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Show pensated for the toss of a good wtfe then Balthazar W lker might claim to ANcFRHLILS FROCKS F5.TtHIE be so. sf A ST0RW01 'Wi 04A7- A. CONAN DOYLE- INTERNATIONAL PRESS . CHAPTER 11. fftSOCDtjm (Coxtixi-ku)- ; "It wants ta pet 'at Eliza.r'said the youth, In a confidential whisper. " blas- ter says she would give him more'n he brought. He smiled affably at the two little stiff black figures, and departed in search of his mistress. "What what did he say? gasped Bertha. Oh, goodness "Something about a Oh, help, help, help, help gracious! help! The two sisters had bounded on to the settee, and stood there with staring eyes and skirts gathered in, while they filled the whole house with their yells. Out of a high wicker work basket which stood by the fire there had risen head with a flat, diamond-shape- d iwicked green eyes which came flickering upwards, waving gently from side to side, until a foot or more of glossy, scaly neck was visible. Slowly the vicious head came floating up, while at every oscillation a fresh burst of shrieks came from the settee. "What In the name of mischief!" cried a voice, and there was the mistress of the house standing in the doorway. Her gaze at first had merely taken In the fact that two strangers were standing screaming upon her red plush pofa. A glance atthe - fireplace, however, showed her the cause pfc the terror, and she burst Into a hearty fit of laughter. ' "Charley," she shouted, heres Eliza .( J i J i fnlsbehavlng again." Ill settle her, answered a maseuHne man dashed Into and the young yoice, the room. He had a brown horse-clot- h fn his hand, which he threw over the basket, making it fast with a piece of twine so as to effectually Imprison Its ran across to retnbate, while his aunt . . assure her visitors. ) It is only a rock snake, she i "Oh, Monica! "Oh, Bertha! gasped - . the poor exhausted gentlewomen. "Shes hatching out some eggs.. That Is why we have jhe fire. Eliza always does better when she is warm. She is a Sweet, gentle creature, ipjt no doubt she thought that you had designs upon her egg?. I suppose that you did fiot touch any of them? Oh, let us get away, Bertha! Monica, with her thin, blatik-glove- one whose word was law. This way, you please! It is less warm here." She led the way into a very handsomely appointed library,- with three great cases Of books, and upon the fourth side a long, yellow table littered over with papers and scientific instruments.- - "Sit here, and you there, Bhe continued That Is right. Now let me see, which of you is Miss Williams and which Miss Bertha Williams?" "I am Miss Williams, said Monica, till palpitating, and glancing furtively about in dread of some new horror. "And you live, as I understand, over at the pretty little cottage. It is very nice of you to call so early. I dont suppose that we shall get on, but still the Intention is equally good." She crossed !her legs and leaned her back against the marble mantelpiece. "We thought that perhaps we might said Bertha, be of some assistance, timidly. If there is anything which we could do to make you feel more at home travA "Oh, thank you, I am too old awhere-! eler to feel anything but at home come a from back ever I go. Ive Just In the few months Marquesas Islands, where I had a very pleasant visit That was where I got Eliza. In many respects the Marquesas Islands now lead the world. "Dear me! ejaculated Miss Williams. "In what respect?" In the relation of the sexes. They have worked out the great problem upon their own lines, and their isolated geographical position has helped them to come to a conclusion of their own. The woman there IS, as she Should be. In every way the absolute equal of the male. Come in, Charles, and sit down. Is Eliza all right? All right, aunt. ; These are our neighbors, the Misses Williams. Perhaps they will have some stout. You might bring in a couple of - .bottles, Charles." I "No, no, thank you! None for us! cried her two visitors, earnestly. ! "No? I am sorry that I have no tea !to offer you. I look upon the subserviency of woman as largely due to her abandoning nutritious drinks and invigorating exercises to the male. I do neither." She picked up a pair of flf- -, dumb-bell- s d from beside tile fireplace and swung them lightly about filer lead. "You see what may be done ion stout, said she. "But dont you think, the elder Miss Williams suggested timidly, "dont you think, Mrs. Westmacott, that woman ibas a mission of her own? . The lady of the house dropped her dumb-belwith a crash upon the floor. "The old cant! she cried. "The old shibboleth! What is this mission which is reserved for woman? All that is humble, that is mean, that is that Is so contemptible and so that none other will touch it. All that Is womans mission. And who Imposed these limitations Who upon her? cooped her up within this narrow sphere? Was it Providence? Was it nature? No, it was the arch enemy. It