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"I ain't hurt norm," eho said, gravely.
And tln ii: "I reckon we'd better bo v '
tin' tin m Inn ifn. 11 l.i.iUx lii... It iiiU'it
shower some; und puw 'II kill me If I
uln't huiiii) time to Ki t Ills supper."
lit re wai an end of the plcylinu'. and
Tom helped lndiiMtrlmiHly with tho b r-ry-plckliiK,
wotidorinij Ilia while why
Bhe Kept her face turned front him. und
why his brain was In such a turmoil,
and why his hands shouk so If they
huppened to touch hers In reaching for
the plKKln.
But this new mood of hers wu mor
unapproachable than the other; and It
wai not until tha plggtn was filled, and
they had bcfjun to retrace their steps
toaether throuuh the fragrant wood,
that she let him see her eye attain,
and told him soberly of her troubles:
how she was 15 and could neither read
nor write; how tho workmen's children
In Gordonla hooted at her and called
hor a mountain cracker when she went
down to buy meal or to fill the molas
ses Jug; and, lastly, how, since her
mother had died, her father had work
ed little and drunk much, till lit times
there was nothing to eat save the po
tatoes she raised In tho little patch
back of the cabin, and the berries she
picked on tho mountain side.
"I hain't never told anybody afore,
and you mustn't tell, Tom. But times
I'm scared paw '11 up and kill me when
when ho ain't feelln" Just right. He'B
some good to mo when he ain't red
eyed; but that ain't very often, nowa
days." Tom's heart swelled within him; and
this time It was not the heart of the
Pharisee. There Is no lure known to
the man part of the race that Is half
so potent as the tale of a woman In
trouble.
"Does does he beat you, Nan?" he
asked; and there was wrathful horror
In his voice.
For answer she bent her head and
parted the thick black locks over a
long scar.
"That's where he give me one with
the skillet, a year come Christmas.
And this" opening her frock to show
him a black-and-blue bruise on her
breast "It what I got only day aforo
yisterday."
Tom was burning with lndisnant
compassion, and bursting because he
:ould think of no adequate way of ex
pressing It In all his fifteen years no
one had ever leaned on his before, and
the sense of protectorship over this
abused one budded and bloomed like a
JugKler's rose.
"I wish I could take you home with
me, Nan," he said, Bimply.
"No, you don't," she said, firmly.
'Tour mammy would call me a little
heathen, same as she used to; and I
reckon that's what I am I hain't had
no chanst to be anything else. And
you're goin' to be a preacher, Tom."
Why did It rouse a dull anger In his
heart to be thus reminded of his own
scarce-cooled pledge made on his knees
tinder the shadowing cedars? He could
not tell; but the fact remained.
"You hear me, Nan; I'm going to
take care of you when I'm able. Vo
matter what happens, I'm going to take
care of you," was what he said; and
a low rumbling of thunder and a spat
tering of rain on the leaves punctuated
the promise.
She looked away and was silent.
Then, when the rain began to come
faster: "Let's run, Tom. I don't mind
gettln wet; but you mustn't."
They reached the great rock shelter
ing the barrel-spring before the shower
broke In earnest, and Tom led the way
to the right. Half-way up Its southern
face the big boulder held a water-worn
cavity, round, and deeply hollowed, an 'J
carpeted with cedar needles. Tom
climbed In first and gave her a hand
from the mouth of tho little cavern.
When she was up and in, there wna
room In tho nest-like hollow, but none
to spare. And on the instant the sum
mer shower shut down upon the moun
tain sldo and closed the cave mouth as
with a thick curtain.
There was no speech in that little li.
terval of cloud-lowering and cloud
lifting. The boy tried for It, would
have taken up the confidences where
tho storm -coming had broken them off;
but It was blankly Impossible. All the
curious thrills foregone seemed to cul
minate now In a single burning desire:
to have It rain for ever, that he might
nestle there In the hollow of the great
rock with Nan so close to him that he
could feel the warmth of her body and
the quick beating of her heart against
his arm.
Tet the sleeping conscience did not
stir. The moment of recognition was
withheld even when the cloud curtain
began to lift and he could see the long
lashes drooped over the dark eyes, and
the flush In the brown cheek matching
his own.
"Nan!" he whispered, catching his
breath; "you're you're the ."
She slipped away from him before
he could find the word, and a moment
later she was calling to him from be
low that the rain was over and she
must hurry.
