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POPULAR SCIENCE.
The I’ittsburg observers-say that the
natural gas interferes more with theiri‘
telescopic operations than smoke ever.
did, the heat so agitatcs the atmosphere.
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The uliar varnish-like lustre of m.- l
tals of the buttercup. is attributed by l
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r. Mobiiis,~who has recently been in«
vestigatin it. to a;highly refractive yel—
"" low oil existing in‘ the epidirmal cells.
increased by the fact that- the layer of 1
cells of the mesophyl is densely filled?
. with minute stafclrgrains. . _ 1
The ice of" arctic regions, according to g
Maj LI' Greeley. does not:usually form to l
a greater thickness than five feet, but g
in [India‘s Bay. ihe Greenland Sea and ,
parts of the Arctic Ocean thicker masses .
are proluecd ly the jamming together.
of flees, which are thus piled up and
I: come frozen together. The l( e of the
folk Sea is ' of almost inconceivable l
roughness, and it is doubted whether 1
any eulorer has ever seen 300 sqcarc l
ya ds of it that is level. 7 ;
French scientists are dis ussing the,
peculiarities of Ganilgctta's brain, which :
weighed only 1.1!” grammes. wlyge .
Cromwell‘s weighed2.000-graninies‘a l .
t‘uvier’s 1,8291gramnies. The distin-
guishing feature of Gainbetta‘s brain
was tl at it was particularly well de.el—
oped in that portion of its structure
where most undersized brains are found
to be defective. that is. in the third
frontal ciicumvoliition. 'l‘he folds in -
this portion of it exhibited uncommon
ricliiies~ and variety of cmiiplicatiou.
The recent Fl‘i‘lli h surveps have shown .
that the uiignitude of the Algerian sen l
”pro, ect has been greatly eiaggurit d
' .Vu large part of Northern .Ifriia can be 3
tioydcd. the desert of Sahara proving to ‘
have an average height of l. 100 fz-ct. and
the only area below sea level being com~ ;
prised in two “t“hotts“ commencing .
about one hundrcd inilesduc west of thc
Gulf of (talus and covering only about
3.1“" sipizire mill-s vlcss than lalf the
are: uf l ukr Ontario. The flooding of the .
«lei rassed n glon would give a lake avcr- l
a itig seventy-eight feet in depth. The 3
err :tion of a new sea of such size could
h mlly produce the grcat effects upon
. the \ior‘d‘s climates and upon the depth .
of lht‘ Otelll which have been foreseen;
in the speculatbns of‘ some scientific ;
writers.
’ l‘rifessor (i‘crcltotani; of Vienna, has!
' contrived an ingenious instrument for as~ i
certa aim: the distances of acresaible and ?
in o. csililo points from the observer
and Hour ewh other‘ in other words, an 1
easy iiieth d wirange finding. The ap—
paritus conszsts mainly of a pair of tele'
Stupi's mounted on a stand and fixed on 5
a tripod for use. The telesCopes are,
both brought‘tobcar on the obje ~t. and ‘_
a reading is then taken from a graduatcd ;
s. ale on the instrument(which, compared
with a wt of printed tabh-s, gives thr
distance. Distances Can be measured
between In! oil objects. and, by means of ‘
a sheet of paper fixed on. a drawing i
board. a rough plan of the country underl
measurement may be sketched. In thol
same way the distances of ships at sea or ,
of moving objects omlaud can be deter §
ininc'd. Thiis’the contrivancc appears to
be \\ ell adapted not only for land survey 3
ing, but particularly for military pun;
\oscS. In fact. it is stated to have beeni
alumni; .«ln‘uid in th.» 13"“- Gullllt‘ttldll
bv the German government, and win
piobably be by that of England.
