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Show clear voices of boys steadied and weighed by one deep bass. The sound came through the windows of the "'Englishy chaypel beside the rinks. Whats that? Queried Muckle Rob, suddenly, ljke a jdog as it pricks its ears, and Gilbert Gray, commonly called Gibby, explains the matter to him, yvith many chuckles and bursts of open laughter. But, curiously enough,! Muckle Rob did not laugh at all. lie was indeed more than ordinarily grave as he listened, i PARSON. ENGLISH a. Crockett. s 'a' 5 as led Jie .aid Miickle Rob, from the quoiting green, bad stopped the game, Na, U6baud wi the Papishes-n- pr r And I wadna oye to say that I ony one to tbatS nae reason for yon wi your he lads bit serbice o your JU an the Jgling eerin l:sLer folk of Lochfinny were W ioilv inclined to religion at i fPeC s Muckle Rob would have : in Scotland had a clearerM, what was the right and chiJ.ua - Englishers. - thing to : do- - . English priest, with .,7Prvices and early! commun-!?i- f his, incense pot and acolyte, out-: confession and his ,i own quiet, intempt for their 4TLmn ministers, Presbyterian 'little hard more than a Rer been indeed for There had cow-j- r uartjme a Catholic Chaypel Mdt among outhouses in a quiet of the villege. But as Muckle 'rfthe new ,r CL 1 ' Uv y Ti D.k seri,ia I fi Papishes, oot-ano- ot f c iL half-deserv- dag. e A e that Gibby wondered If after all he had not got nis pay for the contract over the1 water. At the end of the Muckle Rob said never a ward.story But he slowly took his arms offl the dike and stepped over in the field. He strode toward the rinkis as if more forward closely inspect the game. The players made haste to welcome so mighty a champion, but Rob went solemnly to the tee, and kicked out the steel pms at the end of the rink to the back back at the end of the rink to the back of which the signal paper was tucked. He sent the quoits spinning on their rams into the distant hedge. He took Tam Galletly and Pate Miller by the neck, and, knocking their heads together. he marched them off the field.-Deis buckles! said he, between every shake, )iae ye no the hale green to play oii, that ye maun come here to raise a; disturbance. Ill learn so j l what to expec. So he ye! It was not often that Muckle Rob better!' . nae for therefore considered, as, at took so active d hand in matters ecand; while nobodv dared a sort of jest clesiastical; to club contradict Quoiting Lockfinny ;,e hip, all were naturally ' ll have started four of, its young-"idnoisiest rinks on a vacant outside the new e Lf ground just of the Englishers. Eustace ier. priest of- the mission of St. Ethelreda .the Less, ;ted evensong at the hour when was apt to be briskest. Se l gravity of the choir boys and iWVolyte (who for (many rea time of ,it outside, , had a bad him his gar-gaumade parson was liable t et by the jests of Wult Sproat, .'champion of tlie village. White solemnity of the observances wn ?rmed ; 01 Frae Pow-liea- d j ed . rwr IDtl. ttlt d t-E- ts.kt bell-ringer- ), t . 4, by the unproved t anl away to another job ii and then Cf" Ut first mildly veh-- j fence. But (ialletly and Pate Miller, young loons both of !them, had Hat the ringend, and, las the vil-- , put it, had, set ,up a' manner o to the mam in the a back-talsark. The village jdid not in-- j entirely approve. It considered there was nae need for the like But no active measures of it. Litlon were taken, till Muckle over the wure ly, 'UZ nn ill-s- id: k fc; I,- 1 r!d ar jred t rapid. his slightest utterances. Ale Rob had been away on i to S! y pirn. VA. er scir 1 jer acrr er acre er a ere acre 3r er r acr .d. A fa r stair e. s .t&lojplf nd gra it a anxious to como at the explanation of the matter. Whats tane ye, Rab, since ye gaed awa? asked one of his mates. Ye used to besair again the Papes? Hae ye turned your coat? Na, said Rob, I hae neither turned Pape nor yet Methody in my auld age, but for a that Im tellin ye that the man wha meddles wi the English chiel will ken the smell o my knuckles! There was a respectful silence. Several had tried the perfume mentioned, but had mislikfed it. Come your ways to the wood end an Ill tell ye the tale, said Rob, in a more persuasive manner, as one who is conscious tht he has hardly done justice to the softer