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Show r P 4 DIXIE ADVOCATE WILKWSOS BKOO, ST. CEORCE. r UTAH Thq wlnnw of the America races U cow in the water. In POPULAR SCIENCE . Pmfclllfc cup Uraguay finished its last revolution a week, the best time on record. pedestals are a good deal men. more numerous than Self-mad- Puck. Czar Nicholas would like for once to take the role of advance agent of prosperity himself. The St. Paul woman that tried cide by swallowing pennies was certainly not penny wise. sui- The baseball plajer who calls for too many high balls soon finds his batting average falling off. A New York society woman has just paid $1,650 for her spring hat. Dont let your wife read this. Truly, with baseball war,. Venezue- lan trouble, and moral reform, these are stirring times. s Even royalty has Us limitations. is not permitted to King Edward smoke more than five cigars a day. The new Chinese minister has seven children. That fact will make him a persona grata at the white house. But does the fact that Lady Gordon was born in this country make her an American? If so, let us have more race suicide Even the despondent have someCount for, after all. thing to 1: Robert de w.Montesquiou is coming back next year. Hetty Green will never be happy until she can find some place where she will not be compelled to buy a tag for her dog. President Eliot of Harvard says that educated men are slow to marry. He failed to add that married men are soon educated. said the Dont be extravagant, mao as bis secprosperous buslntretary took up a pair of shears and prepared to cut the string that tied If you cut that the express package. string you will ipoH It Untie it or let me. I guess Im more used to It than you are." The knot was a hard one and the prosperous business man said several things under his breath as he fumbled The and picked at it. secretary watched him with an amused smile, which the prosperous business man detected as ho at last loosened the in tangled string and looked up triumph. There!" he said You were laughing at me, young man." The secretary looked a little foolish. Well," said the prosperous busiI dont blame you If you ness man. were. I ought to be laughed at. Its just a fool habit of mine, though. Did you ever read a story about a piece of string?" I dont recall it," replied the secretary. It was Guy de some French guy who wrote it, said the prosperous business man. it was a piece of string that gave a man a lot of grief." Youre not stringing me, 1 hope," said the secretary. Youll get to the end of yours if you make any more breaks like that, said his employer severely. Ill tell you about this, though, because you are young yet and It may prove a My father was an warning to you. economical man before me. Hed walk ten or fifteen blocks to save a carfare and buy 25 cents worth of cooling liquid to refresh himself after the walk that sort of an economist. One day he saw me cut a string that came around a package of dried apples and he remonstrated with me on my extravagance. T suppose it went in at one ear and out of the other?" It lit cm It It didnt go in the ear. and made It sing. You had a musical ear, then." I wish you wouldnt interrupt." said the prosperous business man tesIt made an Impression anytily. way. He told me that if I didnt acquire habits of thrift Id end up in the poorhouse. He quoted a proverb or tried to make me think he quoted it There was another package to be opened and he carefully untied It, colled the string around his outspread fingers and tied it In a neat skein like this." The prosperous business man illuscame trated with the Rtring that around the express package. Thats all right," said the secretary, Now when you want a approvingly. piece of string youve got it Thats what my father observed. hasnt justified My own experience the observation. When I want a piece of string I havent got it I throw the skein In a drawer usually, but when I go to look for it it isnt there. Why dont you throw it away in the first place, then? inquired the secre- tary. For the same reason that you will never be able to overcome your habit of asking fool questions. all It's habit I didnt have a knife with me to I the next time had occasion open a package, and I then remembered cut wicked a to was It that thing very a useful piece of string and I untied it Soon 1 found myself untying another package and it grew into a habit Now it hurts me to see anybody take a knife or scissors to a piece of string. But I dont delude myself with the idea that It is economy. 