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The Falconer. i
A falconer who has the exclusive rare;
of half a dozen trained birds. whether}
falcons ‘or hawks. or l‘oth, finds littlei
time hanging heavily on his hands. By l
the time he has moved out his charges to l
the lawn and set their um‘llll‘linl abode;
in 'vl‘ lvr, he will haie got an appetite for l
his own breakfa t. Then there is the.
bu .incss of fccd'ng those hawks which:
are not to i‘y, and pirliups exercising:
most of them tothe lure, in the manner i
so graphically ill scribed by Isaak th
ton. Then the bath or baths must be
l filled, and the hawks which are to be in f
i . , dulg d with that luxury moved to ai
' place \vhrrc they can jump in and splash :
about to their heart‘s. delight. Then the i
plan of the day’s campaign must be ar- 3
ranged: having regard to wind and '
weather. and the chance of where thoi
quarry is most likely to be foind. andi
when the day‘s Work in the field is over 3
the falconcr‘s da is not nearly doncJ
, 4 Tone is the ‘ fee ing up“ of the hawksl
that ha-‘c not ll‘xfill allowed, or have not i
hid time. to i‘takc their pleasure“ on the ’
yuarry. Everything depends upon met-
ing to the hungry creatures just that
quantity of food whi b will keep them in
full health and strength, but without
overgorging them or making them iaac~
live on the morrow. lf a feather has been
broken by some accidnt during the day
it'must be mended at once: if a ”jess is
worn out it must be re hired. The. feet
. and beaks of all the awks should be
cleansed, their hoods seen to, and' the,
lures made rezzdy for use on another day '
-1\'or let it le forgotten that there is
such a thing as losing :i' liawk.‘ When
this disaster ha ipens the country is
a cured till dark in search of the truant
and if not found, the falconer. before
break of day, is again on the lrokont with
his lure in hand. A succussfulfalconer
lies on no bed of roses. Only con taut
migration will make his hawks fond of
him. But‘ when they are so, he’standa
Vania them a' friend among faithful
Trim 3. At a sign from him they will
jump .touanl himgnay, at his first ap‘
1wtucev—in words of the old sportsman
ng‘they rejoyee.“ The character of each
of them—for hawks differ in character as
much as men and women—is as well
known to him as his owin. He knows
what can or cannot be done with each:
and t‘uis he is able to carry on the
most difficult of all sports without the
disippointinents that have“ frightened
away from it less atie‘nt and person-lug
tyros. —£Eiiglivii l .’ narrated Ala/ruins.
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, animus at Rock sue
' At San-l Springs, in Churchill County.
Nev“ there is a deposit of rock salt
fourteen feet in d: th. free from any
article of foreign su stance, which can
i,uirriel at the rate of five toss a
. day to the man. The great Humboldt
’ all: field is about fifteen miles ion by
six wide. When the summer heats have
evaporated the surface water, salt to the
depth of several int-lies may be scrapel
up. and underneath is a stratum of pure
, reek salt “unknown depth.
. Soda. b?!“ and cilia valuable mills
ovals also exist in large quantities near
them lNltlQQ-- and launch railroads
will wear later
Davis‘s: gt" enaalderablofil‘ixlnoss in
nu a: law ' y liahrdow
line of the (lumen and Colorado
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tha‘haiidsot I a li‘IMldnd now‘:
1 patient protest.
. wrongr for you to allow Lilian to go .on 5
. in this way: .\ girl of sineen should not
_ the place of a m itht-r.‘
: (‘Ul‘b her!”
bring than late,” ‘
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SW8" OLD WORJDS.
The sweet old words. whose ring caressed:
Whose sound was something like a spell
To us; who used to love so well:
Come, let us hear them to their rest!
They served when love was full and blast,
They shall not blend with its farewell-—
The sweet old words1~
So. in our fair Past‘s fakest dell,
Imy them oii withered rose leaves premed,
The roses red we prized the b st: ‘
While tender Memory tolls their knell—
The sweet; old words!
—AII the Your found.
They had been engaged a nioutb. The
village had buzzed audibly over the
news that Jack Murray had come home
from Arizona to marry his old playmate,
Janette l’rayn. and ,1 had furthvrmorc
bought an interest in Graytonllills and
tone into biisinen‘ with all his enrrgy.
he weddingswas arranged for October.
and meanwhile
Yes. He was bound to Janette. There
was no forgetting nor ignoring of the
fact “but Lilianl His heart tugged at
its chain each time she spoke to him or
looked his way. Th“. silken bond had
become a fetter. Janette was the Janette
he had always known~a womanly pres
encr, gracious and gentle; but he. had
come home to tii d Lilian a beautiful sur~ ,
prise. Bright. audacious, wilful, almost 9
reckless, she darted abiut from gaycty
to gaye’ty like a hummingbird among
roses. A dance hcre,a ride tlicr:-.a moori—
light row, flowers. music. litil ' notes of
invitations, boxes of boub ins-from
week‘s end to week‘s call the bright
routine went on; and .la k, whom it did
not in any way con crn, kept up his in»
“Can‘t you see. Janette. that it isg
be permitted sui-h entire freedom.
ought to curb her :i litt’e.
the child an lllrillillt'c.