He walked beside her to the door of
the miserable log shack under the sec
ond cliff, still strangely shaken, but
striving manfully to be himself again.
The needed fillip came when the moun
taineer staggered to the threshold. In
times past, Tom would quickly have
put distance between himself and Tike
Bryerson In the squirrel-eyed stage of
Intoxication. But now his promise to
Nan was behind him, and the Gordon
blood was to' the fore.
"It was my fault that Nan stayed so
long," he said, bravely; and he was
Immensely relieved when Bryerson,
making quite sure of his Identity, oe
came effusively hospitable.
"Cap'n Gordon's boy f cou'so;
didn't make out to know ye, 't firs'.
Come awn In the house an' sit a spell;
come In, I say!"
Again, for Nan's sake, Tom could do
no less. It was the final plunge. The
boy was come of abstinent stock, which
was possibly the reason why the Btnell
of the raw corn liquor with which the
cabin reeked gripped him so fiercely.
Be that as It may, he could make but
a feeble resistance when the tipsy
mountaineer pressed him to drink; and
the slight barrier went down altogether
when he saw the appealing look In
Nan's eyes. Straightway he divined
that there would be consequences for
her when he was gone If the maudlin
demon should be aroused In her father.
So ho put the tin cup to bis Hps and
coughed and strangled over a single
wallow of the fiery, nauseating stuff;
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did tills fur the (drl's sake, and then
roue and tied away from the mountain
with his heart iilihi;;e anil a fearful
ck'.I'lur hd of the. ju.lrilllellt tl'Ulllp.-t
fcoiiiulinir lii his ear.
The next morning ho came hollow
eyed to bis lneakfaHt. mid when the
chance offered, besought his father to
Klve 111 nt one of the many boy's Jobs In
the Iron plant during tho summer va
cation linked and obtained. And nei
ther the hotel on the mountain top nor
the hovel cabin under tho second cliff
huw him more the long summer
through.
CHAPTER X.
It was Just before the Christmas hol
idays, In his fourth year of the sectar
ian school, that Tom Gordon was ex
pelled. Writing to tho Reverend Silas
at the moment of Tom's dismissal, ths
principal could voice only his regret
and disappointment It was a most sin
gular case. During ills first and Becond
years Thomns had set a high mark and
had attained to It. On the spiritual side
he had been somewhat non-committal,
to be sure, but to offset thin, he had
deeply Interested In the preparatory
theological studies, or at least he had
appeared to be.
But on his return from his first
summer spent at home there was a
marked change In him, due, so thought
Doctor Tolllvar, to his association with
tho rougher class of workmen in tin
Iron mills. It was ns if lie had sud
denly grown older and and hardr, and
tho discipline of the school, admirable
as the Reverend Silas knew It to be,
was not severe enough to reform him.
"It grieves me more than I can tell
you, my dear brother, to be obliged to
confess that we can do nothing more
for him here," was the concluding par
agraph of the principal's letter, "and
to add that his continued presence
with us Is a menace to the morals of
the school. When I say that the of
fense for which he is expelled Is by no
means the first, and that It Is the dou
ble one of gambling and keeping In
toxicating liquors In his room, you will
understand that the good repute of
Peersheba was at stake, and there was
no other course open to us."
Thomas Jefferson turned his back on
three and a half years of Hoersheba,
with hot tears In his eyes and an angry
word on his lips. The I'lntsch lights
were burning brightly in the Pullman,
and these and t.ie tears blinded him.
Some of the sections In the middle of
the car were made down for the night,
and while he was stumbling In the
wake of the porter over the shoes and
the hand-bags left In the aisle, the
train started.
"Lower ten, sah," said the Mack boy,
and went about his business In the lin
en locker. But Tom stood balancing
himself with- tho swaying of the car
anil staring helplessly at the occupant
of lower twelve, a young girl In a gray
traveling coat and hat, sitting with her
face to the window.
"Why, you somebody!" she exclaim
ed, turning to surprise him in the act
of glowering down on her. "Do you
know, I thought there might be Just
one chance In a thousand that you'd ko
home for Christmas, so I made the por
ter tell me when we were coming to
Iteersheba. Why don't you sit down?"
Tom edged into the opposite seat and
shook hands with her, all in miserable,
comfortless silence. Then he blurted
out:
"If I'd had any idea you were on this
train, I'd have walked."
