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Show THE TEST OF MIRIE. little sitting room,, where It was already growing dark, the old man sat opposite the young sailor. On th table was a little statute of the Virgin, in old faience near a little board and a In the new candle. "You owe me obedience," said the old sacristan to his nephew, "because I am your only relative and because I have always lived honestly In the shadow of the church. Now, I have reflected long concerning your future and I am going to advise you. But you must swear on this little statue of the Virgin to obey me." Mlrle foresaw that his uncle was going to ask him once more to give up bhe sea, and the young man loved the 6ea. On shore for a few days, ho was already wearied of that Breton village bo far from he sea. He grew stifled In this valley where one could neither see the wave3 nor breathe the salt winds. And besides, his employer expected him the next morning at daybreak for the fishing. Not knowing hi3 nephew's thoughts, the old man continued ; "Before I die, and with only the thought of your good, my child, I would! talk to you as your father would have done, and as my sister, your poor, dear mother, would have begged of you." The uncle impressed Mlrle by his grave tone and solemn gestures. After long hesitation the young sailor reached out his hand toward the little faience statue, and swore to follow the advice cf the sacristan. "You will soon be 30," the old man went on. "Abandon a life of adventure and dancers. Take a wife, found a family and become a landowner." "Ah!" groaned the young man. "Nothing could cose me more than to keep such a promise, for I love the sea. uncle, with an Infinite love." "A more human tenderness will replace in your heart that unnatural pas ion. You must marry. I have two in Tlew for you. Both love you. Dana Amerellne, a widow, a little mature, but rich, and little Muchette, who is poor, but young and very pretty." Miric remembered. Indeed, that Danni Ameline smiled at him in an engaging manner, and that Muchette blushed when he passed her. Yet these did not stir his heart. His desire for love bad died in bis regret for the sea. Seeing him dejected, the old man continued: "Don't think me so presumptuous as to impose ray will upon you without a higher sanction. A pious tradition of this country causes the young peopls to be guided in choosing by the good. Virgin. "Do like the others. Fasten this statue of Mary and this lighted caudle Tiile murmuring to the little board. fervent prayer go place this i;ttlo offering to Coat upon the river, and do you follow. "Where It stops you stop. The homes of Dame Ameline and Muchette are upon the banks of the river. Go to the bouse thus pointed out, rap boldly on that Mlrle had no fear of losing sight of It Theories Concerning the Whitening In Winter. The winter whitening of animals, though of intense interest to zoologists is ver imperfectly understood. Most writers are satisfied to nelleve that this change of color was perfected somehow under the natural selection for protective purposes of adaptation to environments. Its origin they leave a3 an unsolved problem. I find, however, that the change h? a deep physiological significant There is, for instance, in niamals i definite sequence In which the various parts of the body whiten. The sequence corresponds to the summer accumulations of fat In the pannlculus adlposus. Thus the belly, where per ipheral fat is thickest, is permanently white, and the rump, where also fat accumulates thickly, is usually the first part to whiten. Many Northern mammals and birds, not usually regarded as of the winter whitening category, are lighter In winter than in The whiteness or white summer. patches assumed in the former season correspond to the fat tracts, so that these species may be regarded as ub- ject to the same process. In the northern summer most animals ac cumulate fat, always in a definite manner as regards the regions whero It i3 deposited. This fat la indicative of deficient oxidization and of slug gish metabolism, and the process of Its accumulation is, therefore, one if atrophy. The fat accumulation and atrophy are most- marked in autumn, at which season metabolism Is therefore lowest With the onset of winter cold the atrophy may extend to the hairs. Their pigment (as observed by Metchlnoff) Is then removed, alwith ways, however, commencing those parts where peripheral fat is and atrophy therefore, tnickest, greatest Should there be