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It is wrong to
You stand in
”sack". dearl .‘is if I possibly could
"Wed, her €'fllllt3i‘—.\0Iue one ought-
to.“
“But she doesn‘t do anything wrong.
She likes to he gay—that is natural: and
these young people about are boys and.
girls that have grown up with her—r
neighbors and clavniateS. [do not sce
how she pmsibly could be hnrincd.“
"But she is away from home nearly"
every day, and all her evenings are taken
up with Tom, Dick and Harry. Her own
people scarcely get a glimpse of heri‘
"\Vcll. it‘s vacation now, you know,
and beside. in a little while. when I am
gone. Lilian will haxe to scttln down.
She'will kl.0\\' the \veiglit'of care soon
enough.” 7
.laiivttc was smiling tenderly. but she
could not smilc aw? the gloom from her
lover‘s fire. ,3
“I have scarcely‘ patience with you.
Janette.“ he said. inmost angrily.
tie down? The girlis utter y spoilcdfor
anything like domes: ic life. Do you sup~
pose she will ever till your plac‘c to your
father and the children: It was very
unfortunate for her that shx- was left with ‘
out a mother."
Tran til'ed .lanctte‘s eyes. She bit
h. r lip hard in the effort to restrain them.
“by was Jack always so severe in his
censure on Lilian, and through Lilian on
her! “by dd he alone seem to rcgarl
with intolerarce’ this bright young crea~
ture whom all the world lovcdl
hissail‘uuestionin1.r had been (Iv. wing
d: z y in anette‘s meek, loving heart.
Suddenly Jack flung liiiiiselfdown beside
her and kiso-d her ch ck;
“Don‘t. be sad, dear. I only meant
that .slicwtlnit Lilian seems to lindsprn. ‘
dent of us all, and for so young a girl
..... but of coats". it is not your
fault. .lanettcaranu slia‘l I—«shall l rea-
son with her? Do you th‘iiik it would do
any good ?“
“Not the least bit in the world. clear;
but, you might try.“
Jack did try th~-'very next morning.
Janette took the children and went down
to the v llage, to g vi- him an o iportu-
nity to drlivr r his to tare-Vin gooi form.
He. found Lilian dawdling.r over a late
breakfast, rntidy as usual,‘liut as usual
exipiisitely clean. "or wrapper had a’
torn sleeve lh..t showed the ivory of one
rounded arui . her hair was tutubiiug
from its silk) braids. She looked like a
freslrcruslird rose.
.‘nok had tlrt‘ssvil himself with unusual
care; but, then. he was going up to the
city on business presently.
“Well. Lilianl“ . ,
“How nice. you. look!“ she said. with
a smile, bright and indifferent. .3 am
so tired. We did not get home til4hrce
“Se -
this morning. I rwaltzed my feet ight '
through my slippers. "
“We?"
“George Archer and Harry (‘hasecame
home with me. I‘m sorry I'm so tired.
“'e'arrnnged to go up to Eagle Rock
this afternoon. 1 don‘t see how I can.“ ~
“I don‘t see how you can." He had
walked away to the window, but u .w
came back and seated himself near her.
at the breakfast~t:ible. “You are a puz-
zle to m ‘, Lilian.“
“A puzzle. am I? IVill you have some
cofee. It isn‘t very warm. \Vhy am I
puzzle. .lark.’ ‘ " V
"Well. not a puzzle, either; only it
seems strange you are so different froui
Janette." .
“Should you wish me to be more like
her?“ she ask'ui, with a curi ins half~
smile, balancing a spoon carefully on the
edgii of her empty cup. ‘
" acacia?!) .68.. . we
not spend her lint; finial“: abofit :ighli
crowd of insignificant young iii-en, for
example.“ ‘
“But I am a very insignificant person,"
she retorted. calmly. ‘
“You will let yourself become insig~ i
niticant.”he said, gravely. “You are
wasting your thought and time on people
who are no way worthy—" l
Lilian‘s s n fell with a clatter into
her cup. 8 c. ruse and crossed the room
quickly.