1 suppose I have wasted hundreds of dollars' worth of time in untying hard knots, to say nothing of the temper I have lost and the language I have misused, and I suppose 25 cents would more than cover the value of what I have saved. Dont try to be economical if you would be wealthy." Now that the Christians In Macedonia have begun to defeat the Turks the powers may step in and put a stop to the trouble. What with rapid fire justices and quick divorce attorneys, neither long engagements nor extended terms of marital life are necessary. highball for old Neptune. If the accounts are true the new Mrs. Vanderbilt will have to take along a dummy annex when she desires to wear all her diamonds at once. Mr. Brown pressed the button marked Office Boy and then sat back with his thumbs in his armpits and waited. The boy put in an immediate appearance. "Say, Bob, didnt we order some daily report blanks a week ago? Yes, sir, but they havent came yet" faster than you are doing. "All right. Get them here thing in the morning. "Say, Bob, you tell theyll be here first thing Mr. in first Brown the morn- ing." Private office. Enter Bob. Theyre cornin' right over, Mr. Brown." Don't say haven't came" right Bob. Thats the way to You don't want to let do business. I mean they didnt come yet" But never them fool you. Now keep right after Well, thats worse. If R weren't for the man who goes mind, find out why they have not been them." around In early spring without his sent in." Yes, sir. t be so- Exit boy. overcoat, the doctors Ghorui in outside t piat did autpuftT Ife 'say? ) generally. 1 floras in mofcllee. He said all right; for me to keep he want?" He told me to telephone about after them. Spring fever Is a disease that bafthem daily report blanks." Stenographer What are you all fles the doctors. No patent medicine Here, I'll telephone; talking about?" Bookkeeper ever pretended to cure It, and against you get that Them daily order The Boy stationery company and its baneful Influence breakfast foods ('ll talk to them. You just lot me blanks." are in vain. Do you mean daily talk to them. Stenographer The Boy Is this the Waste Paper report blanks? Theyve been here Most of the cures for rheumatism Well, Mr. three days. They are in the vault company? are so far away from the scene of the Stationery " now. Lrown wants man disturbance that the who is Chorus: Bookkeeper Here, you let me talk They are? afflicted the with disease can to them. really Stenographer Why, yes. I told not get there. Say, when do you folks intend to every one of you about them. You should have told Bookkeeper get that order filled? The man who sent in an application I dont care. Mr. Brown Is in a me. for government seeds a month ago hurry and you promised to have them Stenographer I did; I told every and hasnt had a sign of a response over here a week auo. one of you, blit you were all so busy as yet feels sure that the country 1b Well, If you want our business you fussing about which one was to talk going to the devil. better get them over here in a hurry. over the telephone that you paid no Well! morning? That attention to me. Steady, now! Heres a New York wont do. Thats Cant you get them over Bookkeeper ( sot to voce) The truly good vaudeville joke: like a woman. just woman Is one who can handle a hot Yes, he told me to tell you If yon Boy (ditto) Thats the way a girl lamp chimney and repeat the Lords wanted our trade youd better move always does." prayer at the same time." Ail An English professor declares that Is no more phosphorous In a fish than there is in a rabbit, and that Us value as a food is entirely mythical. there A Chicago saloon was struck by This item should be pastlightning. ed in the hats of people who will have to argue with the scoffers when the lightning begins to strike churches later on. If, as reported, Andrew Carnegie Is to play the role of angel and to a national theater he may congratulate himself on his assured prospect of achielng his great ambition to die poor. e J. C. Barclay, who was once a messenger boy, has been made assistant manager of the Western general Union Telegraph company. All mes- senger boys are competent to run the business but few are given the opportunity. It is a curious fact that most of the advice to married people comes from people who have never been married. Also, have you ever noticed that the leading speaker at the Mothers congress is invariably a flower unplucked from the parent stem? The lady of the house had been a genuine sufferer from the wastefulness of her former cook. Repeated analyses of the garbage can at length had led to the discharge of the kitchen autocrat. After a short interval a new cook was engaged and the lady of the house was descanting enthusiastically to her husband on the virtues and accomplishments of the newly discovered treasure. I dont think that if I looked all over the earth I could find anybody that I should like as well. she said. Im sure that even you could find no fault with the dinner. Weren't those chops done to a turn? And I couldnt ask for a better tapioca pudding. Neither could I, responded her husband, after his kind, nor any other Bort of a tapioca pudding. Pie is good enough for me. Thats always the way with you," said the lady. Youre never satisfied. But really she is a treasure, and as wont be any saving well, there waste in the house as long as she 1b here. Do you know, I went into the kitchen this morning and she had found a pan of oid dough that Fanny had left around. I was sure that it was spoiled and I told her that she might as well throw it away, but she seemed