emotions. Noo,J hearkep, said Muckle Rob, when all the company had subsided into the convenient posture of attention known as hunkerin an when I hae dune, yell agree on a new in the Lowdons a good job. and bad the end of his con- -' quoitin greenj Or else well, well with full pockets and an air of gree on a new! quoitin green! rity which in any other person It was my wee Airehie, him that have been considered exced-offensirwas taen last year when he was 13. Ye maybe mind o him. He keeped , ca anyof the inhabitants went the second door on the west side o a jaunt, it always took a day No. 4 Pit. He was a boy like the rest ustom them to Lochfinny upon e the recklessl loons con'd lee and return, so Rob took the time out sweer, and aiblins, when I was na tour of inspection, He heard within bearin, tak a drap drink and Andrew Grieve was lying up emoke his pipe wi the aulder anes and sending out his wife to Fine do I ken that my lad was nae :Aing. So he called on Andrew wee white hen that never laid away! 'ore by the powers 'above and But ae pay Saturday, wha should that he would break every come frae Mafichester hut the lads in his body if he was not found auntie, our Elizabeths, sister, ye ken ng on the fjce by the first whas man has done so weel at the ' Andrew complained pack. An she telled.f Airehie aboot rain in the sma of his back, the grand place that the toon was, s rain will be in the brafd o and the big pays, and the theayturs, the tack, gin ye are no forrit wi an a the ongauns, till she had d tools as soon as the lave 'o us himsel. I haverel pittin notions Rob, as he slouched head. rns elbows his very wide of gh in the we had nae peace. that But after held position in wrhichhe cried 'and on, till nocht Then he was fleeced Airehie maSlng ready for 1 wad serve but he maun gang awa Al sundown Roh, in his com-- . back to Manchester wi his auntie and giein him survey of Lochfinny, ar--1 her payin his passage we ihad no So were. at the new that as quoiting green. He meat, loss,it but only his days wage. great Noo for a voman that was sic a warrior at thejeatin an drinkin, for a place e there was returned at to ;ds.$l :kd their damage, whs sufficient weight of a full bench of ;e to re the Be fia re-- il any two m the village with one hand tied his back. It is not clear that particular wager of battle was brought to an issue; but the fact with his two hands normally Rob could handle a' large pro-- , m of the male population of the i its It was currently that Rob could lick ft acr--?e- - sime homes i c y? to- - Put they make big money raected the license of a cavalry ,.i as to language. Rev. Eustace had indeed, pro- ' r- i of language were sinking Ahe The settled rain-- , rlooked down a little upon these jiers as wild asses, who are here bankers who of a new pit. atalci icrmfc.c w to jr mis-caae- re Col. ase of iprEu - protn'i- - Uiifc.- Signatu- - - you - orWCK 2s. e"- - oKnf. ttse cost my nd 1 brr" 3 i noEoitti1 ' npiag : iiaed-- f llL 1 1 acd f-- 1 name 9t v-rnr-- d also l &'-csa- ts.aic-- v OJSft - jiairr"' a bar- - ftS ,,U ft fB'P re. OB i V her her weight was twenty stane an was stone ale, Marget customary drink an awsome woman for meetins an unbelievable just fair preachins , she could boys-Oand as for texts, o a like aff string empties rattle them She never got to dook. the gaun doon the end o yin o them, afore the ither was at its tail. So I kenned weel what the laddie wad get in Manchester. There was Englishhis uncle a muckle baggit o silver a by made had heap man that to the but nocht prentices keepin sackin them before totheir pack, andoot. the He took Airehie time was Us next an the niclit-ao tlieaytur the awa , trot him auntie Marget garred revio her michty unwillifi, to some val meetins! was no yin But o them a, there docken a for, rill on cared Airehie that the Saturday Marget gets a word j Methody terrible genteel were crazy to folk just meetin. The L t it was hafiden in Airehie Get gan to it, because ,, "head kirk o the phace, that was Wants. for . cald 0n a dyke and at-cathedral. Though what the ' jirrn? caaed points of the game with STwasna Jnist decently : a past master. Tam Gal- - irlrlc is mair than I can tell yc. it was at ony rate ringing in the clanking ' ar the pin. Then ' ' 'RUi his011 next quoit would t;t o that! It