' "Ah. now you are angry.” Jack said,
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‘ , leauin backandlookiiigafter her. “You
are 0 ended." ‘,
“Not a bit ofleiided. I only thought I ;
could listen to you lecture with some ;
comfort. This is Hari- Otase‘a glove.“
She lad beguntoiaen the torn lingual
“Is heone of the insignificant peoplel.
Surely.“ she looked at him archly. “you
can‘t say that of a millionaim‘s soul“
‘ [should not it in any case if I
thought he was tea ly dear to you.“ .
“Harry? Oh. no. lle‘sa good boy—-— 4
he‘s devoted to me: but I should never 5
think of man-via; him.“ ~ . E
_ “The otherflrup so. lathe favorite.“ 3
“Which othct . eo Archer! He‘s,
lovely. isn‘t lief Yes, I ike George but;
I like him so much that I can‘t loveblm. ;
it: out Well. then, there is x
t. thestwo.Whittakei-Iothoy.
(plate the list—and— Shall
amu- = 3 : ._. I
necessary.“ Jack was look-
alch the, title. trying to
- “ 7 ~ M be felt .
“I you have as.
hm‘mvhuvimmm
m b You‘re-ear taxis:
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imam» but thoygall beard Lil “rd
“I don't resent anything. Come here
and sit by me. I am willing to hear all
you may have to say about my friends.
Of'cours you won‘t be i just to them;
that‘s n to be expected}. >
“Xot to be expected}; I should very
“much like to know why I have any mo—
tive ml is unjust to your friends!”
“Oh. well,“ she said, ‘rcsignedly, “the
' trouble is. Jack, you‘re in lo :e with me
oursclf.“ .
“'ithn startled air he looked at her an
instant. 13 Then a smile broke slowly over
his face. ; .
“\\'ell. that is a singular assertion,"
he remarked. after a rather long silence.
“Yes; but the mo t, singular thing
about it is. that. it‘s true.“ she retorted. .
with a perfectly unmoved air. “That‘s
where the singularity comes in." .
' He hit his lip, still regarding her With
a sort of puzzled yet tolerant look. Sud-
denly his whole expression changed.
t‘Lilian," he said, abruptly crossing to
where she sat, "I wish to God you were
more of a woman or—inore of a child. 1‘
can‘t understand you. * Do you.-try to
bewilder me —to make gyouiself a mys-
tcry t“ :
“I don‘t try to make myself anything,“
she retorted. raising hcrfree,calm glance
to his troubled face. ‘51 don‘t see why
you can‘t understand me. I understand
you. I have only been afraid that Ja-
nette would uiidcrstand1you. too.“ _
“But. if this that you say is true —if I
have. le‘n so unfortunate as to give my
heart one way and my: word another—
surely you might have some thought. for
me. some consideration} \V'hy do you
delight to make me suffer?"
“\Vhyl Because you ought to sufl'er,
Jrk. Because. if I met you half way,
you would throw .Janettfe aside without a
qualiu of consciedce—llanette. who is l
worth a dozen such women as I am. I :
may be frivolous and trifling, Jack; but
I have my own idras of honor. too.“
“You are a miserable liirt‘.“ he said.
slowly and bitterly. ;
“That‘s not true, Jack?!“ buthcr young
face wore a strange. hard smile.
“Talk of houor~~yoii talk of honor!
have neither *heart nor con-
science ' ‘ ‘
“Jack I“ p .
Her voice stopped him half-way in the
sentence. ‘ng flush had spread
a
A burni
over her face, and tlielncxt instant she
burst into a wild passion of tears. and,
rushed out of ‘he room. sobbing like a
hurt child. That was the cud of Jack‘s
reasoning with ‘Lilian. l When they met
at dinner she was hen bright, pleamnt
.sc‘f again. smiling and talking gaylyfl
but Jack felt that the distance between
thcfn had widened to afilcep. impassable
gulf, that neither wont nor smile could
cross. :
Liliau‘s terrible frankness liad defined
his position and placvd it openly before
his eyes.
undrcnmed of force au‘d courage in her
c‘ arai‘ter.
iiicre beauty had inspired, there began to
mingle a higher form of admiration, and ‘ .
for the tir~t time the thought of broakirg ‘
his engagement to Juliette took form in
his mind. This. too. might be done with
licrfull consent. if l.e could make up his
mind to throw himself entirely on her
gi-ncrosity an l tenderness. She had been
so good to him always—a friend, a sis~
ter, since he could remember. almost.