was ' man. drawled her Oh, I Bay, auntie! nephew. "It was man, Charles. It was you and your fellows. I say that woman Is a colossal monument to the selfishness of man. What is all this boasted chivalry these fine words and vague phrases? Where is it when we wish to put it to the test? Man In the abstract will do anything to help a woman. Of course. How does It work when his pocket Is touched? Where is his chivalry then? Will the doctors help her to qualify? will the lawyers help her to be called to the bar? will the clergy tolerate her in the church? Oh, it is close your ranks then and refer poor woman to her mission! Her mission! o be thankful for coppers and not to Interfere with the men while they grabble for gold, like swine round a trough, that Is mans reading of the mission of women. You may sit there and sneer. Charles, while you look upon your vic : teen-poun- ! ls soul-killin- tim, but you know that it is truth, every word of it. Terrified as they were by this sudden torrent of words, the two gentlewomen could not but smile at the sight of the fiery, domineering victim and the big apologetic representative of mankind who sat meekly bearing all the sins of his sex. The lady struck a match, whipped a cigarette from a case upon the mantelpiece, and began to draw the smoke into her lungs. "I find it very soothing when my nerves .are at all ruffled," she exYou dont smoke? Ah, you plained. miss one of the purest of pleasures without a reaction. Miss Williams smoothed out her silken lap. It is a pleasure, she said, with some reproach to which Bertha and I are rather too to enjoy. No doubt. It would probably make you very ill if you attempted it. By the way, I hope that you will come to some of our Guild meetings. I shall see that tickets are sent you. Your Guild? It is not yet formed, but I shall lose no time in forming a committee. It Is my habit to establish a branch of the Emancipation Guild wherever I go. There Is a Mrs. Sanderson in Anerley who is already one of the emancipated, so that I have a nucleus. It is only by oi ganized resistance. Miss Williams, that we can hope to hold our own against, the selfish sex. Must you go, then? "Yes, we have one or two other visits to pay, said the elder sister. "You will, I am sure, excuse us. I hope that you will find Norwood a pleasant residence. s rtAH Jdaces are to me simply a battlefield, she answered, gripping first one and then the other with a grip which cruhnpled up their little thin fingers. "The days for work and healthful exercise the evenings to Browning and high discourse, eh, Charles? Goodbye! She came to the door with them, and as they glanced back they saw her still standing there with the yellow bull pup cuddled up under one forearm, and the thin blue reek of her cigarette ascending from her lips. Oh, what a dreadful, dreadful woman! whispered sister Bertha, as they hurried down the street. "Thank goodness that it is over. "But shell return the visit, answered the other. I think that we had better tell Mary that we are not at home.'!'1 . CHAPTER III. cried hands thrown forward 'In gfehoifenBfc.' "Not away, but Into the neXt rtoinX aid Mrs. Wetmahott,'withr the ijilr. - - L.UWPIXEBS.IN THE WILDERNESS. 3 " OW DEEPLY ARE Clara was tall and thin and supple, with a graceful, womanly figure. There was something stately and distinguished in her carriage, "queenly her friends called her, while her critics described her as reserved and distant. Such as it was, however, it was part and parcel of herself, for she was, and had always from her childhood been, different from any one around her. Novelties in Velvets. There was nothing gregarious in her One of the new velvets has a nature. She thought with her own mind, saw with her own eyes, acted watered effect, obtained by a stamping from her own impulse. Her face was of white on a dark ground. Another pale, striking rather than pretty, but novelty is the point desprit velvet, with two great dark eyes, so earnestly whose ground has the appearance of a network sprfhkied with little dots. questioning, so quick in their transitions from Joy to pathos, so swift in Then there is the astrakhan and peau their comment upon every word and de Mouton velvet, which is made to deed around her, that those eyes alone imitate the curls and waves of the fur were to many more attractive than all the beauty of her younger sister. Hers after which it is called. Among the was a strong, quiet soul, and it was her new colors are the delicate soft rush firm hand which had taken over the and palm greens, cramoisi and grenaduties of her mother, had ordered the dier .reds, the lovely scale of violets, Sevres blue, cornflower, platinum house, restrained the servants, comforted her father, and upheld her weaker gray, Cossack green, which is nearly sister, from the day of that great misblack, and the more subdued shades, fortune. such as beaver, fawn and oyster. Plain Ida Walker was a hand's breadth Is preferred for