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Show R GAY eHaPLHIN I ! t : By CHARLES B. CASSADY x "- X - (Copyright, 1902, by Daily Story Dub. Co.) Paul and Philip Payson were cousins aa dissimilar in character as they were alike in appearance. In features, coloring and physique they were almost Identical. It was only when side by aide that the difference between them became noticeable. Apart It would have taken the closest scrutiny to tell which was which, save for the strict clerical grab of the one and the ultra fashionable habiliments of the other. The th Regiment was tbe only tie they had In common, both being on Colonel Itowgate's staff, the one was as chaplain and tbe other as paymaster. Paul was rector of a west-en- d church and among his small flock was Alice Bouthcote, a devout girl, of sterling qualities, the only daughter of a wealthy shipowner. Paul had always admired this beautiful creature at a distance, but now church work brought them frequently together and Paul's attentions grew more and more pronounced until on a glorious June night a year later he plead for and obtained her hand. During the month following their engagement the Maryland Drigade was ordered Into camp near Frederick. Upon arriving at the grounds It was found that an insufficient number of tents had been provided for the staff, and the Rev. Paul, hoping to exert a beneficial Influence over his wayward cousin, insisted upon Philip sharing his tent. Philip Bhowcd himself respectfully Indifferent to the interest displayed in his spiritual welfare and pursued, his old course with unswerving 'though polite persistency. Paul soon became convinced that as an instrument for his cousins salvation he was a dismal failure. After a futile struggle he sorrowfully resigned himself to defeat and then they got along swimmingly. Late in the afternoon on the day before camp was struck Rev. Paul went to his tent to exchange his white duck uniform for the warmer blue one. In the uncertain twilight he inadvertently put on his cousins blouse and sallied forth to dine with a parlshoner who had rented a country residence pear by. Fifteen minutes later Captain Payson, perspiring and dusty from regimental parade, came In and throwing off his hot dress coat and heavy boots hastily' refreshed himself with a sponge-bat- h and slipped on his fatigue uniform. Not waiting for mess, he hurried to the station in order to reach Frederick in time for an engagement, blissfully Ignorant that on each shoulder reposed an embroidered shepherds crook, the insignia of sn army chaplain. Arriving in the city Captain Payson repaired to a hotel and ordered supper. Ills friends disappointing him, he walked over to the Club, hoping to meet them there. He Bauntered through the various rooms without meeting any one he knew, winding up at the bar, where he called for whisky, tossing it down in the most approved style, while several officers from another regiment stood by. The office s seemed highly amused over something. Philip heard their suppressed laughter, little dreaming that he was the victim, and heartily tired of his own society he approached !hem. Gentlemen, will you not Join me? There Is no fun In a three-hande- d game, said Capt. Sauer, impatiently. I wish we could get some one to take Audreys place, confound him! I will help you out. if you will allow me," Payson rejoined. But er your calling will scarcely er permit that," said Lieutenant Southcote, glancing keenly at the Shepards crooks. Calling! What has that to do with it? Im no religious prude, replied the surprised officer. The three eyed him a moment in astonishment, but made no audible comment. The chaplain having passed the evening with friends, little versed in military technicalities, returned with-- f pasteboard doubtfully, then at the speaker, and after puzzling a moment burst out laughing. How the boys Oh. what a Joke! will roar when they hear of this. I see it all. I must have worn my cousins coat You know, we tented together. That accounts for my strange reception that night . Lieutenant Southcote did not laugh far from it. He wraited until Phil calmed down somewhat. I fall to see anything to laugh at. Whether you purposely masqueraded or not makes but little difference. By that night's work you have done your cousin and my sister, who wai his betrothed, probably an irreparable injury. I expect you as a man to help me right this wrong. Phil's face grew serious and he put I will do down his glass untouched. so most willingly, he said gravely, if you will give me your word of honor that I really wore a chaplain's blouse that night, for believe me. I was unconscious of it Paul mu' necessarily have worn mine, for he bd dressed and left camp before I returned from parade; yet strange to say he has never referred to it. That same night a rejected ring played a leading part I The Odd Comer Thereve been races with yachts. And with horses and wheels, With steamships, balloons, And with automobiles; But over green billow That freeze as they roll. Now the nations are off In a race for tbe Pole Bold Peary and Baldwin, In uniforms