Ardea laughed, and for all his mis
ery he could not help remarking how
much sweeter the low voice was grow
ing, and how much clearer the blue, of
her eyes was under tho forced light of
the gas-globes.
"You are just the same rude boy,
aren't you?" she said, leniently. "Are
there no girls in Beorsheba to teach
you how to be nice.?"
"I didn't mean it that way," he has
tened to say. "I'm always saying tho
wrong thing to you. But If you only
knew, you wouldn't speak to me; much
less let me sit here and talk to you."
"If I only knew what? Perhaps you
would better tell me and let me Jude
fur myself," she suggested; and out of
the past came a flick of the memory
whip to make him feel again that sho
was immeasurably hia senior.
"I'm expelled," he said, bluntly.
"Oh!" For a full minute, as It seem
ed to him, she looked steadfastly out
of the window at the wall of blackness
Mitting past, and the steady drumming
of the wheels grated on his nerves and
sot into his blood. When it was about
to become unbearable she turned and
gave him her hand again. "I'm just as
sorry as I can be!" she declared, and
the slate-blue eyes confirmed it
"It was this way: three of the boys
came to my room to play cards be
cause their rooms were watched. I
didn't want to play oh, I'm none too
good;" this In answer to something
in her eyes that made him eager to tell
her the exact truth "I've done it lots
of times. But that night I'd been
thinking well, I Just didn't want to,
that's all. Then they said I was afraid,
and of course that settled it."
"Of course," she agreed, loyally.
"Wait; I want you to know It all,"
he went on, doggedly. "When Martin
he's the Greek and Latin, you know
slipped up on us, there was a bottle
of whisky on the table. He took down
our names, and then he pointed at 'he
bottle, and said, 'Which one of you does
that belong to?' Nobody said any
thing, and after It began to get sort of
well, kind of monotonous, I picked
up the bottle and offered him a drink,
and put It Inmy pocket. That settled
me."
"But It wasn't yours," she averred.
His smile was a rather ferocious
grin. "Wasn't It? Well, I too;.- t. any
way; and I've got It yet. Now see
here: that's "my berth over there and
I'm going over to it. You needn't let
on like you know me any more."
"Fiddle!" she said, malting a face ft
him. "You say that like a little boy
trying, oh, so hard, to be a man. I'll
believe you are just as bad as ban can
be, If you want me to; but you mustn't
be rude to me. We don't play cards or
drink things at Carroll College, but
some of us have brothers, and well,
we can't help knowing."
Tom was soberly silent for the space
of half a hundred rail-lengths. Then he
said :"I wish I'd had a sister; maybe
it would have been different."
"No, Indeed, It wouldn't. You're go
ing to be Just what you are going to
be, and a dozen sisters wouldn't make
any difference."
"On 18a you would mk a lot of
difference," It made him blush and
have a slight return of the largeness of
hunds; but he said It.
She laughed. "That's nice. Hut I
mean whut I say. Bisters wouldn't
help you to be good, unless you really
wanted to be gnud yourself. They'ro
Just comfortable, persons to have
around when ymi urn taking your
whipping for being naughty."
"Well, that's ft good deal, Isn't It?"
Again she niiide the adorablo littlo
face ut him. "Do you want m to be
your sister for a Utllu while-till you
get out of scrape? Is that what you
urn trying to say?"
Ho took heart of grace, for the fl r -tl
time In three bad days. "Say, ArdiM;
I'm hunting for sympathy; Just as 1
used to a long time ug. But you
mustn't mix up with me. I'm not worth
It."
"Oh, I suppose not; no boy Is, But
tell me; what are you going to i0
wli.-n you K. t back to rar.al.se .
Whv t il.oi't know: I hav
en't
thought that far nhead; go lo work
In
tho Iron plant and bo a mucker uu
thu
rest of my life. I reckon."
"And all the way along you've been
meaning to be a minister?"
Ho gritted his teeth. "That's
over, now; I reckon It's been over
all
for
a long time."
"That Is more serious. Does your
mother know? She mustn't, Tom; !
will Just break heart."
"As it I didn't know?" ho said, bit
terly. "But, Ardea, I haven't been qu
square with you. Tho way I told
about the cards and the whisky y
mli.hf thlnlf "
ulta
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say.
But It needn't make any all-the-tlm
difference, need It? You've been baeic
slldlng isn't that what you call It?
but now you are sorry, and "
"No; that's the worst of It I'm not
sorry, the way I ought to be. Besides,
after what I've been these last two
years but you can't understand; It
would Just bo mockery mocking God.