elaborate and smaller than Clara, but was a little velvet ceremonious costumes, but for day fuller in the face and plumper in the frocks there is absolutely no limit to figure. She had light yellow hair, mischievous blue eyes with the light of choice. humor ever twinkling in their depths, and a large, perfectly formed mouth, Gift for a Bride. with that slight upward curve of the A very practical bridal gift was recorners which goes with a keenappre-ciatio- n cently made by a clever girl, and of fun, suggesting even in retucked Into the traveling bag of the pose that a latent smile is ever lurking at the edges of the lips. She was mod- young wife. This is what It was: A ern to the soles of her dainty little little bag of dainty flowered ribbon, d shoes, frankly fond of dress lined with soft pink silk. The bottom, and of pleasure, devoted to tennis and oval in shape, was stiffened with cardto comic opera, delighted with a dance, board, and the top was shirred and which came her way only too seldom, tied with narrow pink ribbon. Inside longing ever for some new excitement, were spools of thread, needles, pins, and yet behind all this lighter side of thimble and a tiny pair of scissors. her character a thoroughly good, Tbe whole affair was very small and healthy minded English girl, the life the contents only intended for emerand soul of the house, and the idol of her sister and her father. A peep into gency use the stitch in time. Just an ordinary sewing bag, to be sure, the remaining villa and our introducbut a priceless boon to the bride, who tions are complete. blessed the giver many times over (TO BK CONTINUED.) when she tore the braid off her dress high-heele- ILLIMITABLE DISTANCE. It Takes 1,000 Years for the Light of Some Stars to Reach Ua While, however, it is interesting to know the distance of some of the stars In miles, when stated in that way the numbers are so large that they frequently convey very indistinct concep- tion to the mind. For this reason it is customary to estimate star distances In A light year is the dis"light years. tance that light, moving at the rate of 186,300 miles per second, travels in one year. This amounts in round numbers to 6,880,000,000,000 miles. The distance of Alpha Centaurl is 4.35 light years; that of Sirius, the dog star, is almost exactly twice as great, or 8.6 light years. In other words, light requires 8.6 years to come to us from Sirius. And these are among the very nearest of the stars. Some, whose parallaxes have been rather estimated than measured, appear to be situated at a distance which light could not traverse in less than one op two centuries. The great star Arcturns, for Instance, has, according to Dr. Elkin, a parallax of only of a second. eighteen Its distance must, in thqt case, be about 181 light years, or more than miles. And if its distance is so great then, since light varies inversely as the square of the distance from Its source, it can be shown that Arcturns must actually give 5,000 or 6,000 times as much light as the sun yields. Yet Arcturns is evidently much nearer than the vast majority of the stars are. Not one in a million is known to have a parallax large enough even to be intelligently guessed at. There may be stars whose light requires thousands instead of hundreds of years to cross the space separating them from us. We thus see that only a few points on the nearer shores of the starry universe lie within reach of our measurements; here and there a Jutting headland, while behind stretches the vast expanse over which the hundrds of millions of stars known to exist are scattered. our destinies influenced by the most trifling1 causes ! Had the unknown builder who erected and owned these new villas contented himself by simply building each within its own 53 grounds, it is prob- r able that these three small groups of people would have remained hardly conscious of each others existence, and that there would have been no opportunity for that action and reaction which is here set forth. But there was a common link to bind them together. To single himself out from all other Norwood builders the landlord had devised and laid out a common ;lawn tennis ground, which stretched behind the houses with net, green sward, and widespread whitewashed lines. Hither in search of that hard exercise which Is as necessary as air or food to the English temperament, WEAK ON EXPERIENCE. came young Hay Denver when released from the toil of the city; hither, too, Story of a RaUway Incident in Which came Dr. Walker and his two fair a Man Made a Confession. daughters, Clara and Ida, and hither A broken bridge in the heart of also, champions of the lawn, came the western prairie had stalled the train for muscular widow and her so in the interim of repairs the athletic nephew. Ere the summer was hours, four traveling men aboard told tales, each knew other in gone they this quiet the New York World. Presently nook as they might not have done after says