“'ould shebe less good to him now. if
he came to demand fri in her the willing:
sacrifice of her dearest joys and hopes?
He knew she lovcdwhad lovrd him al-
ways. and man‘s ligic, by degrees
made it very clear n his mind that
this love should flow to the making of
his hap iiness. udto the total renun-
ciatiou. if need ‘M‘. 1 her own. .In.-
(\lsr“ were women made compassionate as
angels and heroic as martvrsl Kind.
happy Janette. little dreaming that she
was expected to pose in either or both
of these dl'licult positions, wondered at
Jar k‘s strange, restless manner. and went
on smiling securely above her lace rallies
and cmbroidcries and fiber happy dreams.
It is not to be wondered at that Jack
put off from day to day .lanctte‘s disil-
lusioiiiiient. But a time came. after one
of Lilian‘s rare evenings at home. when ‘
she had been more; lovclv. more gra~'
vious. “II'I't‘ tender. subdued. thoughtful.
and loving than he had ever known her.
tlm .lack ni-idc up his mind. with mas-
culine vigor. to a final and determined
cfl'ort for his freedom before another sun
should srt. He had keen of late an un~
mistakablc mduess in Lilian‘s eyes. a
wistful anxiety that not all her pretty
smiles could cover: and on this especial
evening her hand had lingered long in
his. and her glance; had met his own
with responsive kindness. lie left her.
thrilled .and restless. his heart beating
wildly at the thought that tomorrow
would bring him at} lent. the right to
throw himself at hvrgfect.
But tomorrow brought him something
widely ditl’ereiit. By breakfastvtimc the
whole household was in wild consterna-
t’on: Lilian had disappeared. ller pretty
white bed was unrutllcd: but on its pil—
low lay tlils mun note. addressed to
.l anvtte:
“Don‘t. be troubled or unlia \pv. I have
gone away, of my own free 3; ad will. to be
married. Tell papa-full every one to for~
give llit‘, and love me until I come again. I
will surely return in time for voui‘wodding,
dear. dear. precious. darling. Janette ! You
Will not miss me notch. You have your
kind, good Jack to conifoit. you. . ‘. . .
And papa will not nilxi me for he has, you.
But you must all love use. and know that,
wherever I am, I must always be your own
true. loving - ' Linus."
And this was the 5end of Jack‘s fever‘
ish dreaming. of his; plans and hopes and l
strong resolves! Ilia high‘~Luilt castles
lay in ruins round him: but no one knew,
thank God! of the wreck and havoc in
his life! Janette hung sobbing on his
shoulder. He shudderdas he kissed her,
thinking how closely she had passtd to
keener and more .asting sorrow. He
could not comfort her, he was too deeply
hurt himself. 3
As the days wention the fact of Lilian‘s
flight was followed by the discovery of
another .fact—that George Archer and
Harry (‘ha 0 were both missing. This
established at once the personality of the
bridegroom. Archer had always been a
favored admirer of 11 iiian‘s, and as Har~
ry, though an admirer al'so, was Archer's
bosom friend. the, sequence. of course,
seemed very pla‘n. :1 Hui-r who was or
cecdiiigly wealthy, . and t 0 soul of gen-
erosity besides, must have placed money
at the disp ml of the young couple, Jot
Archer was not known to have any viai«
ble means of support. '
“But what a rash step it was for Lilian
“so young, too—~to leaveher comfortable
home and go of! with one who might be
a worthless a lventurer for anything that
was known of him in Grayton.“
And it ll'ilI :llso snown him an ‘
With the rirsll- as paxsion ler ‘
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wood: “Home! home!" she called out,
in a gay voice, that. broke into a sob,
Wicked, heartless girl 2 Unfesling
daughter: The tempest that met her
was a stondxqé kfsses and embraces—-
of sobs» and lighter. But what was
Harry Chase doing, holding his hat
apologetically, in tlie background, with
his usual little‘ mild air of wondcrl He
was doing nothing, quite contentedly.
until Lilian drew him forward with both
her pretty hands. and said: “My his.
band," when he proceeded to kiss. shake
hands anl even embrace his “LW rela-
tives with prompt enthusiasm. .