was a point about, and cvcu At least twenty min-- r Str nsS rfPa ; nLers, were cheering gcs, and the noise was i . . kid-glov- e 1 Tam-packe- d " : -- 2 - at the, time of feed- - he uproar there stole hrlde Rob an umvont- is mu,Ac and there olcnin about it as Gif' Firht Ipalm on hath. IB hoard it 'J rh the quieter blinks . I qu'Atrr-- TI.d high "C Se" .W hetsomereaehinoFjtle lie experience folk UP twjsted them, mixed the CTeet mist as he garred them lau1 an ifim the if they had been bairns was in great fettle (ro ber C-- Sr-et man said) when she gat hame to her as lf he had seen nn angel stone ale an mutton pies. It was the heeven. I can dee noo! he cried. grandest season she had ever had. But my wTee Airehie never said And there the Englishy chiel sat, But cam' his ways back to wi my boys hand in his, a the nicht Lochfinny an gaed to his wTark at No. till the mornin while speaking a wee 4 as he had done afore. an while no. But for a that he was a different And so they sat till Airehie heard boy, I could see that. He gaed aboot the doors opening up and doon tho that quiet, the day by the length ye raw and the men gangin awa to the wradna hae heard him lettin an ill wi their cannies and their lamps. word oot o the mouth i him. His pit That is the day shift, minister, mother was fair feared that he was he said, I maun gang, too! guan in a decline. I asked Airehie An that was the way oor wee Air-chi- e what ailed him. But he looked doon gaed oot wi the day shift! and said, Nocht particular, faither. And at the road end, there was siSo as he aye took his meal o meat lence a little when the tale was done, regular, I took nae mair heed cither. and Muckie Rob sat with his hand But there cam smash in num- covering his brow. ber fower the nicht the engineman At last Pete Miller spoke. got fu careless drucken deevil he Well, hae nae mair quoitin ower by was an wee Airehie got the nip. So the chap-pelhe said. we took him hame to his mither, Na, said all the men, rising tomarchin slow and carefu, ye ken very soberly. Nae mair quoitower weel the way that brings the gether in at the chappel after this! St. women doon the road like bees, to Louis kens whas man or bairn it is theyre THE WISE GRAY SQUIRREL. carry in. They brought Airehie to the bed, that he had risen fra sae brisk that His Art of Keeping a Tree Between Himself and a Gun. momin, taen his bit can and set oot whistlin like a mavis. They laid him Of course, said a hunter, everydoon, and .syne oor doctor cam. He was kind and quiet touchin and ban- body knows that when a man with a dagin, and aye wi a joke an a heart-som- e gun comes along, the gray squirrel word goes around on the other side of the Three cheers for the doctor, said tree; he doesnt get killed if he can help some one in the background. But Muckie Bob took no heed, but steadily it, and he can help himself pretty well. I remember once coming across a gray told his tale. Neel he bade Airehie be a guid lad, squirrel up a big oak; he was out on a to mind his prayers, and do what his branch about forty feet from the mither telled him, an he wad gaffer ground. He saw me as quick as I did him, quicker, I guess, and when I was; ready to fire he was around on the other side of the branch. This branch was very small, only a mighty little bigger than the squirrel; .but he hugged it so close and he was in such perfect line wfith me that you couldnt see anything of him at all except a little bit of the tip of his tail that was blown out by a strong wind. I blazed away at him and never touched him. Then I went around on the other side of the tree, thinking that possibly I could get a shot at him from there; but, as I went one .way he went the other, and by the time I had got over on the other side he was on the side I had come from and in just as perfect line with me as he was at first and just as safe. I tried him again, with just the same result. Then I pulled a stake out of a rail fence near by and planted it in the ground on one side of the tree and hung my coat on it and wrent over on the other side. I thought that possibly I might make the squirrel think that there were two men there, or put him in doubt Jong enough to enable me to the pit some day yet. But, lads, when he gaed oot, he get a shot at him; but he .never paid gied yon thraw o his