were Joined by a fifth traveler, a years of a stiffer and more formal ac- they man with a stoop and a lantern Jaw. quaintance. And especially to the admiral and As each narrative of personal adventure and successfully the doctor were this closer intimacy was successively brought to a fitting finale the lantern and companionship of value. Each Jaw of the fifth man drooped lower and had a void in his life, as every man must have who with unexhausted lower. He listened intently, the flush of excitement glowed on his cheeks and strength steps out of the great race, but he nervously clasped and unclasped his each by his society might help to fill up and delicate fingers. The pulses that of his neighbor. It 4s true that long of the four traveling men throbbed no they had not much in common, but that is sometimes an aid rather than a bar quicker at the stories, although truth to friendship. Each had been an en- In some of them had been stretched the garment of night over a sleepthusiast in his profession, and had re- like world. The fifth man sat and tained all his interest in it- - The doctor ing still read from cover to cover his Lan- watched and waited and wondered until cet and his Medical Journal, attended the presplration poured down his brow. all professional gatherings, worked Finally he could stand it no longer. "Did all that really happen?" he cried. himself into an alternate state of exaltation and depression over the results Did you really see it? The Keokuk drummer stiffened with of the election of officers, nd reserved for himself a den of his own, in which icy hauteur. Sir, do you wish to doubt me? he before rows of little round bottles full of glycerine, Canadian balsam, and asked, while his eyes gleamed dangerstaining agents, he still, cut sections ously through narrow slits of wrinkled with a microtome, and peeped through lid. "Oh, no, sir; dear me, no. But It is so his long, brass, microscope at the arcana of nature. With exciting. The four traveling men smiled as one. his typical face, clean..shaven on lip and chin, with a firm mouth, a strong Why, friend, said the man who had Jaw, a steady eye, and two little white thought the other doubted him, we all seen snch sights; have done have fluffs of whiskers, he fcould never be taken for anything but what he was, a such deeds. Is it possible that you high-claBritish medical consultant never had such an experience? of the age of fifty, or perhaps Just a "Experience!" cried the man with fervent heat. "Experience! Why, I never year or two older. The doctor. In his had been had any experience. I live In Philadelcool over great things, but now, in his phia." retirement, he was fussy over trifles. The man who had operated without the Meat or Molasses. quiver of a finger, when not only his is a rule can be depended Nature patients life but his own reputation to adjust herself to circumstances and future were at stake, was now upon no matter how varying they may bel or shaken to the soul by a mislaid book come. In this the present ada careless maid. He remarked it him- vance in meat, way, which strikes directly reason. "When and knew the self, Mary at the is not an absolutely unwas alive, he would say, "she stood mixed poor, evil. Its effect upon the conbetween me and the little troubles. I sumption of molasses, especially could brace myself for the big onis. throughout the south, has already been My girls are as good as girls can be, noticed, and it is highly probable that but who can know a man as his wife the advance, if It will create knows him? Then his memory would a more or less continues, boom in conjure up a tuft of brown hair and molasses. When the poor are deprived a single white, thin hand over a cover- of meat they fly to molasses as the next let, and he would feel, as we have all best thing, and that product becomes felt, that if we do not live and know the leading foundation of their meals. each other after death, then Indeed we So that the decrease in the consumption are tricked and betrayed by all the of meat instantly increases that of highest hopes and subtlest intuitions of molasses, striking a fairly equitable our nature. balance. The doctor had his compensations to Wilkins The fact Is doctor, that my make up for his loss. The great scales of fate had been held on a level for wife does not walk enough. She can him; for where In all great London never be persuaded to go out without could one find two sweeter girls, more an object. Doctor Then why do you loving, more Intelligent, and more sym- not make it a point of going out with pathetic than Clara and Ida Walker? her yourself? So bright were they, so quick, so interSeveral petrified forests have beta ested in all which interested him, that if it were possible for a man to be com- - discovered in Arizona. first in hot soda water and then rub with a flannel dipped in turpentine. When making beef tea, never add the salt till the meat has been cooking for some time. Salt acts