I told you I wasn't worth your while."
She smiled gravely. "You are such
a boy, Tom. Don't you know that all
through life you'll have two kinds of
friends: those who will stand by you
because they won't believe anything
bad about you, und those who will take
you for Just what you are and still
stand by you?"
He scowled thoughtfully at her. "Say,
Ardea; I'd just like to know how old
you are, anyhow! You say things ev
ery once in a while that make me feel
as if I were a little kid in knee-breeches."
She laughed In his face. "That la
the rudest thing you've said yet! But
I don't mind telling you since I'm to
be your sister. I'll bo 17 a little whlla
after you're 18."
"Haven't you ever been foolish, Ilka
other girls?" he asked.
She laughed again, more heartily
than ever. "They say I'm the silliest
tomboy In our house, at Carroll. But 1
have my lucid Intervals, I suppose, lil;a
other people, and this Is one of them.
I am going to stand by you to-morro-.v
morning, when you have to tell your
father and mother that Is, if you want
me to."
His gratitude was too large for
c..,.,.h hot he tried to look It. Then
then porter came to make her section
down, and he had to say gooa-nigm
and vanish.
(To be continued.)
PALACE KAZED IN TEXAS.
Will Be Iteplnrril by a Modem Ten
Story Office Hulldlng.
After having been in situ since 1735
the stone and mortar of the Vera
mendi palace will be used tn the con
struction of a modern ten-story office
building, a New York Herald's San
Antonio correspondent says. Instead
of hearing the gasconades of Spanish
conquistadores and the dolce voices oi
senorltas they will hereafter listen to
the click of typewriters and the gig
gles of those who work them. No
more will they look upon proud Dona
from far Hisnano. armed cap-a-pie and
incased In helmet, visor, doublet and
cuirass, for hereafter twentieth cen
turv business men with green neck
ties, pink socks, pigeon-toed shoes and
padded garments will be the only com
panions. Before the stones get that
far. however, they will be put through
t'fn mill and made of the size used in
concrete construction. They are lime
stone, of excellent quality and well
adapted for their future missions.
With the Vcramendl palace passes
one of the best known architectural
remains of Spanish-American civiliza
tion. It was erected almost simulta
neously with the Mission San Antonio
tie Valero, now the Alamo, and for
many years was the white house of
the Spanish province of Bexar, a ter
ritory . comprising all of Texas. In
those davs.. however, it was merely
known as the governor's house, a de
scription more suitable than veramen
di palace. The latter name it received
because of its occupancy by the last
Mexican governor of Texas.
The building stood in Soledad
street, its site marking formerly the
northeastern corner of a large public
sauare. the center of which was occu
nierl bv the Plaza des Armas of San
Fernando Presidio. In its rear was
a big garden, which extended to the
banks of the San Antonio river, the
whole house and garden being at one
time surrounded with a very strong
palisade antl deep ditches. It was no
uncommon thing to have the Indians
make raids right in the city in those
days and for that reason defenses of
that kind were necessary.
The old building was the scene of
many a romance of love and murder.
Almost In its shadow a Mexican gen
eral caused to be butchered like pigs
a number of Spanish and other pris
oners who had been unfortunate
enough to side with the Spanish gov
ernment during the Mexican revolu
tion. The description of this scene,
picturing the assassin as he whetted
the knife on the soles of his shoes
every time he had slit the throat of
a prisoner, forms one of the most
stirring chapters in Texas history. In
the Veramendi palace Ben Milam met
his end at the assassin's hand and in
its patio and the shaded walks of Its
gardens James Bowie, designer of the
famous knife bearing his name, court
ed and won Ursula Veramendi, said to
have been by far the prettiest woman
In Texas.
All that remains intact of the fa
mous old structure now are a pair
of cedar doors which had swung on
their hinges since 1735. They are
elaborately carved und unusually well
preserved. For some time to come
they will swing in a private residence
In this city, but it Is hoped to put
them In tome museum in the near tutf
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THE BOSTON BOY'S FOURTH.
"On the Fourth," little Kniers.ni Copley
remarked,
"1 trust yon will nil bear in mind
The request that I make. It is miuill, I
ntn sure ;
A trifle, in fact, you will find.
! merely would ask that jmi purchase no
punk.
No cups or producers of noise
With any intention of lowering me
To the level of eoniniennlaiv boy.