nose ower his the slightest attention to the coat. I shooder at me, where I was standing dont suppose it weuld have made any like a useless lump in the corner. I difference to him if Id opened a clothsaw he wanted me to speak at the ing store there; he knew the man with the gun, and it was the gun that he door, an my heart gaed down like was looking out for. lead. we dodged around that tree Well, Rob, he said, layin his hand upon for quite a spell longer. There wasnt my airm, better let Airehie get what other tree near by that the squirany he wants. He will no want it lang. could rel go to, and he knew his only I was near the greetin, An, lads, I lay in! sticking to the one he dinna need to tell ye hoo near, for ye safety was In; and the way he did stick to it ken. and keep around always on the other But Airehie. wanted naething, only tb be letten alane. Sae in the after-nun- e side of that branch was something his mither said to horn, Airehie, wonderful. I fired five or six shots at him altogether, and I filled the branch lad, ye had better ken ye are gaun to under him half full of shot, but never leave us, Airehie to leave your faither an your mither. Is there ocht that touched him; and when I thought l had .wasted time and ammunition ye wad like dune? enough I left him. New York Sun. nae But Airehie lay still and made him mair sign, than if she had telled BEAUTIES LOVE THE BEASTS to gang to hush-a-b- y when he was a bairn. But in a while hb said. MithMen Have Generally Been er, if I maun dee, I wad like awsome Most Successful With Women. vCell to see the chap in the white goon, The Illustrious men in who! that preached when I was wi Auntie have kindled in womens history hearts inexMarget. But we talked to him an argufied tinguishable passions have been, as a! wi him, to pit him by the notion, say-i- n rule, plain. Julius Caesar, as great a1 that the man was some great victor over the sex as over his! fair Englisher and besides a, that, it was was far from beautiful. He had an awfu lang road off. And it wasna own, to be expected that he could leave his distemper in his head, Plutarch tells' wark an come awa to see a collier us, arid was subject to epilepsy. Yet, lad here in Scotland. Sge we asked a mere when sti Jg, before his fame him gin the minister here wadna do, for he was a decent man and weel In Rome, girls chis own age sighed liked. for him and mature women longed for But Airehie was michty set in his his love. mind, and he said, I kefi its no to be Sir Sydney, the accepted patexpected, but if I canna hae the chap tern Phillip of Elizabethan chivalry, whom in the white goon to speak to me, I women of all was plain ages Adored, want naebody, says he. to a of He degree fascinated ugliness. to was his I auntie Sae as writing his mind, not his person. to tell aboot the accident at ony rate, byPaul the comic poet, reI put in a aboot what Airehie had said nowned Scarron, in his day and hardly rememnever thinkin but that it wad juist bered now, dazzled the imaginations mindthat Airehie pleasure her to ken controlled and the sensibilities of the nae o wi ava thocht ed the preachin, finest women in France; during the maire. ony thing reigns of Louis XIII. and Louis XIV, But Marget was ever; as ye ken, a Nature had been miserly to him as reforritsome woman, I think it maun spects his even before disease hae been wi companyin so muckle wi "had made person, a him wretched cripple. thae Englishers, for it wasna o her Even then he had no trouble in winkind o folk. Sae as soon as she got the and young ning lovely women the letter what does the daft woman who, as Mme. de subseMaintenon, an to on awa bonnet her do but pits most the fastidquently subjugated Cox Maister hoose whaur the graund and fickle of French kings. Noble (for that was the name o the ious Trenck was a great favorite Baron chap) leeved. But he wasna Lin. He with the sentimental sisterhood, and was awa on his holidays that verra was he cheated of feaattractive yet the mornin, awa in Cornwall, where was to all suchis emotional tures, tewing He comes frae. Methody miners to his uncomfair dune wi workin at his revivalin, cess, as he once wrote, promising ugliness. There are many the housekeeper said. besides his own interesting But, says she, ye micht tell me records, of how, when he