upon the fiber and prevents it giving out all its nourishing properties. Save old corks and soak then in paraffin and they will make excellent fire lighters, either for reviving a drying fire or with a few sticks for kindling one in the first place. russet tints are grouped in a large buuch toward the left side of a dark-bluTaking It For Granted. Jailor hat. This sailor is not of Tha night waa warm anti the porch was wide stiaw, but of dark blue linen, lined And the soft wind wafted th musics with crinoline and further stiffened by tune. the application of several lines of ma- As a youth Hnd a maiden sat side hy slds Neath the witching light of the sumchine stitching, which follow the conmer moon. tour of a rather wide brim. A narrow bias-cu- t band of linen is tightly Said the youth: Theres a maiden 1 dearly love; drawn around the crowm. There is no Shes as fair as the daybreak and purs other trimming of any kind. as gold. With a voice as soft as a cooing dove And a mouth like a bud with one leaf A Dainty Morning Gown. Girls Gibson Dress. unrolled. A very dainty morning gown is made Gibson dresses, or those made with plaits over the shoulders in two pieces. The skirt is made of "The gleam of her eyes makes the starlight pale, white dotted Swiss muslin trimmed And shes witty and cleer, well read with two deep, soaped ruffles, the rufand bred. fles being edged with pale blue taffeta The maide cheeks flushed at this glowing tale Lands. And! love you, too, she said. The sacque is of p Lie blue taffeta, Love, Laurels and Laughter. with a broad collar of the taffeta ecged with dotted swiss, and deep Mary Stuarts Watch. r cuffs of the same on the bell Many fanciful have from sleeves. It is fastened in front by time to time been shapes to the external given white porcelain buttins decorated cases of watches, but it is difficult to with pink rose buds. account for the peculiar taste which prevailed some centuries ago for timeHow Plumes Are Worn. pieces In the shape of skulls and cof Tne long feather trailing down one side of a hat at the back of the ear is going out, and it is now the thing to have one on each side of the bat, if the latter be of the flat, style. Many of the plumes worn thus resemble aigrettes turned that give a broad effect, always are upside down. becoming to little girls and are much In style. This stylish one combines the A Dainty Little Frock. A pretty model for a familiar waist with a side plaited skirt and is both new and attractive. girl is of yellow and white linen, widj fins. These watches were called The plaits are wide and extend over bands of black Russian embroidery. memento morl. One, which we give the drawing of, was presented by Mary, Queen of Scots, as a token of DEBUTANTES GOWNS OF THIS SEASON. her affection to, pretty Mary Seaton, her faithful The watch Is In the form of a skull, the dial occupying the place of the palate, the works that of the brain. The hours were marked In Roman letters, and a small sliver bell did the striking. e d turn-ove- broad-brimme- d Coffer Fish. This strange looking fish is well protected against attack. The body Is covered ' I taut-stretch- close-cropp- short-skirte- ss hey-da- y, well-defin- con- d k Match Spark Blindsd Him. Andrew Serankl of Homestead, Pi, has been made totally blind In a most Four years ago peculiar manner. while he was beside his brother John; the latter struck a match to light his pipe, when a particle of the flame flew into the left eye of Andrew and de- 00 if with defensive armor, sisting of plates, set together bo as to form a kind of mosaic. They are only found In the seas between or near the tropics. The horny box in which the fish Is enclosed gives It Its proper name the coffer-trunfish. Scarcely any of the big rapacious inhabitants of the deep could crush It, though possibly a shark might swallow it Even In that case tbe coffer would not Improbably eat its way out of the sides of tbe shark. and found the small condensed , stroyed the sight Recently Serankl himself struck A match to light a cigarette, when a particle of the match flew Into his right eye and so affected that eye that It is work- shop ready to help out. said he will be totally blind. A New Kind of Nougat. s of a pound each Put of granulated sugar and strained honey In a saucepan, place over a gentle lire and boil until quite brittle. Add the beaten white of one large egg. Then stir In a little orange essence, If the mixture Is not sticky, and mix in s of a pound of sweet Mix almonds, blanched and dried. well together and spread out on oiled papers In layers two Inches thick; place between two boards and put a heavy weight on top and let remain until cold, then cut in short, narrow Odd Autograph. three-quarter- W. H. Hill writes his nams so It reads the tame right side up or upside three-quarter- down. strips. Pretty Combination Blouse. Tbe blouse shown Is of mauve chiffon and lace trimmed with bands of the shoulders, concealing the arms-ey- e