"On the Fourth of July," he continued,
"to me
There is nothing so pnlpnhly tam
As crackers, torpedoes and kindred affairs.
When fired in Liberty's name.
The popping they make is incompetent
cpiile
To keep pace with my patriot's zeal.
And I frankly confess that they never
give vent
To the joy that I inwardly feel.
"So allow me," said lie. "on the Fourth
of July .
To peruse, undisturbed in my den.
That document famous which years ago
came
From the studious Jefferson's pen.
Do this, and at eve I will ghully appear,
The fireworks costly to see.
For the rockets' red glare ami the bombs
in the air
Will remind me of Francis S ott Key."
New York Sun.
AN AMUSING FOURTH INCIDENT.
Hon Iuliun Were Trentcd to
Ammonia an War Medicine.
What promised to be the dreariest
Fourth of July in my life ended in be
ing one of the most amusing. I was
sent to the Indian country on Milk
river, Montana, to deliver some annu
ities, and had to wait several weeks
for the Indians to come in from their
hunting expedition.
The Assiniboine Indians came strag
gling into camp one by one, and
hung around my camp vvtih undis
guised curiosity. I had a headache,
and took a quart bottle of ammonia
from my medicine chest aid sniffed
at tho cork. I knew how to mystify
the Indians, and I did a eoupje of side
steps, rolled my eyes, jerked my body,
and pointer my finger to the cardinal
points before taking the dost.
The Indians were delightul at my
pantomime of war medicine I told
them that whoever took that medicine
could never be killed In war, but that
I was afraid they would Join forces
with the Sioux and fight against me
If I gave them that dose. I knew
them to be the greatest foej of the
Sioux, but of course I hid to be
coaxed into giving away my wonder
ful charm.
After mucn persuasion I finally
agreed to do it, but bargained that
it must not he taken in the preseneo
of others. It was so powerful that
!no novice could take the white man's
medicine with others watching him.
Of course that made a hit with tha
Indians at once, and there were many
volunteers to be number one.
I selected the chief. He walked into
my tent, and I began my mysterious
passes at him. In the midtntLrne I
had two quart bottles before me. One
contained water and the ether am
monia. I made him understand that
at the end of my speech, when I clap
psd my hands, he was to ts.ke a deep
breath and inhale the a- medicine
as soon as I removed the glass stop
per. I don't believe a motion was lewt
on the Indian; they are good imita
tors. I gave three war whoops md
made my extemporaneous speech.
Then I clapped my ha'ids, pulled the
cork, and thrust the ammonia under
the chief's nose. He took a long,
deep breath as directed, and fell back
ward as one dead.
When he revived there were tears
rolling down his cheeks, and I ex
pected to have no more fun that
Fourth, but here I had not reckoned
on the Indian's sense of humor.
That chief went out and was as
dumb as an oyster about his treat
ment, and so close did they keep the
secret that avery Indian In the camp
came Into that tent singly and" took
his war medicine without a murmur.
Gen. C. A. Woodruff.
Took Off the King's Head.
During the battle of Princeton re
treating British troops took refuge in
the chapel of the college. Washington
personal! dyhtoUd tb flw hit ar-
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tillery, which was aimed at the col
lego buildings. The fimt Mint, it is
paid, entered the c Impel and passed
through the head of a portrait of
George II. After the war Washing
ton paid Charles Wilson 1'i iile $'-" for
a portrait of himself, which was placed
in the Identical frame through which
the cannon ball.had passed.
Big Jimmy (to little Mickey) Be
cause I like youse, I'll shoot off all yer
fireworks fer yer an' not charge yer
a dern penny!
OrlKlnal lraft of the Declaration.
The original draft of the Declara
tion of Independence in Jefferson's
handwriting, with a few Interlinea
tions made by Franklin and Adams,
may be seen by the visitor to the
State Deartmcnt in Washington. This
Is displayed in a steel cabinet that
stands adjacentt to the safe contain
ing the original Declaration. The
steel exhibition cabinet also holds on
of the fac similes of the engrossed
copy of the Declaration one of those
reproductions made by President Mon
roe. In a glass case in this same treas
ure house of historic mementoes is
the small, plain, unpolished mahogany
desk on which Jefferson wrote the
Declaration of Independence. This
interesting relic came into the pos
session of the government in 1SS0.