“Harry t‘hasel“ cried Janette, ln llt‘el‘
amazemeit. “You don‘t really mean that
you‘ve married Harry Chase? Is it a
‘oke. Li‘ian?" .
“I think it an excellent joke for) me."
said Barry, radiant? ’
“Of course I‘ve married Harry. You
didn‘t suppose I‘d marry any one else?"
Lilian asked. reproachfully.
“Certainly not,“ said Jane‘te. still be-
wildered. “But you were always play‘
ing of! little pranks on Harry. You know
you were."
"She has played the final one,“ said
llarry, with an air of fond ownership;
“there are no more smnks to be laidat
Mrs. (‘hase‘s door.“ ' ‘
"Mrs. t‘ha e! Mrs. Chase 3“ The chil~
dien seized on the name instantly and
began a wild dance of delight around its
owner. It was altogether such a wonder-
ful idea that Lilian should be Mrs. Any"
; thing.
Jack had kissed he heartil with the
; rest: he had shaken hand: an congratu-
; lated Harry, and then stoodgapart. look-
. ing on like one in a dream. He noticed
ltbc la'ge, bttl’lI-iflll diamonds that glits
tered from the bride‘s fair neck and
ears.
_ “Poor, empty, Worthless heart.“ he
i thought, bitterly. “you have brought
Through all these years of
.why Lilian had
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:his life he ncvcr knew
; married llarry Chase.
l But Janette knew in time. “’hcn
Jack was dead. and she had lived
;.through her widowhood, and her chil-
l dreu and Lilian‘s children wrre courting
land being courted. she learned the un»
.written romance of her sister‘s life.
i They were talki
mg, as grziyrhaired women
;’ will. of love and marriage.
and the
ihrart‘s deep joys and sorrows, when
3 Lilian said. earnestly:
l, “You must have wondered often,
fJanettc, about my marriage, because you
,knew me too Will to believe. as many
i did. that l niarrii d llarry for his wealth."
‘ “Uh, never for that, diar.“ Janette
Laaid. “I know you never did. but I
, have wondered. sometiniis —if—~z_vou
married him for lovefj
Z “No,“ said Lilian, simply; “I married
' him because I loved some one else; be-
} causi- I loved Jack.“
“Jack? ‘ said Janette. blushing as she
looked at. her. “\ly Jacki"
“Your Jack.“ She smiled softly as
she said IIII' words.
“Uh. Lilian."
“Yes. I loved him dearly; so dvarTy,
Janettel I can tvll yoi. now ——it is all so
long auoi Janette. I sugpose a quiet
nature like yours could never realixe all
my poor, wild. foolish heart endured
through tlio~c works after Jack came
,back from Arizona and before I went
, away with Harry. 1 went because I
could bear it n . longer. I was so glad
when he asked me to be his wife."
7 “Oh, my joor Liliani“ Jain-He‘s teirs
' are flowing fast as she holds her sister‘s
hand. “And I ucverdrcnmed ~—-"
“No one diei icd= of it. dear—Jack.
leist of all.“ said Lilian, calmly. “I lived
i it down. vents and .x N?" "‘4, l
have born happy With my -‘ ear. lliirry.2n
our comfortable. commonplace way.
Yet. you see I‘ve had my romance, too.
like other people. “
She smiled. but her eyes were full of
tears.
“Lilian. dear! And you loved Jack.
andwyou knew that he loved me. Oh,
. that was hard I“
_“I am glad I loved him.“ Lilian said.
f ”Madeline S. Bridges.
é __.__.-——-—-
Great Rubles.
The finest red or oriental rubies have
hitherto come from the neiglil orhood of
Syriam, in l’cgu. In ( nylon ~izreat nuuis
bcra are found in the alluvial deposits,
but the original rovk out of which they
Ilfl-‘t‘ decomposed has not been searched.