sought to memoirs, what ye cam aboot, if its no a secret. win women, to they were incontinently when he hear For the master likes won. telled her Then comes hame. Marget Voltaire, with all his cleverness, a aboot the puir lad that had been would never have been chosen as a hurt awa in the north. I jaloose she was glad to hae somebody to tell. And typical lover.of He was ugly of feature, but capable delighting women, not-sae she gaed her ways back hame. his ugliness. maun withstanding sent hae the But the woman was Rousseau and his manner plain on For instant. it the preacher wordnext momin was There awkward. nothing in his we had that was the very to a charm womans eye; appearance hoo Airehie to was, a telegraft speer a was most he nevertheless successful he wad thocht doctor the hoo an lang last. It said forbye that M. Cox No- lover. John Wilckes was admitted, even by ble was juist aff a lang journey and himself, to be the ugliest in all case in to ken him let verra tired, but no woman but he whom chose England, o need. could him. resist to address Washingwas at in time the doctor as the So on his rounds he said that he wad send ton News. a message. But what he said I never Kissing' Unknown in Japan. ways, the dockenned, for he has his to man Strange as it may appear, says M. speet at. tor, and is no aeasy wi Airehie sittin up We were de G uerville in his account of JapanI could see he wadna ese women, a kiss is an unknown that night andwas far ower in the thing in Japan not unknown to the gay be lang. It o twa, that there back on the forcin of Yokohama. Ivobe or Nacam chappin at the door. The laddies maidens who have so much to do for was thinkin it gasaki, mither gaed to it, amusement of foreigners, but unto corned hoo the speer aiblins a neebour to the in general. A she when known wras. But Japanese it, opened Airehie never kisses his wee a wi in his lover sweetheart, a on the bag step there never kisses her child. He mother an the parson, was Englishy hand, had preached in, wi the made a great mistake, the man who the sheet he fair in his head wi wrote that a kiss is natures Volapuk, een o him want sunk o Sax bunder the pniversal language of love. You travel and come tosleep. see wee Airr can kiss any Japanese girl. She will my mile he had to him. we not object, for she cannot possibly uncouldna speak ohie. We derstand what you mean. She will war that pitten aboot. and ye should hae only think, What queer people these q0 he cam ben,face as pleased like foreigners are. oen the laddies ony-tliin- HIS HEART IS GONE. , Globe-Democra-t. ; ! j l J , ; j ! - Non rroi.rrty g. iat JOKERS BEHIND T HE GCBNCS. IhSt , l Sun j (irpq ,fUf SPIRITUAL, BUT IN A tho Yhcn Sura auditor of the tb k. r PHYSICAL SEN SC. is deserted and dark aad dr' ry the space behind the curtain is full of lif.q Frederick Moran Was Annoyed wltli One says the New York Herald. It is tl.rrl of the Most Peculiar Diseases Known to that the property men get in their work Physicians A Marvelous Case of Heart and anybody who has ever cccc In contact with them knows that they are Drifting. the greatest jokers living. They play T REDBRICK MOR-aJokc3 on the first victim that comes the man with along and afterward apptaee his anthe migratory ger by him out for a drink. taking heart, has been disIn a theater not far from hero is charged from the the jolliest set of property men I ever Alameda county met. A young carpenter, who proved (Cal.) infir mary, to be a green hand behind the scene and he is going was employed to assist on seme wood-r, hack to hia, former work recently. The property men in- vocation as chef. snapped him up as an easy Morans heart mediately victim. There being a lull in work, seems to have been they sent him to the manager cf a tery irresolute about its actions, and downtown theater for a bag of the most peculiar and, to Moran, un- wrinkles.