The desk had been given by Thomas
Jefferson to Joseph Coolidge, Jr., upon
the occasion of the latter's marriage
to Jefferson's grandadughter, Miss
Randolph. On the death of Mr. Coo
lidge, whose wife had died a year or
two previously, the desk became tho
property of their four children, and
was by them presented to the nation.
It was the expressed wish of the
donors "to offT it to the United
States, that it may have a place in
the department of state with the im
mortal instrument which was written
upon it In 1776."
The desk bears an inscription in
Jefferson's handwriting, as follows:
"Thomas Jefferson gives this writing
desk to Joseph Coolidge, Jr., as a
memorial of his affection. It was
made from a drawing of his own by
Ben Randall, cabinet maker of Phila
delphia, with whom he first lodged on
his arrival in that city, in May, 177G,
and is the Identical one on which he
wrote the Declaration of Independ
ence. Politics as well as religion has
its superstitions. These, gaining
strength with time, may one day give
How Kind!
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A WARNING.
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Ifimglnary value to this relic for its
association with the birth of the great
charter of our independence. Monti
cello, November IS. 1S25."
llntiln ut the r'lreeracker.
When en tin. Koartli the morning sun
1-iin on ills (.-olden crown.
An army riml In scarlet eo.its
Comes ma rili I lit; Into town.
And niN.. of tmiiie nil Uuy l"n
K loiol u;ion the air.
And ko.iiiiIs of ciaiKlini mu-iiiury
And MuoLe me everywhere.
lint when bL.ti' the western sky
The lire of nan set (.'Iowa,
Taut nr.ny seaiterel on the p-o,n.
Is tilled In ruws on rows.
No more upon the luilmy breeze
The smoke of lmttie curls,
The re h iwis have been routed by
Our Utile boys and yiris.
Four-Tra.k News.
MAKING ROMAN CANDLES.
nilUnrnanble Adjuneta to a I'roper
Fourth ot July.
In America the manufacture of fire
works lias become almost a fine art,
and no doubt the youth of our country
could find this sort of expression for
their patriotic enthusiasm on tho
Fourth of July without drawing on the
products of foreign ingenuity. A
glance at the catalogue of any one of
the twelve or fifteen large firms en
gaged in making fireworks In this
country discloses almost endless lists
ot devices.
Every one knows what a Roman
candle is, but few know how this in
dispensable adjunct of a Fourth of
July celebration is made. First of all
in the making comes the pasteboard
cylinder, which is plugged up at one
end with day. After the clay comes
a small charge of powder. Then a
"star" is pushed down tight on the
powder, and charges of powder and
stars alternate until the cylinder la
filled. Then a fuse is attached which
communicates with the powder near
est the top of the cylinder, which,
when It is exploded, sends Its star
sailing upward. . A fuse running
through the candle connects other
charges of powder with the first and
explodes them one at a time, each one
shooting out the star which is next
above it.
The stars are made of chemical mix
tures, which vary with the colors
which are produced. A red star Is
sometimes made by mixing four parts
of dry nitrate of strontia and fifteen
parts of pulverized gunpowder. Cop
per filings change the color to green.
Rosin, salt and a small quantity of
amber make It yellow. Small particles
of zinc change it to blue, and another
and perhaps better red can be mads
by using a mixture of lampblack and
niter.
How Ther Celebrated.
Sold the belfry: "Clans! Clane!"
Snid the crackers: "Rap! Rap!
Suld the brass ennnon : "Whang : '
Raid the torpedoes : "Snap !"
Said the sky rockets : "Whizz !"
Said the candles: "Sh ! PUT!"
Said the small plnwheels : "Fir ' '
Said the biff ones: "Whir! Wr'""'
Said grandma : "There, there !"
Said father : "Hoys ! Boys !"
Said mother: "Sake care!'
Suld cook : "Such a noise !"
ald Puss : "Gracious me !"
Suld Towser : "Bow-wow !"
Snid Susie: "Wee-ee!"
Said Will : "Hurrah ! Ow !"
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Buiii tii!ii is a ready remedy for
bui iih.
The rtinvliH of Norway are mud
to till the soil
F.iMOi tutio;i of Aint rlcan t-;;g 18 iu
(leahiiiK cuiisiaiitlj.
The happy eattbi of Brazil feeds
ihblvtly on niuiiKiyit.
The average crtiw Is xald to destroy
7ou,tiiM) iiiMstii a year.