\Vcrc this done, says the London Slum?-
arof, there is little doubt that many more.
I and of inuchtincr ipial ty. would be ob-
taincd. At lladakshau. in llactria, there
. is said to be a ruby mine, and the treas‘
‘ uries of man of the oriental monarchs
contain. or id contain, gems far sur—
passing any known in liurOpc. ’
| . A former King of Aracan possessed
one in the form of ‘a six~sidcd prism.
‘about an inch in diameter. and termia
. nated by a six.side.l pyramid; while,
'if Tavernicr, a traveler of two centuries
ago, and ‘a jeweler by trade, is to be
.belicvel. the throne .of the Great Mo-
gul was adorn 6 With 108 rub‘cs of
from ion to 200 carats each. Marco
il’olo affirms that the King of Ceylon
, owned one a span in length, as thick as
' a man‘s arm. and without a flaw. This
itrnly remarkable gem has been lost, for
assuredly no man has been able to set
icyes on it. and the story was an old
gone long before the Venetian traveler
‘ began roaming in the East. . It had been
glloating about in India from the sixth
ieentury, and not improbab‘y was even
1 morerane’ent than that era.
For at least twelve centuries one chron‘
% icler tried to excel another in talus of
this magnificent ruby. Kublai Khan of-
fered a city in exchange for it, and lb i
Batuta, the Moorish traveler of the tliii'L
teenth century, goes so far as to declare
that he saw in the =ession of Arya
Chakrai‘arte, a 'I‘umul chief rul'ng at
Patlam, a ruby bowl as l ig as the pill!)
of one‘s hand. What grain of truth was
in these stories it is now too late to in.
quire. It. may be that they were not al—
to ether baseless, though we are not
ca led upon to credit Sir-John Mandeville
when he declares that the. Emperor of
China “hath in his chamber a pi lar of
gold in which is a ruby and carbunele a
foot long. which lighteth all his chain-
bers by n‘ght,“ or Luiz Bartholomew,
who relates how he saw a gem in “1911‘“
ace of the King of Pu so ll ht that in
a dark place it made a l the ystanders‘
bodies transparent. '
W
Largest Bridges and Tunnels.
There is new in process of buildin , a
bridge over the Volga rivvrmthh. V 0‘
com etc. will be nearly four miles long,
the ongest brid e in the world. The
n " ' - three longest bri now complete are
“A...“ risk: our more w a... 1......“ it; . w. v... m.
It was theday before 9 one . pointed feet. at Charles brld Mo“ 8,586.19“:
for her sister‘s wedding. Yet and the New York as oklya image.
received no word from her.
little farewell note, until they heard her
voice in the porch. Itwas near twi-
light. Tea was just over. The elu than
were dawdl at the tab] Janette was
talking to her thei- iiear desk, Jack
was smoking. and the rose: from the
h were trailing ever and nodding
m pretty red faces through the win-
dow“. ; '
Roanoke-id the gate cite as: the
e hai
beyond air 5»
980 feet.
The his?“ tunnel in the world is that
through out St. Gothud. in the A15-
‘l‘hia la 9 1% miles long. Katmai e
Moat Cents tunnel, over '7 1-3 miles in
leagltih. and the . Room: tunnel, through
the anionic Mountains. in Mir
nth. .4 M lilies l-Mt—le‘m
it!!!)
the above
.119. .: G
It i! Nth-ate l that all“
ocean has. seer tirilierl up!
new: Branch,“ eighth of a
at
' had been
and in less than five minutes f ‘
another bite at the apple and said:
the a: boot to answer him. mt miorig of Peoria. with: tut silk
“ on an a Yankees y. and we want hat was about conga. that
newt- an! e extracts you like.) wanker ‘ es which are
ve eo run an n.’ common an every-day, it was of
The roan burst late awn?“ laughter. China! ' The muffin that a
He laughed until he was blvk la the, Melt IOI
face. veal started to handle him i to have
(on lily, but he breed up and aid: to by a as
M ,‘aall t. Ima'yliave an “my“
:ialllntentioual a . .
uphil-
Illve; at Dav!
basil
.-
papers here for the quotations of tobacco
everywhere. Here is my book. Some
of the notes are in shorthand, but you.
can make out those figures. I regret :
having caused all this excitement.”