Oh, no, quite horrified. maam,' she said, 'I wouldnt throw it away. I'U bake it, anyway, and if it doesnt turn out all right I can give I thought it to some poor tramp that was so economical of her and so kind." It was indeed a kind thought," agreed the husband. John Dyer, newspaper faler, turned Yaqui leader and was soon captured by the Mexicans and summarily Would that ail newspaper shot. fakers would turn Yaqui leaders. The question, What shall we do with our is in a fair way of being settled. Fifteen of them are now in the United States senate. Because King Alfonso queerly he is thought to This is an unreasonable inasmuch as all rulers act is acting be insane. conclusion, queerly. A New York woman got ready to move, looked around at her belongThose who ings and shot herself. have had experience can moving readily appreciate her choice. An Immense tract of coal hitherto has unknown been discovered in Baer doubtless Pennsylvania. will to hasten prove his divine right to it A Pennsylvania legislator has introduced a bill to provide gold medals for mothers of large families. Sewing machines would be better. OR, lured in old Nuremberg, in which Maurers Invention is used, can be run with unchanging speed on level or up a hill by merely manip- ulating a friction wheel, sliding upon a shaft, which presses ae&icst the face of the supplying the power. The motor being run at uniform speed, the speed of the vehicle t's governed by shifting the position the friction wheel. r In account of spider life. Dr. Dallinger described the ruthless destruction by the Ichneumon fly and by certain wasps. The young of some wasps can live only on live spiders, and the mother wasp, therefore, renders the spiders powerless by her sting after which they can live a month and then deposits them In the cocoon where she Un hatching out, ias Pace( er the wasp grub feeds on the bodies of the living spiders. Another wasp deposits her egg in the body of the fpider, which is then buried alive, and is fed upon by the wasp grub. An Artificial Racecourse. There Is probably no form of amusement more popular with the children and riding on the fihan frequently noticed that the older in this people indulge pastime, prob- ably for the same reason they go to the circus Just to give the children a Electric Bath tn Kill Disease Germs treat. If the amusement apparatus dewhich have survived the bath. Tbo signed by Benjamin Beerwald of Philliquid preferably used is a weak solushould be utilized to supplant tion of acetic acid, as this will add to adelphia the common form of the the conductivity of the bath, so that there will be sufficient excitea weak current or one of low voltage ment and genuine pleasure connect-witmay be sufficient to kill the germs" a ride on the animals to e, without injury to the animal. those who find the car please even . In applying the treatment the a The mal IB first driven Into the bath In rosal ,t0?ay of this affa,rnew inven- 'rlncl1I,al which one pole of the battery an underground conduit, in A metallic yoke or fork is placed. w c small track is mounted on then placed over the neck, with a wlrqu with an electric motor on the leading from the end of the fork back rails, to the battery to receive the return truck and a vertical shaft extending to support the animal in posicurrent, the animals head being upward forced under the surface of the liquid tion for use. The movement of the for an Instant to allow the current to' truck is under complete control of the rider, who may travel fast or slow, act on all parts of the skin. according to the pressure which he applies to the bridle leading to the anNew Method of Observing Start. imals mouth. Inside the mouth is a A novel device to obtain steady imcurrent is ages of the sun and stars was adopt- switch through which the ed by Prof. Langley with the reflector burned Into the motor and a pull on the 9wln3 the lever which makes the of the Smithsonian Astrophysical contact. The current is taken from servatory, which he believes will be wire suspended overhead in the equally efficacious when used with re- trolley fractors. Generally the point' aimed conduit and a train of wheels gears at in previous attempts to obtain good seeing has been to abolish all, air currents in and about the telescope tube, but Prof. Langley has found by experiment that the definition is very little improved when this course is I followed. After various investigations at different altitudes he tried an experiment of a somewhat paradoxical character, which was found to answer very well. He drew a strong current of air through the inner tube, and introduced cross currents by several Inlets at various points in the length, thereby thoroughly agitating and mixing the Inclosed air. Taking some artificial double stars for his objects, for the purpose of photographic exhe found that doubles periments, which were blurred and inseparable under the former condition were plainly visible and sharply separated when motor down to the proper speed the air was thus agitated. When the revolution for the traction wheels. Bun was observed under the new con animals can be mounted on par n merry-go-roun- . merry-go-roun- h It had been some time since the Ichool teacher had seen her pretty pupi) and she was in a moment's doubt as to her identity. Why, its Rosie Giegenbaum, isn t It? she asked. Yes, replied the girl, smiling in a somewhat embarrassed manner; only I It isnt Giegenbaum; it's Oppen-heim.