blue. The Duke of Abruzzi, And Bernier, too, And a dozen of others Are out, every soul, For the secret that lies At the heart of the Pule. But let Briton and German And Russian and Jap AH enter the lists 'In the great Old Glory afloat On the top of the Pole. Minna Irving In Leslie's, RUSSIAN POLICE METHODS. Torture Abolished by Alexander I, Prac- Inder Nicholas 11. The centenary of the abolition In Russia of the torture aa an organized system of legal Inquiry has provided the Russian press with a text' for numerous articles on the humanity and progress of their country. No doubt it was a great step to take, but it has ticed Btlll to be ratified In practice before out-dran- k, out-swo- re r called. was applied to ail suspects as a first means of inquiry, and when, the unhappy wretch had been compelled to confess something usually, as the Empress Catherine expressed it, anything which was put into his mouth he was subjected to a second inquiry by the same or mors severe means, in order to secure confirmation of his first confession. Occasionally the whole process was repeated twice more, with a view to extorting the tames .of ; accomplices. The tortures applied were' much the same as in other countries, but could be added to by the Ingenuity of indi- Jce-flow- vidual officials. Thus, during the retgn of Anne, when the boy and favorite of the empress, Blron, was in power, it was a favorite form of torture to Btanl a culprit naked in the snow it the severe northern floats of midwinter, either or cold and hot alternately, a form of Inquiry which had the disadvantage of too often killing the poor wretch before he had time to confess anything. Thumbscrews, the clog and every form of whipping and beating, with almost as many names for the vario.is pre cesses as a e ice-co- - Ice-flow- . le t es ld to be found in the dialogues of the slaves of Roman comedy, were everyday attributes of the od Russian halls of Justice. Just 100 years ago the Emperor Alexander I. abolished the torture aa being a shame and a reproach to all mankind.- But he forgot to order the legal instruments of to: turn to be destroyed, and these lingered on and were undoubtedly used for another quarter of a century. Officially the torture has, of course, actually disappeared at any rate, those forms .of it which require elaborate instruments for their application are no more to be found. In act'ial fact, however, says the London Standard's Mosc .w correspondent, and in secret, there is a great deal of torture going on in tbe most enlightened centers of the Russian empire at the present day, and it is exercised by the police intrusted with the discovery of crime, the detetive pollc:. - s, . ex-tab- In Flower. Among natural formations which have attracted general attention because of their bdauty, snow crystals will well repay a close examination, and nowhere are they to be seen in more perfect and varied form than in the engadlne, where they are popularly known as They bud, If-may. so express it, with the first sharp breath of frost, casting their fragile ten & ills' into a hundred delicate forms wherever a suspicion of humidity can he transformed into a glittering Jewel. The first effect , of frost everywhere Is In the form of an So that these delicate structures are to be met with at home under many conditions, and notably In the beautiful tracings of frost on tbe 'window-panewhere, however,- the flower is not able to achieve Individual perfection. On tree and the effects are! much more , satisfactory, and beautifuland varied In form, canvbe examined at leisure. But, after all, these give hut a faint idea of the beauty and delicacy of the of the engadlne, where the air Is clearer and purer, and where conditions conspire' to favor their growth. Indeed, what strikes the observer at once nature has been to them a kind and skillful horticulturist, displaying their bean-tito the best advantage by a charming setting of mountain girt lake under calm and clouilicss blue skies. Probably few persons realize how much of the beauty of the surface of the snow in the engadlne is due to the enrichment of the network of crystals which cover it. But a mist lor a few hours is absolutely neces-Isar- y to their formation, und I know few sights more lovely than this gmy ,curtain first covering everything and then gradually dissolving, leaving a landscape glittering with hoar frost One of the delights of the eugadine Is to take a walk in the morning, and watch the growth of the This is always quite possible when there is a suspicion of moistness in the air, fur then you ran see the icy particles flouting, iridescent, feathery points in the clear light of the morning; and settling here and there, on any projecting point, on the of the forming the foundation a skeleton first fairy-lik- e of crystal of the flower which grows so rapidly that one can watch It taking shape and attaining perfection. Pearson's Magazine. 