
obtained and tho tree chopped dawn,
tho man with the bat mado more than
seven hundred runs, hurtling between
the wicket! Ilka a human shuttlecock.
Ho stopped scoring rnns then only be
cause he ran himself nut ot strength
and breath and fell on the turf, still
feebly trying to pile up another run,
with one weary eye cocked on the tree
and al the opposing slda frantically
trying to chop at once. Tha Illus
trated Sporting Nows
FIRST SMOKED IN CNQLAND.
Sir Walter Raleigh's Pipe on Exhibi
tion at London.
Americans In London have been
flocking to the Shipping Exhibition In
Whltcchapel to see a relic ot United
States history which will be Interest
Ing likewise to their countrymen at
home Thli Is nothing less than tho
pipe smoked by Sir Waltor Raleigh,
which Is also, of courso, tho first ever
Sir Walter Raleigh's Pips.
smoked In tho country the famous
courtier ot tueeii Elizabeth hnvlng
Introduced tho "fragrant weed" Into
England on his return from America.
The plpo belongs to tho Prince ot
Wales, who always has seen to Its be
ing guarded most carefully, and never
before allowed It to bo placed on ex
hibition. Ho always has refused to
permit the plpo to bo photographed,
too, and the accompanying picture Is
tho first of It that has over been obtained.
PIANO PLAYING MADE CA8Y.
Design Shows How the Keys Should
Oe Struck.
At the top of the cut Is as much ot
tho kej board as necessary to explain
tho tune, the star denoting tho center
o'. tho Instrument, The thick vertical
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lines represent tha position of tha
cotes on the keyboard, their length
denoting their value. Tbo horizontal
lines represent tho bsrs, and connect
ed notes ate plajcd with the same
hand.
Eight Logs From Pine free.
Ira Preston and Charles Newell cut
a plno tree In Sharon, Vt making six
ISfoot logs, and two 10 foot ones.
The first log i: foet from tho atump
was 26 Inches In diameter, the noxt
ones were respectively 2&, !4, 23, 22,
21 and 19 Inches In diameter, the two
10-foot logs wero 1C and ton In diame
ter, the trco .making 1,730 feet ot lumber.
Doot Easy to Resole.
To meet tho demand for an army
boot which can be resoled easily dur
ing long campaigns, this dovlce was
Invented. On tbo edgo of tha perma
nent upper solo Is a ridge which al
lows an overlapping slide on the under
sole to be pushed up till tha hoi In
the heel pleco Is over the beel, or
rather tha Inner and permanent piece
of ' l heel, as shown here The
wr firmly fixed In place hen
the ultom portion ot tbo heel Is slid
Into position and fastened by a plug
from Insldo tho hoot Tho coss of
soling and heeling only la.j a mln
uto.
Owl Makes Nest In Stove.
Mrs. Sylvius Little of Whitman
Mass, found her range smoked badly
so sho took down tho stove pipe and
cleaned It. thinking the tr uble was
there Next sho thought to sweep off
tho oven top and removed the store
cot era to find an owl snugly stowed
In the space, blocking the smoko oxlt.
She captured him and bad bin. (or a
pet. He had coat down tha chtmaay
and crept Into the stovo wbei the flra
was out
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KITTEN SAVES MAN'O LIFE."
Tiny Wanderer Means of Rescue of
Drunken Man.
When ono sees a newspaper head
line to the effect that a cttt or kitten
has sared a human llfo, tho story
which usually follows Is that the ani
mal with acuter olfactory perception
smclled smoke and aroused tbo sleep- Jfe
Ing master or mistress by springing ff-
upon tho bed and clawing and mew- I
Ing. I
A Philadelphia kitten, however, did
something more original In tho way of I
llfesavlng. It was a very tiny Mat 1
tesc, a homeless wanderer on a bitter- 1
ly cold .light. I
Seeking shelter, puss came upon a a
man so drunk that ho had fallon I
asleep close to a wall Puss crept un- S
der his coat, nnd grateful for the n
warmth she purred and mowed In A
delight. It chanced that two doctors
attached to a hospital passed that
pair, tbelr attention being arrested
by tho kitten's mewn.