- " But I thought It know, said the Isnt your mistake. It was Giegenbaum, only Ive changed my name. I You Weve changed our name. The teacher looked puzzled. Then a light seemed to dawn upon her. She had heard of early marriages a Rosie must have married. It seemed almost incredible, for the child could hardly have been over 17, if she was as old as that. Rosie," she said; you foolish girl! Do you mean to say you are married? Nom, replied Rosie; its pa. I don't mean that he s married, because he always was. But he bought out Oppenheims clothing store last fall and there was the sign over the door and over 10,000 busiall have been ness cards that would wasted. So pa just changed his name to Oppenheim. tins it was on the Rmb, jwhieh iJ normally so annoying to the observer, wfas very nearly abolished. London Telegraph. Smoothing Device for Hats. To the average person the silk hat no is different from any other as far as handling it is concerned, but the owner discovers before he has had the hat in his possession long that care must be exercised If the glossy surface is to be kept in presentable condition. It is common practice for the wearer of the silk hat to drop in on his hatter with the request to Iron her up. please, but sometimes the hatter is too far away, and the man to own ironing with a do his attempts silk handkerchief or brush. Oscar Hammerstein of New York city believes he has devised an article which will prove more acceptable for this work, with which even the novice can smooth a bat as well as the hatter with his iron. This arrangement differs from a bottle in but one respect, being mounted on a curved plate to give it the necessary rigidity. When required for use the bottle is filled with boiling hot water and the stopper screwed firmly into place. After wiping the surface of the rubber to remove any surplus water the iron is applied to the hat in the usual manner, tiie Inventor claiming that the hat will take on a highly brilliant and r New Use for the Bag. lasting gloss under this treatment and that, too, without any danger of scorching. The flexibility of the partially filled rubber bag permits the surface to conform perfectly to the shape of the hat and the necessary pressure can he applied to lay the nap by means of the handle attached to the stiffening plate. Iridescent Feathers. Why are the feathers of doves and The explanation pigeons iridescent? has been sought by Dr. Strong of Hav-erfor- d College, who reports as follows: Iridescent feathers from the sides of the neck of the common homer pigeon appear green when the sum of the angels of incidence and reflection is less than ninety degrees, and purple when that sum is greater than ninety, but less than 140. The Iridescence is produced by a peculiar form of barbules, which overlay each other like shingles in a roof. The same barb may have iridescent and barbules. The former have much more pigment than the latter. and the pigment is in the form of spherical granules of meianin that fill cavities inclosed by a thin, transparent layer of keratin. The spherical pigment granules lying next to the transparent horn layer produce a dispersion of incident light and the unaided eye receives a mixture of great numbers of the spectra thus formed. A ROMANCE OF THE RIVIERA. By ST. GEORGE RATHBGEXE, Paulino, of Xno York," Th Caprtc,' U.t tie. 8putr' Author of Copyright, leo. Street and Smith. New York. Wasps and Spiders. a late interesting Ob-f"i- Sir Thomas Llpton's chauffeur has been fined for going too fast This, however, is never likely to happen to Sir Thomas skipper. When the new battleships Kansas and Missouri shall be completed the christening fluids will make a good i Method of Treating Animats. Since the discovery that the terrible foot and mouth disease" has begul Its ravages among the cattle of tbs New England states every means hat been utilized to stamp out the plages and prevent It from spreading to other herds, the state and national departments of agriculture with the farmers to this end. The apparatus here Illustrated, f recent Invention of Andrew Nlmmo Groton, Mass., may be of considerab value In this work, having been de-- , signed especially for the purpose M freeing animals of parasites. As will be seen, the idea is to immerse the animal in a bath, thus subjecting whatever parasitic growths may have found lodgement to the action of the liquid. This of itself would destroy many of the germs, but the inventor goes fai ther In his work and applies the current of electricity to complete thft treatment by destroying any parasites k3 probably this feature of the appa itus which wll afford the most to bith the young and old hildren. Platinum and Its