1 Russia has any particular occasion to rejoice. In the old days the torture Oh. what a joke out being apprised of his Irregularity in uniform. Well, boys, this beats my record, said Capt Sauer, with a laugh, after Rev. Pay-so- n leaving Ph'ilip at his tent. Js the sportiest Individual I ever ran across in the preaching line. Why, be and outplayed us from the very start and, dear knows, we are no infants. The discussion following was anything but complimentary to the chaplain of the th, nor did its rehash at their mess tend to help matters. Unfortunately the story did not reach Colonel Howgate. He would have sifted the affair at once and beyond a good Joke on the parson it would have gone no farther. Upon arriving home Southcote lost no time questioning his sister about the Bev. Payson. He suspected that Alice cared for tbe new pastor, but when she blushingiy acknowledged her. engagement he was displayed. The same evening. Paul received the following note: Mr. Paul Payson: Your behavior during camp is known to me and as a matter of course our engagement is at an end. Alice Southcote. The ring is enclosed. The distracted lover read and reread this several times. Naturally he could not realize what had occasioned such an action on hc-- part. That there was a horrible mistake somewhere he was confident, but his pride forbade him asking for an explanation. Two days later, on Howard street. Captain Payson accidentally encountered Bert Southcote, who failed to recognize him. I say there! Dont you intend to shake bauds with a fellow? Payson handicap; For when they arrive They will find at the goal - - snow-carp- : : Rev. Paul Payson. Chaplain, th I.,M. N. O. Balto., : : Md. : "Now, gentlemen, what will you have? be added, after warmly shaking hands all around. That in some way he was a source of merriment became apparent, but the discomfiting thought soon gave place to more congenial ones under the cheerful influence of convivial be-f- or n, Lis put ou winter clothes and In some snots is braving the snow and frost. This, at any rate, is the story told by a carpenter who was in the woods rabbit hunting. He says his search after the rabbits took him to a swamp near the upper brunch west of Mayetta ami there he found a great swarm of niosqultucs. Although there was snow on tin ground and the cold was sharp, the swamp, being in a hollow, was fairly warm. The mosquitoes had evidently just been hatched out, but they were as wicked as in summer and were so thick and plied tlielr sharp slings with such eagerness that the carpenter was glad to get out of th.' swainp. "I've he trd stories of mosquitoes in winter, said tho carpenter afterward. "but 1 never believed them until now. Thpy were sure enough true. People In some of the cities think they are fearfully abused by mosquitoes, hut thsjr do not know what real mosquitoes are until they come down here. Why, In summer time they Hre often so thick on the salt marshes that men who have to go ou the marshes are obliged to wear mosquito netting draped over their hats, so that they won't suck tho mosquitoes down their throats in breathing. That is an honest fact, hut city people say they can't believe it. lat em come down here and see. The mosquilo is progressing, too. That is, he's growing to the climate. Pretty soon If things keep on hell ho with us the whole year around. Then I'm going to move away. New York Sun. . Ho 1 miri't Kraon f Have Lord Avebury, the well known' ea- -' tomologist and zoologist, has dorlar ed his belief, after thirty years' study of the question, that inserts possess intelligence and reasoning fapulileB. He says that their mental ptoceBses differ from ours not so much' In kind as in degree, and cites a number of curious Instances which bear upon the: mental ability, reasoning power and moral sense of insects. For instance, wit., respect Jo counting, he says that the female of a certain species of, solitary wasps always supplies the cells of her young with a given quantity of food. The cells of tbe male! wasp babies are supplied with victims in the shape of ten small caterpillars, while the female grubs are fed with twenty caterpillars daily. This dif-- 1 fercnce is due to the fart that thej female grubs are larger than the male) ones, and therefore require morel nourishment, but the actual, number' of caterpillars never varies. ' Again,: with regard to moral souse, cominuni-- i ties of ants, though in numbers nearly? as large as the population of New? York, never quarrel or huve family jars among themselves. They are not! very ready to help one another, but individual acts of kindness are to he; perceived. One instance came under his notice where a crippled ant was, supported by its relatives for three months. Many eminent zoologists and. entomologists have been of the opln-- l ion that insects are absolute auto-- ; mata; that they weave their' nests and spin their webs as automatically as they digest their fond; but this theory is strongly combated by' Lord Avebury. New York Press. ! . et llnw Itlrdx lire Wound. Perhaps a nip of Wangeman's Couldn't Rrri.giilxe Him. whisky will aid your memory, conMany birds, particularly those that Yes, I have a pretty big month, for are prey for sportsmen, possess the tinued. I'hil. as he literally pushed the perplexed Southcote into a convenient a f.irt. admitted the candid man, but faculty ot skilfully dressing wounds. restaurant. When do you and your I have learned to keep it shut, and that Some will evm set hones, taking tlicir friends want revenge for the drubbing counts for something when you take own feathers to form the proper bandI gave you the other night? Ah! I your levels. I received a lesson when 1 ages. A French naturalist writes t hat was a Bmall boy that I have never for- on a number of occasions he has killed see you remember now. Then you are the Reverend Paul gotten. 