- - That dignified and portentpleasant feature of the case i3 that It ous gentleman was rather nonplussed may shift its position fit any moment for a moment, but he soon saw into th and start on its way back home withand gave the young carpenter a out any warning to the owner. Morans joke filled with Iron and scraps that was heart has been wobbling around for bag for man to carry. Tha any some years, apparently trying to get enough men when they saw roared property away from Its original anchorage. Dur- him coming with the bag on his back. ing the last few months, however, the The young man was as mad as a March migratory heart has shifted complete- hare when he saw through the scheme, ly to the right side. In the last shift the property men took him out and it has moved just as far as fit was pos- but filled him with exhilarating drink, so sible away from the normal position much so that he roared himself with of hearts in general and its own original laughter. place In the make up cf Mr. Moran. The mark of these jokers Morans case is one of the rarest Is the particular would-b- e actor, who constantly known to medicine, said Dr. Clark, haunts the stage entrance. One of the who is the superintendent and resident property men plays the role of manager physician of the Alameda county in- and requests the wteuld-b- e Thespian to firmary, and who had the care of Moran step on the stage and recite some exand his wandering heart. It was not tracts from Hamlet. This he is only alone the fact that his heart was on the too to do and the manager places glad right side of his body,, hut it was the him on the stage immediately above a fact that it moved there from the left trap door. The property men conceal side while he was alive, A heart that is themselves behind the scenes and await simply located on the right side from the fun. Just as the poor aspirant to birth is not such an unusual case, but histrionic honors reaches a point inRis when it moves from one side to the is that extremely tragic and other and is not stationary it becomes dialogue the property men turn out the one of the cases that attract the atten- touching lights, produce thunder and lightning tion of the, medical profession. and open the trap door, precipitating As to what causes the change in the would-be actor into depths that give location of the heart it is almost im- him the impression that he has landed possible to say, but it seems to be doing in the infernal regions. The distance its duty just as well on the right side he falls is not more than two feet and a.s on the left. the property men see to it that he is not hurt and that his feelings are atoned TRICKa OF INDIAN JOCKEYS. for subsequently. Their jokes are numerous and versafh Speed of the Rarie Count for tile. One nf their favorites is to send Nothing In the Rmo a hfnd to the billposter& room The gambling par excellence among forgreen a key to the curtain. There he Is Indians is in foot and horse racing. an Iron bar that requires all his Every tribe of Indians possesses at least given vicone race pony. On this pony the wealth strength to carry. Sometimesisthe tims get real angry and there indicaOf every member of the tribe is tion of trouble, but the jokers always squandered when he is pitted against over and some other pony, eays the St. Louis manage to smooth things It must not be sup- eventually make the victims themselves posed by this that the Indians depend laugh. entirely upon the fleetness of their pony. In fact, it is generally the swiftest Steam and Electricity. if the loses race, that especially pony Electricians and electrical experts his owner depends upon his speed to are very fond of declaring that the win. The Indian jockey has more of steam power has already tricks than were ever dreamed of even begun. The Royal Academy of Engiat Guttenburg, and these tricks are con- neers in London is of Jthe opinion that stantly brought into play In orderfel-to steam will not, at present at least, be compass the downfall of the other superseded by electricity; on the ordL low. The writer has seen hundreds nary railroad. One objection to elecof Indians yelling and shouting over the tricity is that it would take such an preliminaries of a race to be participat- enormous amount of power to operate ed in by two of the sorriest-lookin- g trunk lines of railway that it would be of the equine family imagin- unmanageable and insufficient. There speciments able. is as yet no lnown means of distributthree hours were spent In ing the electfjfc current in such a way arranging the details of the race .with as to make it- available. The steam the various bets. Every Indian was locomotive carries Its power with It; personally interested, for he had some- the