Cost. The properties of platinum are exceptional, and render it available for scientific and manufacturing proc esses for waich no other metal can Its price, owirg to these be used. qualities and the limited supply, is now more than that of gold, acooid-into a statement made by J. F. Kemp, in the Engineering and Mining Journal. Most of the platinum oi commerce is obtained from placers and by bydiaulic professes. The riche 't nugget yet assayed and recorded yielded 86.50 per cent platiThe metals usually associated num. with it are iron, iridium, rhodium, palladium and sometimes osmium, Chroruthenium, copper and gold. mite is the commonest mineral associated mechanically with it. It is sometimes found in connection with alivine and also with the rarer sili cates. . Suns Antics at Sunset. Curious deformations of the suns disk as it sets have recently been studied by Dr. Prinz of the Royal Belgian Observatory by the aid of photography, says a writer in Success. The most common of these are simply indentations of the disk. Sometimes there is appearance as of flames issuing symmetrically from opposite sides and uniting above in a single jet, which disappears to give place to another, formed in the same way. These phenomena, according to M. Prinz, are due to horizontal layers of air of different density, which refract Some such appearthe suns light. ance of the solar disk at sunrise may have originated the familiar legend that on Easter morning the sun dances as he rises. The Carnegie Institution. The trustees of the Carnegie instituat their first annual meetinc aption propriated $200,000 in grants of different amounts in aid of original research. For publication of scientific papers they appropriated $40,000, fm administrative expenses. $50,000, and $100,000 was set aside to be placed in a reserve fund. All special requests for aid were referred back to the executive committee for action. The Year Book, now in course of preparation, Is to contain the reports of the several committees and other material of general interest, notably a list of working men of science. Preservatives for Wood. A Beries of experiments was recently carried out at the Altenburg coGermany, lliery, near Saarbrucken, with lime, tar, and carboiinenm to de- termine the respective value thereof m preservatives of mine timber against rot Lime was found to be of the least value, while coal tar, although insuring perfect preservation of the surface of the timber, failed to protect the interior, which in every instance was found to be seriously attacked by rot. Carbolineum, however, gave excellent results, provided coated had timber been previously the barked and well dried. Friction Wheels for Automobile) The Supplementary Set Following out the suggestion offered by the friction wheels of coining and During a lesson in physiology Wipaper making machines, Ludwig Mau- llies teacher asked him if he knew the rer has, after many years of effort, name of the last teeth people get, to which he replied: successfully applied the frkCfon principle in the transference of power in Little Yesm; false teeth. automobiles. The vehicles, 'manufac- CHATTER. XV. By Wire From Paris. "You are positive, princess?" he asked hoarsely. There is no doubt, believe me." This is as serious as it is mysterious. The secret police of Paris rarely come to Monte Carlo, save to make an important arrest. The man wno had never quailed when facing the awful terrors of Jungle and desert experienced a qualm of fear at thought of being convicted as a traitor to his country, for the fate of Dreyfus told how France would treat her sons who turned against her there were other prisons as terrible as Devil Island. You fall to notice one Important fact, monsieur, she said softly, yet eagerly. Then tell me." These four men moved like automatic figures, under the direction of one master mind." He gave r quick cry as he grasped what she meant. Sacre! the. American?" Yes, Monsieur Jones." He is not what he seems, merely a lucky traveler I remember now, he speaks French fluently. A startling suspicion bursts upon me yes, it must be true that he Is leagued with the secret police of the government against us. Mon Dieu! It is a perilous moment Count Leon never spoke truer words in all his life than when he declared with so much spirit that the moment was fraught with great danger to himself and the royalist cause he represented. The shock was all the more severe because he had just been congratulating himself, as men will sometimes do in their egotism, over the kind fate that had given him the power over these tremendous Issues. A dozen suspicions took shape In his mind on the spur of the moment Jones assumed a malign form comparable only with Satan himself, and his most simple act appeared to take on a meaning that was both diabolical and crushing. It flashed athwart the mind of our African conqueror that this American must be his particular bete noir, a figure destined to drag him down from the proud heights to which be had ascended, and accomplish his utter ruin, so that, unable to longer