a change of coat at this time the new hairs are influenced by the same conditions. In very cold countries they come up whl' all over the animal; in more temperate regions the parts only where fat He was getting into a locality Utile known to him, and it appeared mors and more lonely. At each step hi heart was more oppressed by the thought of staying in this place and being so far from the sea. A deariness came upon him; the air seemed stifling, the valley so narrow. The sky even seemed low, and oppressed him; yet, faithful to his vow, he followed on. Suddenly the little offering touched the shore, turned, hit against a stump and stopped. Mlrle saw through the mist a new house. Having been for a walk In this same place before with his uncle, he recognized the house and exclaimed in a choking voice: "The widow's house!" Sorrowfully he approached and raised! his hand to rap, when the widow showed light and Mirle saw two embracing shadows appear. The widow was not alone. Surprised, the young man turned his eyes to the river and saw that the little light bad taken its course again and was gliding with the current He gave a great sigh of relief. "Ah, that was only a proof," he criea. "That fickle widow will not by my wife. Thank you." Comforted, he went on with quicker step, although he had walked a long while. He felt his whole Uelng eased by a confused hope of he knew not what. As he advanced, the river widened and became more rapid, the valley became less narrow, less deep. The hills grew lower, the clouds floated faster. In a clearer sky. He breathed more freely. The light stopped again, made prisoner by floating weeds. The sailor turned his head and saw a poor littio house. He thought, "The home of Muchette." In great distress he bade adieu to his dreams of the sea and resignedly lifted a hand and rapped. The door opened a little way, and, having pronounced the name of her he sought, a man's voice replied that Muchette was married and had nothing to do with travelers at night "Can this be the last trial?" cried, Mir'.e. "Muchette will not be my wife Thank you, Marie de Bon Secoura, Ah! Thank you!" And Mlrle in ecstacy followed the light on as he had promised. A pale light of day pierced the fog. The river became wider and wider. No more trees on the bank, no more green fields, no more wooded hills, but low domes which ended In sandy flats. All at once a great breath of savor came from the vast expense and filled his lungs. He felt hlms'f borne upon wings. The last mists as by enchantment The lit went tle light out died softly in the of the day. splendor And Mlrle, in ecstacy, filled with profound Joy an fervent gratitude, understanding to what companion la life, to what sure friend in death, the Lady of Bon Secours had led him, saw before him the boundless sea. Translation from the French, In New York Sun. is ed silent who is one of his closest friends, kept a boatful of people laughing with their political yarns. One of thesetold by Mr. Williams, concerned the late Speaker Thomas i. Reed. 7IUt rose from the water and floated over the fields. The tree were silhouetted against it like fantastic shadows. The young sailor knelt In the damp grass, lighted the candle, p!aced It with the statue upon the board and launched It upon the water. With hands Jola-e- d he said the only prayer he knew, one learned at his mother's knee. As a man he had not needed to learn any other, it had kept him from sin and came simply from his soul. This evening he uttered the prayer with fervor that Mary would have pity on his grief and calm his heart that lor Ring for the eea. The prayer ended, he removed his buhfU and let the oiTcrlrg go drifting awav. The little Virgin turned at flrat tiron the rippling water, as if uncertain i t her way, then took the current end trpin to go down the river. Mirie fo 3ii1 followed the trembling light slowly ators the tank. All at once the wind went down, the water was like a mirrar; not a breath ma the candle flicker, and e it the mist seemed to disappear, so be-rr- 1 "One day," said Mr. Williams, met Mr. Reed coming out of the cloak room and he said to me In that peculiar drawl of his: "Williams, whatever makes you such a bitter partisan ?" "Well, Mr. Speaker, that's pretty good coming from you. Isn't it?" I replied. '"Never mind me, he replied, l.nt why are you such a bitter partisan? "'Well, I'll tell you,' I raid 'You know I never saw a republican until I was 23 years old and I can't get used to them, somehow.' "He looked at me reproachfully and walked away without another wori." r.altlmore Sun. i J- - - - Up - "vti;W A;41 uspd-u- " " A 8econd Ja? "Connhlderable wind bout the time I gt home, followed by squall and general dircburLanchej in the morning." Fair Passenger "Is this car smoker?' Use The Drakeman "No, Madam: yon will find the smoker ahead." feel-IriR- n run-dpw- .'" S, ' . A . 