Thinking k a case of distress, tho
men started to Investigate and quick
ly found the kitten and her uncon
scious protector All their efforts to
arouse tho man proving unavailing,
both were hurried to n hospital,
where It was found tbo man was very
badly frostbitten and that he would
surely have been frozen to death. (
Voguo- ,-" . Wk
MEN TO WEAR CORSETS.
Chicago Tailors 8ay the New Fash H
Ion Is to Stay. .
That tho men's corset vest Is "Just I
the right thing" Is tho assurance giv I
en by Chicago tailors. They have JR
taken up tho Idea, which orlglnatod at M
tho convention of tho Custom Cutters" (J
association In Columbus, O., and they it
aro already making designs. Tho cor 1
set vest Is not to have stiffening or 4
stajs, but will bo cut "away In" at J
tho waist and bo given n bulging of- - jjL
feet oter the chest and under the A
arms. Tbo adractugo of tho new gar- m
ment Is that ovory wearer will appear M
to bate tho chest ot a Sampson. m
Peculiar Land Tenure Custom. fM
At Chlngford, In Essex, England, an , 11
estate Is held by a very strange con- Li .
dltion. Whenever It passes Into new
hands, tho owner, with his wife, man- m
tervant and mald-scrvant, comes on JsR
orseback to tbo parsonago and pays. Q -
uls homago by blowing tbrce blasts' J
upon a born; he carries a hawk upon M
blB fist and his servant has a grey II
hound In the slip, both for tho use of JI
tho rector for that day. Ho recolves a i "a
chicken for tho hawk, a peck of oats I 1
for his horse and a loaf of bread for 3
his greyhound. After dinner tho own- h
er blowa tbrce moro blasts, and then n
with bis party withdraws from th
rectory. J
Ashantea Baby Carriage. il
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ffi $ ZIP? I
The Ashantea baby rides aatrlda bis , I
mothor'a hip secured by a bandaga E
around him and her waist. Note bow (
this ono stares at tho camera. Dables itr-. .Jfc
of uncivilized racos nro mora atton- Vxv-"''?i"
live and tnqulsltlvo than ours. Their " ty
senses are naturally more acute and a
are further sharpened by their rough '3
and tumblo existence. Kl
His Houts a Sequoia Log. U
John Mulr, tho naturalist, whlla lu I
a forest of huge redwoods In Callfor-
nla, came across a man who was 9
herding' a band of horses. When Mr.
Mulr asked If ho might bavo some 9
flour, tbo man said: "Yes, ot course . M
you may have anything I'vo got Just j
tako my track nnd it will lead you to .1
my camp In a big hollow log on the
side of a meadow two or tbreo miles 9
from hero. I'll be back bofore night; "
In the roeantlmo mako jourself at
home." Ily the mlddlo ot tho after-
noon Mr. Mulr had discovered "his M
noble den In a fallen sequoia bollowod 9
by fire a spacious loghouso ot one m
log, carbon-llued, centuries old, yet V
sweet and fresh, wcathor-proof, earth- )J
quake-proof, likely to outlast the most Q
durable stone castle." H
Short and Long Days.
The day Is longer or shorter as you M
go north or south ot tho Equator. Off U
Capo Horn, 56 degrees south latitude, i I
the days In mid winter aro abent nine l I
hours long. The longest day at Lon-
don la sixteen hours and a halt; at 1
Stockholm, eighteen hours and a half;
at Hamburg, seventeen hours; at Et. I
Petersburg the longest day has elfch-
teen hours and tho shortest Ave; at 9
Homes In Finland the longest day ha-i I
twenty-one hours and a halt and Me fl
shortest, two hour and a halt; st M
Spitsbergen tha longest day Is three )
moat" and a half