seams, but are so laid as to give a tapering effect to the figure. Tbe closing is made Invisibly at the left shoulder and beneath the plait at the left side of the front. The sleeves are in bishop style with straight cuffs. The skirt is laid In backward turning side plaits that meet at the back and form a wide box plaited effect at the front. It la seamed at the waist and closes at the left of the center beneath the plait. The quantity of material required for the medium size (8 years) is 6 yards 27 Inches wide of 3W, yards 44 Inches wide. heliotrope velvet ribbon and mauve The chiffon is accordion plaited. It matches the mauve broadcloth skirt and coat, with which It is worn, and the mauve hat is covered with violate. HOUSEHOLD TALKS Use bacon fat for basting or frying chicken or game. It Imparts a delicate flavor. To cool a mold of Jelly quickly place It In a vessel full of cold salted water and set it in a cool cellar. A too large cork will often fit a bottle quite well after it has been soaked In boiling water for a few minutes. Pastry should be cooled off in a warm room; taking It suddenly from the oven to a cold larder will make It heavy. When cooking acid fruits If a small pinch of carbonate of soda be added less sugar will be needed and the flavor will be greatly Improved. . ' Turpentine will cieanse zinc and make It look like new. Wash the zinc A single band borders the short, full skirt Tbe bodice Is blouse shaped, with a square cut neck opening over a gulmpe of fine embroidery. The square opening Is outlined by a band of the embroidery. The belt Is of the embroidery and two rows ornament the puffed sleeves. all-ov- 8imple Dinner Frock. This simple dinner frock for summer wear Is made of white organdie Silk Mull for Summer. Silk mull Is to be one of tbe dress materials for the season not only for evening gowns but also for almost any afternoon occasion. Silk mull is really strong and does not crush and will stand much wear. If the colob Is good and it Is Judiciously trimmed one can keep such a dress all summer In fair condition. It does not crush or grow limp. By Judicious trimming is meant the trimming around the bottom should be something that can be removed for cleaning or else be black lace. Airy Fashions, t Fashion seems averse to anything cumbersome or heavy In the way of trimming. Small flowers arranged in airy sprays and garlands are popular. Hats this spring will be faced with silk or gauze flower petals. For bows, the thinnest of taffeta, gauze, mousse-llnand lace are most In request In fact Dame Fashion has decreed that figured with pale pink wild roses, the this Is to be an airy, gossamer sumlightest of green foliage and is mer. trimmed with lace. The frills are of white net, with embroidered edges Collars of Mechlin Lacs. and twists of rose colored liberty satin collars of Round, deep white taffeta, ribbon head the skirt flounces, and are Mechlin lace, are used both to hold appliqued with the skirt flounces, among the dressy novelties that are and are used both to hold the bodice intended to adorn foulard silk frocks In place and at the elbows. for the coming spring and summer season. Mohair serges are deservedly popular. Their bright, wiry texture reSailor Hat Flowers. fuses to take the dust and even in Nasturtiums, glowing with orange, muddy weather they look like new scarlet, marigold yellow and tawny after a good brushing e Cloud of Looueta. A Dutch traveler, Kurt Dlnter, wh has Just returned from southern Africa, eays that one day, while In camp In Hottentot land, he heard a rushing sound as if rain were falling In torrents. Not far away it seemed to him as if a cloud bad actually begun to fall upon the earth. The cloud turned out to be locusts. The planters and cattle raisers soon appeared with their men and gathered them in bags. They smoked the insects to kill them, and then dried them in the sun, after which they were fed to the dogs, chickens, pigs, goats and cattle. The traveler found that oxen and horsey are especially fond of locusts, and get fat and strong during the locust sear son, as do the natives, who also gorge themselves. Motoring Hood. This is the hood Princess Henrg of Pless wears when automobiltng. The Deaf Hear. In New York it has Just been sq cessfully demonstrated that by the aid of an electrical Invention of Mr. Mff-lReese Hutchinson, a young Alabama man, who has exhibited hA apparatus In London, it becomes possible for deaf mutes to hear. . The perfecting of the apparatus has taken ten years. The device Is adjusted, just as spectacles are, to Individual cases. There are 280 general adjustments and 2,700 minor adjustments. It Is Bald to be effective In all cases save where the auditory nerve Is paralysed. er Eat Workmens Dinners. Catskill mountain bear and two cubs ate ap tbe dinners of a score of Philadelphia mechanics who arrived the other morning at the hotel on Sonth Mountain to make repairs. The bears Bears A hungry half-grow- n |