London ban 2,l.'l miles of street
and fui) miles ot tramways.
Rapid growth of the finder nails la
said to Indicate good health.
Some iIiMtoiH t,ay that eating tk-ef
reEtihir'y in bud for the temper
Th salary of lieutenant general of
the I'uitod States nrtny Is 111,000.
ElKhty-ueven in every one hundred
Canadian farinern own their farm.
Zinc sliiiig!.: "jil.s, cut from the
solid liH tul, ar practically IndcHlruct
ible. ItUBbla Ik Chlabli.sliiiig numerous
wireleHs stations over its great terri
tory. A a general rule a man's hair turns
gray five years earlier thau a wom
an's. An electric machine has been mada
to wash and purify the air in any
room.
A w atch ticks 137,6X0,000 I line la
u year and the w heels travel 3,.rj58 J4
miles.
The Turkish government has awak
ened to the need of Irrigation and
railways.
Last year twenty-two people) were
killed by motor cars in the streets of
lyindon.
Neptune takes more than W) year
to mal e the complete revolution round
t he sun.
More women marry between tha
ages of 20 and To than at any other
time of life.
Alfred Wade. Montesouo, Wash,
raised 123 bushed of wheat on two
acre of laud.
An Alabama man, 97 years of age.
Fays he has eaten hot biscuits regu
larly all his life.
Cooked food is sold from automo
biles in the (streets of Paris, Berlin
and Moscow.
A healthy horse eats nine times its
weight In food in a year, a healthy
sheep six times.
A rosebush in a garden at Freiburg
covers ninety-nine square yards and
bears 10,000 buds.
Fifty-ton loads of ike can be dump
ed from up-to-date freight cars In less
than two minutes.
At the last semi-annual official esti
mate there were 239,293 Indians in
the I'nited States.
The rudder of the trans-Atlantic
liner Olympic weighs 100 tons, being
the heaviest ever built.
It is estimated that 60,000 horse
power can be easily developed from
the St. Lawrence River.
Astronomers discover an average of
three comets a year, but few of them
are visible to the unaided eye.
From the whole of the world's sur
face, the sun sucks up about 6,000
cubic tons of water per annum.
Germany's students are jealous of
foreigners and are endeavoring to
shut them out of the universities.
The Yarmouth and Lowestoft her
ring season has yielded 800,000,000
herrings, which sold for $5,000,000.
Copra is imported for its oil, which
is used wholly in soap-making, the
only by-product being a residue used
for stock food.
The only by-product from copra is
the cake left by the crushing, which,
is used for cattle feeding, and is
worth from $34 to $39 per ton.
The United States is the only coun
try of commercial importance which
does not forbid the use of white phos
phorus in the manufacture of matches.
More than 400,000 persons emigrat
ed from this country during the year
1907. This is a much smaller num
ber than shown by the previous year.
St. Louis has a concrete building
fifty-seven feet high, which is entire
ly without windows. The illumina
tion is by means of skylights in fha
roof.
The Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany is conducting extensive experi
ments with the hope of making wire
less telegraphy available for tho oper
ation of trains.
As flax pulled from the ground
yields a longer fiber than that reaied
in the usual way, a Canadian clergy
man has invented a pulling attach
ment for binders.
Mrs. Mary A. Mason, of Great Ear
rington, Mass., whose will has just
been probated, left nearly half a mil
lion dollars to the town to establish,
and maintain a hospital.
The production of 1,958 short tons
of tungsten concentrates in the Unit
ed States last year establishes a new
record for the metal. Of this amount
Colorado yielded 1,401 tons.
The Transvaal produced in the year
ended June 30, 1909, 7,294,711,855 fina
ounces of gold, valued at $150,793,303.
an increase of 583,275,269 ounces and
$12,057,230 over the previous year.
Persons are likely to think of Roma
under Augustus as being a great city,
but it was only one-fourth the size of
the present New York City and it
wealth was not one-twentieth as great.
The Presbyterian church people ot
the United States are having plana
drawn for a college at Montemorelos,
Neuvo Leon, Mexico, which will ha
for agricultural and mechanical train
ing. In response to 'an offer of 165,000
marks for the best plan for the en
largement of Berlin and its suburb,
twenty-seven papers were received.'
The prizes were divided among four
of these.
The international and universal ex
hibition for which the Belgian govern
ment and people have been making
active preparations for the past two
or three years was opened at Brussels
by tho King of the Belgians on April
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