show his face in France, he must perforce return again to equatorial Africa and unite with bold Captains Voulet and Cbanoine in their designs of founding an empire there. When circumstances, aided and abetted by the sharp eyes of the adventuress, had snatched the mask from Jones, the innocent Yankee tourist assumed a degree of importance in the mind of this arch plotter that no one else had ever filled. Perhaps the'rtjnsc oiwnesg , .of gilt. had much to do witu it, for it makes cowards of the bravest. He unconsciously turned his bead and looked first to the right and then to the left. There were many people passing hither and yon, for the crowd seemed loth to depart after the exciting episode of the evening, so that his eyes glanced from figure to figure, as though searching for some dreaded personality. Have they returned? he asked. They are all here in the gardens. I made sure of that before I addressed you." And that man? Oh, Monsieur Jones is frowning at us even now, as he frowns at any man with whom he sees me conversing." The count smiled grimly, being under the impression 'that perhaps for once the Olgavitch had overestimated the power of her charms and had deceived herself with reference to Jones. Well, this means a different scene from what I expected. I had thought to carry out my plans without much disturbance now 1 shall be compelled to bring all my force to bear upon the matter. Yes, blood may even flow, and these beautiful gardens become a scene of battle. The prospect might not seem alluring to most men, but then Count Leon had become a hybrid as it were, partaking somewhat of tue nature of the hyena to be met with in the deserts, easily aroused by the scent of blood; and at the mere mention of wars horrors his nostrils dilated and his eyes glowed with the fire of slaughter. It had been some time, you see, since his last encounter with the black hosts, and perhaps his good right hand really itched to get to work again. No French explorer who came back from Africa was ever willing to remain quiescent at home. But there is something more, M. le Count, something mysterious, something that may even stagger you in your plans said the princess in her quiet yet convincing way. The other looked at her in a troubled manner and allowed his lips to form the words: Le Diable!" It fully expressed his state of mind, for he felt that with the passage of every second the game was slipping further from his hands. I am one who suspects, who never a takes things for granted. letter came from a friend in Paris, a gentleman high in the councils of the government. One little item in it attracted my attention it was that he had just been attending a state council at the home of the president, who was not well enough to drive out. I looked at the date it was yesterday. Monsieur, I was surprised. Either my friend, the minister, had made a mistake or else we were blind, for at the hour he declared he talked with Frances chief executive in his own Paris home, behold, you and I were watching the president here at Monte Carlo! The soldier staggered as though he had been actually struck indeed, he received a blow that was of far greater moment than a physical one would have been, since the foundation of his faith was knocked away. He began to realize that perhaps the secret police were more capable of making discoveries than he had been willing to admit, and that the To-da- same style of tactics could not be employed against these shrewd adversaries that he had used so successfully when coping with swarms of ferocious blacks. One gleam of hope flickered still, and caused a sickly smile to flash over his dark face. Perhaps the minister was mistaken in the day. He may have intended to say Monday, when we know monsieur was still in Paris. Yes, that is the explanation of the problem." The enchantress smiled, and when he saw the expression of her face he knew she was about to knock away even this feeble prop which he had seized upon so eagerly as a means of keeping up hope. I have Just received a message. From Paris?" Yes. She placed a printed form in his pager hand and his hungry eyes perused its brief message with an agility taat speedily put him in possession of the facts. The wording was very precise and to the point: The president is in Paris Wednesday. I have just conversed with his excellency." No wonder, after reading this, that the count's hand dropped as though palsied to his side no wonder his amazed eyes turned on the quarter where the man who played the role stood of president chatting and laughing with his aides no wonder his breath came thick and fast from between his set teeth. For where victory had seemed ready to perch he now saw miserable defeat staring him in the face with all its terrible penalties attached. Do you believe, now?" demanded the modern Delilah, exulting in the thought that it was her finesse that had accomplished this thing, and not his proud master mind. He bowed his head. What else can I say? We have All the while they, been deceived. those wolves of Paris, knew what we intended