electric must tap a line somewhere' thing bet on the result. The ponies in order to be effective. The proper' were brought to the scratch, haggard handling of electricity for long disand worn out. The riders had great tance power is as yet an unsolved difficulty in forcing them to the front. problem. Combinations of electricity The word was given, and presto, what and steam work admirably, and short a change! The ponies went off with a lines, city transportation and the quick bound that would have unseated the and expeditious tranference of people best white jockey that ever rode a race. and property In and about cities is Over the course they went, neither gain- fully met by electric power. As a ing until near the end. As one began street car motor it is an unqualified to draw a little ahead the rider of the success, and will before long entirely other suddenly let fly his blanket and drive the horses out of business. But completely blinded the, gaining pony. for through freight and passenger It hesitated and partially stumbled. traffic where there are long distances The other jockey flew ahead and was to be annihilated, the steam locomothe winner. No trouble ensued over tive is likely to hold its own for many" this sharp practice, but. it was taken years to come. as a legitimate piece of work in a race. The losing Indian was berated soundly GlowAVorm Cavern. for allowing the blanket to be thrown, The greatest wonder of the antipodes but the bets were paid with a is the celebrated glow-worcavern, philosophical air and another race was discovered in 1891,in the heart of the arranged lor. Tasmanian wilderness. The cavern or caverns (there appears to be a series of Blnki Good Lack. such caverns In the vicinity, each sepr Dont you think its arate and distinct) are situated near the Mr. Binks about time our daughter began to think town of Southport, Tasmania, in a about a husband? She Is getting on, limestone bluff, about four miles from and shell be an old maid the first thing Ida bay. The appearance of the main she knows. cavern is that of an underground river, Mrs. Binks . Indeed, it Is time, high the entire floor of the suoterranean pastime. But shes me over again. I sage being covered with water about a never thought of marriage until my foot and a half in depth. The wondermother warned me that if I ever mar- ful Tasmanian cavernw are similar to ried at all I had no time to lose. I tell all caverns in their limestone forma- you I was scared. tion, with the exception that their roofs Um I suppose so. Mr. Binks and sides literally shine with the light Mrs. Binks Yes, indeed. I made emitted by the millions of glow-worUp my mind to take the first stick that which inhabit them. offered, and that very evening you NOT IN A n, , s Globe-Democr- at. L de-cade- nce ; Pl-obabl- y - s -- m ms came. By Accident. Miss French (Octave Thanet) thus explains how she got her nom de plume: "Octave was the name of a school friend. It is both French and Scotch. I thought if I could find another name to go with it that was, both French and Scotch I would adopt that. I waa riding on a tran one time,' when we stopped at a way station, and on the siding near where I sat was a freight car painted red. On one side was chalked the word Thanet. What It meant or how It got there I have not the slightest idea, but I decided then and there to adopt it. Lots of people still think that Octave Thanet is a man. Willing to Change. Tbe latest fashion is Mrs. De Fadd to have the piano built into the wall. Well, thats Mr Do Fadd (wearily) .. H Bricks from Baby'on. In the British museum are bricks taken from the buildings in Nineveh and Babylon which show no sign of decay or disintegration, although the ancients did not burn or bake them, but dried them in the sun. The baths of Caracalla and of Titus in Rome and th Thermae of Diocletian have endured the ravages of time far better than the stone of the Coliseum. Chinas Prospective Navy. Captain McClure, who with a commission from the Chinese government. Is visiting various countries where war vessels are constructed, with a view to tbe creation of a new navy for China, Is at present in England. It is stated that when he decides what firm can beet supply the needs he will place the most extensive single order for war ships ever given. |