1 was born and brought up on .woodcocks that were, when shot, conhabit valescing from wounds previously rePayson, after all, Bert replied stern- a farm and I had the couniry-bo- y of going around with my mouth wide ceived. hi every Instance he found the ly. Reverend fiddlesticks! What are open, especially if there was anything old Injury neatly dreste.-- with down you talking about, anyway? Did my unusual going on. One day an uncle, plucked from the stem feathers and saintly conduct at the club give you whom I had not seen for a year, paid skilfully arranged over the wound evithat impression? Phil answered, us a visit. dently by the long beak of the bird. Hullo, uncle, said I, looking up at In some instances a solid plaster was laughingly. Most decidedly not, but the unihim with my mouth opened like a barn thus formed, and in others bandages form you wore and the cards you door. had been applied to wounds or broken He looked at me for a moment withhanded around certainly stated that limbs. One day he killed a bird that fact; and his temper rising, he add- out answering, and then said: evidently had been severely wounded Close your mouth, sonny, so 1 can at some recent period. The wound was ed, and for two pins I'd wipe up the floor with you. see who you are. covered and protected by a sort of netYou are laboring under some deI took the lesson to my heart, said work of feathers, which had been the candid man. according to the De- plucked by the bird from its own body lusion, said PayBon, calmly, and p troit Free Press, "and resolved that and so arranged as to form a you try to use me for a plaster, I wish to state that I am Philip Pay-sofrom that day I would not allow my completely covering and protecting tbe Captain and Paymaster of tbe mouth to conceal my identity. wounded surface. The feathers were th, and a lawyer by profession. I fairly netted together, passing alterhave had the pleasure of meeting you (hcwtimt on Tner Land. nately under and above each other and but once and outside of winning a few A profitable experiment has been forming a textile fabric of great prodollars from you, can't imagine what made In growing chestnuts on land tective power. Youths Companion. you have against me. which is too thin for agricultural If what you say is true, and his use. 'IkMlera In Warm Cloth. unenviable position began to dawn ' The Jereey mosquito Is acquiring a upon him, why did you wear a chapImport Into Old Grom. which may astonish some reputation lain's blouse? And moreover why did Greece now imports about S,QM who havent seen him In his people you give me this card? of tons of sulphate copper each year real Not content with his glory. Captain Payson looked at the bit of for use in killing the phylloxera. usual summer work of persecution, he floor-mo- . ice-cru- st, l He called for whisky. My name is Payson," he said, adress-in- g into his them; and1 reaching blouse, he passed a card to each: -- Anl That Uol Horseback. Not long ago a French explorer, M. Charles Meissen, in traveling through Siam, observed a species or small gray ants which were new These ants were much engaged in traveling; they lived in damp places, and went In. troops. To hi surprise lie noticed; among them from time to time) oecasional was nil ant which iniicli than the others j larger and moved at a much swiften pace, and each of these larger ants, M., Mebsiu saw, always earrinl one of the gray ants on its hack.' This discovery; led him to watch their movements: closely. He soon saw that while the main body of gray ants was always on foot, they were accompanied by at least one of tlu-i- own sort mounted on onej of these larger ants. He mounted and! detached himself now and then from.' the line, rode rapidly to thp head, came; swiftly hack to the rear and seemed to! be the commander of the expedition.; The explorer was satisfied from his ob- - j servation that this species of ant em- ploys a larger ant possibly a drone oft the same species, though he had no means of proving this as we employ ; horses to ride upon, though scarcely-morthan one ant In each colony seems to be provided with a mount It is known that some ants maintain others In their serviee as servants or slaves. Certain warrior ants of South; America confine their own physical eM forts to raiding and plundering, while? all the ordinary offices of life are performed for them by servants. The lit-- , tie gray ants of Siam appear to be a! more industrious rare, though they the eonvenlence of having on horseback among them.: Cincinnati Enqultcr. to-hi- - r e ate |