doing. They have sent a to represent the president dummy traveling incog. It is so very simple, so easy why, sometimes men actually assist in deluding themselves, poor fools. Then the game is rung off, the curtain falls on a tableau with virtue triumphant and vice probably pun' ished, as usual." Her sneer went home, for it caused him to glance once more toward the young couple, so absorbed in one another they had no thought, no care outside the horizon of their happiness. This recalled him to the consciousness that there were other branches embraced in the longitude and latitude of the chart he had drawn for his guidance. If fame in a French empire were denied him, how about fortune and love? Half a loaf would be better than no bread. Besides, there was revenge that word always has a sympathetic ring to the ear of a Frenchman. Jones he bated like mad Jones was hand in glove with Merrick ergo, if he could kidnap the latter and throw him into the hands of the savage Bedouin tribes he knew along the. Barbary coast, and at the same time steal his sweetheart, would it not be a glorious retaliation upon Monsieur Jones for spoiling the dream of an empire? RaUying from his dazed condition, bvtfvorw- witb thought that ah was not lost while a chance for Little Miss Millions as a bride remained; and with this as his spur Count Leon played into the game. The count had a lieutenant who was capable of giving good advice in a matter of this sort. Of course, this was the blonde giant from the North, the Cossack who came from the Don. In a moment he had obeyed a signal and was at Villebois side, eager to hear what was new, and ready to give his advice if sought. Stromboloff had this long time been an abject slave of the fair enchantress, and fumed in secret when he saw her allowing the attentions of other men still, he endured this frequent sight, knowing what the poor fools would receive in due time, since she had always been heartless. Strangely enough he was even more bitterly set against Merrick than any of the others, for in his distorted vision it seemed a vile sacrilege that a common man without any illustrious pedigree or vast fortune, upon whom the princess deigned to smile, should treat her evident advances with contempt. Accordingly Stromboloff was decidedly anxious to have the original plan go through. He had a long head, this Russian, and declared it would be folly taking chances. The minister in Paris who was a slave to the sirens charms might be mistaken, or in the plot with their enemies, and, after all, this man, with whom they believed to be the president, might turn out to be no other. At any rate, it was their duty to carry out the original plan up to this point, although the Invasion of France by the Duke of Orleans could not take place until it was positively proven that It was the genuine president who bad been abducted. So the question was decided. Count Leon, having cast aside his doubts for the time being, became the energetic man of action. One last look he cast around. The act was that of a soldier who combined caution with valor. still stood by the terrace wall, looking out over the starlit harbor, where steamed the many riding lights of the congregated yachts at anchor. oblivious of all They seemed around, wrapped up in the paradise love opens to that the human soul. From this scene the count turned grimly, conscious of his magicians power to change it all by the wave of his band. Jones was next in his mind, for since the double nature of the man from over the sea had become apparent to the princess and himself the Yankee had grown to be a person of considerable importance, whose personality must be figured on, no matter how certain the game seemed The-lover- newly-confesse- to be. he was possessed And somehow with an idea that Jones had cot moved awat in an idle frame of mind, out with a motive back of his action. When he had seen that the president bad not moved, but was still chatting with his companions. Count Leon knew the chain was complete, and that there was really no need of this looking forward. Villebois drew out a small silver whistle and raised it to his lips. Strange that such an innocent sound should, as if by magic, transform a peaceful scene into one where violence ruled. The music still continued under the dome and spires of the Casino, but mellowed by distance and obtruding walls, the sound but softly permeated the air of the garden. Count Leon blew three shrill blasts. There was something so startling about them that unconsciously every one in the extensive gardens seemed to take it for granted they were intended to be a signal of some sort. Immediately a great commotion began. Men appeared from various points, all heading toward a central hub-- men who moved with haste, and yet showing some signs of military instruction men who were grimly in earnest, no matter what their mission. Every one was on the jump a general fluttering had taken place, as though that signal whistle aroused the electric waves in the atmosphere. The princess had her eyes upon one man, and that