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A c VARICOCELE " First Jag "Shay, old fellah, watr.ch yer think the wtathcrsch goin to be." p. combined with more or IwtieM, PtupiJ, less heavy. f30l tal condition. JivUah for fool and the ability to digest leeroa to be lost. snllow comSkin eruptions, coatnl biliousness. plexion, l3p, tongue, fitful. lrroKular tho picture help to complete which is so common at this Benson. ell Peruna so exactly meets dethese conditions thnt tt)e remmand is so great for this season of the ye; edy at tills that it Is nearly impossible to supply it. Pe ru na Contains No Narcotics One reason wfcy Terunrv hos use in s found permanent is that It contain many homes of any kind. Pe1 no narcotics ia nrfiotlv harmless. can he used any length of tint the dru acauiiing without hnbit. thickest are white. Although a pigmented hair can thus undergo atrophy and loss of pigment I know of no place where the color is replaced. Animals once whitened remain so until the spring molt These facts apply broadly to birds and mammals, but tho hare and the stoat are the species which I have studied especially. Similar laws cover a great deal of the distribution of the white color throughout the vertebrae phylum, wherein the connection between white color and the peripheral fat tracts (thus indicating local atrophy) may be widely traced. Thus domestic animals, nearly all of which are prized most for their power of accumulating fat, exhibit a strong tendency to the development cf white patches. In both these and In wild animals the belly, whore occurs tae principal fat tract, Is the moFt frequently wh!e part; ?iext follow the rump and parts of the neck, of the limbs and of the head. Marked exceptions are no doubt frequently due to unusual arrange ments of the pannlculus adiposus. Thus In the badger, a representative of a family in which the back Is usually whiter than the bcly, I find a correspondingly exceptional arrangement of the fat traces. The white of the head the "Maze" of horses, the facial stripes of the badger often affects regions not of fat accumulation, but where the skin Immediately over lies bone and membrane (frontals and nasals and zygomatic arch) which thus seem to produce an atrophy similar to that caufed by underlying fat In many animals the hair atrophy assumes the form not of whitening, but Marine mammals are of baldness. hairless In proportion to the development of their peripheral fat layers, fattening cattle ln?e their hair, while the baldness cf man corresponds la position to the "blaze" of horses, and the bare buttocks of monkeys to the white rumps f f other animals. Yellow and red frequently follow the fame rule of distribution as white. They are well known to be fat pig ments. life-givin- Beautiful 'Young Society Woman's Letter. St Paul, Minn. 521 Wabasha St. Dr. Hartman, Columbus, O. Dear Sir: "I took Peruna last summer when I was all run down, and had a headache and backache, and no ambition for anything. .1 now now feel as well as I .ever did In all my life, and all thanks is due to your excellent Peruna." Bess F. Healy. The symptoms of summer catarrh are quite unlike In different cases, but the most common ones are gencr alii tired-out- , played-out- , lassitude, A - the door. 'There will be the companion of your life whom the Virgin will have chosen lor your happiness." Mirie'a respect for his uncle and his John Sharp Williams and Tom Heed. faith in the Virgin compelled him to There Is no better story teller in make the trial in spite of his repug- Congress than the Hon. John Hharp nance. He took the candle, the statue Williams, the leader of the minority, and the board, kissed his uncle, then and when he was here last week with with slow steps and heavy heart set the Rivers avl Harbors Committee out, not to join his employer, alas! bat he and Congressman J. F. C. Talbott, to fulfill his promise. IL It was a dark night when Mlrie paused through the sleeping village and gained the river. All was deserted aud 1 COLOR CHANGE IN ANIMALS. - '' m,Vt-fI,T,TI0- f . o 3 PR.gM.COErTJ. Tres-Idnt-tdec- t, i I fnr-tils- h 1 n, |