was the lover of Constance. (To be continued.) BOWLEGS ARE INCREASING. Observing Tailor Makes This Rather Mortifying Statement. Bowlegs are certainly on the Increase, said a welt-knoiiilor, and while it makes no particular difference in my line of business, we can not help from noticing it. What special reason is to be assigned for the increase in bowlegs is a question I am net prepared to answer. But really t does not require the experience of a tailor to establish the fact that bowlegs are more common now than ever before. Of course, the tailor, because of the measurements he is required to make, may notice things of this sort more readily than the men who are engaged in other walks of life. We have cause to measure a mans legs when an order for a suit of clothes is left, and we naturally notice the Bize and shape of the legs. Some time ago my attention was directed to the matter by a man whose legs were just a little above the average when it comes to crookedness of this kind. I made up my mind that 1 would conduct a little study along this line. The results have surprised me. I have found that but very few men have straight legs that is, legs that are normally straight. The surprising fact about the matter is that in a majority of instances a billiard bail may be dropped between the calves of the legs. No doubt the habit of pushing boys of tender years out into the industrial field has much to do with it. Boys are forced out now before the joints of the limbs are hardened, and they are required to carry heavy loads and do other things which are calculated to produce the result I have been discussing. There is no doubt in my mind about this practice being an important factor in the development of Of course, there may be bowlegs. otfofr roaaonA for tfre colfdktionft noticed. At any rate, there are more bowlegs now than ever before. BRONCHO WAS A How a Vicious Animal Ended Life of a Mexican. It was Fourth of July in the small town of Los Plagos and a in the crowd bet he had a pony that would shake the teeth out of a prairie hen. Run him out! yelled a chorus, and well-set-usoon a broad-breastemouse-colorepony, with the docile eye of a doe stood before us. Me take you; me ride; me dig out hide. It was a Mexican who spoke. The bargain was quickly clinched, as money in a cattle town runs freer than water, by the cashing of twenty-fiv-e shining silver dollars in the hand of a stakeholder. The Mexican secured his saddle and drew the cinch up without the slightest trouble. His foot touched the stirrup. Then, with the quickness of a and cat, that pony reared, wheeled like a panther sprung at the Mexican. One foot caught him a sickening blow full in the face. Down he went like a sack of meal, clutching and convulsively working his fingers in the dusL He was in tne act of repeating his deadly work when a shot rang out and the infuriated beast dropped like a trap, full on the prostrate body of the Mexican. The pony was rolled off, says a writer in Leslies Monthly, and rough though gentle hands carried the Mexican into the Red Raven. The blow had completely crushed his face and he had passed over the long trail. FORTUNES MADE IN TIPS. One Man Averaged $1,300 a Year for Twenty Years. In some restaurants in New York the waiters put all their tips in a box and divide equally. That is a very general plan In Paris. As a rule, in this country, however, what each gets is his own. In one cafe, with three distinct sets of patrons the tipping is so constant that the waiters serving there pay handsomely for the There is, however, only privilege. one such place. At another well patronized place some of the waiters have served many One of these the other day years. said he bad kept account of his tips for twenty years. The lowest on record was $800, the highest $1,800, while the average was $1,300. This means that in tips this worthy man had taken in $3.50 a day during twenty years. I was quite prepared, says John Gilmer Speed in Lipptncotts, to have him tell me that he had educated one of his sons, putting him through college and the law school. This man was German. It probably never occurred to him that there was anything debasing in a tip. And for him there was nothing debasing in iL He lived and acted in harmony with the sphere of life into which he was born. That was all. But it would be an entirely different thing for this son, this beneficiary of tips, to receive one. He is an American and must take fees only. For his fathers sake as well as his own I hope his fees will be large. But Jones was non est. While the three confreres were debating as to the best course for them to pursue under the changed circumstances he had sauntered away. The count confessed to him that it would have pleased him better had Jones maintained his post; for when he had a desperate foeman to deal with it had always been the policy of Protecting Milk Consumers. the great explorer to keep his eye It is a misdemeanor to use milk on him unceasingly until such time bottles for anything else but milk in as he could cut him down. New York city, |