A dead silence fell upon the crowd.
“ Why did you draw a pistol i" said .
one. '
“1 did not. I drew this apple from
my coat pocket. I was so confused that
I did not know what-I was doing, and
almost mechanically I commenced tug-
ging away at the apple, which I could
hardly get out of my pocket."
It was recollected then that no one had
seep him draw a pistol.
‘ I am going down now to the store of
Blank & B‘snk,“ said the stranger. “and
if the gentleman will accompany me he
will receive assurances from the firm that
Iain a true Virginian and an original
secession man.”
He laid his hand on the arm of the
leader of the vigilantes, and the two
walked 03 together, the others standing
aside to make way for them.
it turned out that the tobacco man was
0. K. He was a good fellow. and took
in the town with the boys th t night.
But his reticence, confusion and peculiar
conduct placed him in a position of great
danger. If any of the vigilants had been
armed, he would doubtless have been
riddled with bullets when he reached be—
hind him for that apple.
CATCHING A SPY.
SCENES 1N ATLANTA IN THE
TURBULENT DAYS OF ‘01.
How Abolitionlste Were Detected——
Story of a Virginian Who
Was Regarded \Vith
Suspicion.
The first blood spilled in Georgia due
the war was right here in Atlanta, says
the 0mmtiluh‘un,of that city. There was
no bittle. not even a riot, but it was a'
very serious affair at the time. Patriot
ism was at the bottom of it—patriotism
and apples.
It was in the early part. of ‘61 just be—
fore tlie State secedecl or a little latter.
We were in a regular stew in those days.
So many startling tumors were afloat that
even the most conservative of our citi~
zens felt it their duty to keep a sharp
watch on suspicious-looking stran'gers.
Atlanta was then about one-third its
present sire. People knew each other,
and it was an easy matter to spot a
stranger. Visitors who were here for a
day or two were in the habit ofspending
much of their time in a reading-room
annexed to a nblishing house on Ala-
bama street. '1‘ e reading-room was on
the second floor, and was furni bed with
desks running around the apartment.
There were no chairs, and the readers
had to stand up. At this place several
abolitionists were spotted while the se-
cession incitement was at its height.
The) appearance drew attentionmnd pa-
triotic citizens were readily found who
made it a point to lounge about the room
while thesuspects were present. In cvery
instance the simple abolit onists gave
themselves away. They eagerly degnured
the southen papers, es; ecially those
from South Carolina, and from time to
time copied in their notes books such
choice extracts as they thought could be 3
used to advantage in the North. After
stalling themselves with information
these pilgrims were quietly taken in
charge by a committee and conducted to
a see’uded place. where they were .
SOaFCllLd and interrogatcd. It ‘ spaksl
well for the community that there was 7
no resort to violen e. In every caxethe‘ than before_ t was a ppm"- firvhting a
03"““1’ interlopeis were given 3 chanie ‘ giant, but the little creditor-e Sun the
to leave town. and they never failed to ‘ sting had the advantage of wings, agility
(:0 “1010‘" d033)‘- _ and weapons. and the worm soon showed
One case, however, “‘5 1‘9““de cal~ signs of defeat. After three more on~
culatcd to excite bad feeling and pimv‘oke . slaughts it straightened out its ptvttv
violence; We “’9'“ 3““ drifting ““0: body. became rigid, quiverei and died.
war. “ e dreaded the 36"“ “'“rk °f, The view:- walked around the conquered
3P 9‘ ”‘1 Cl‘nk‘ of the John Brown 5 foe three times. and after making sure
A Smart Wasp.
A Richmond (V .) letter ‘to the New
York Tribune contains the following in«
teresting story of insect life:
A few days ago two men who were en~
joyiug an outing came upon a green
worm which was slowly crawling across
the highroad. As the walkers reached
the creature they saw the aforenia-ntioncd
black wasp swoop dqul upon it. strad~
dlelzit with its four legs. put its arms——
or what were in the place of arms —.
around the worm‘s body near the head
and iroreed to sting it several times,
litirst in the right s'de, then in the left.
The worm writhed as if in great pain
and in its struggles to escape the wasp
suddenly flew away. The two men sat
down beside the road to await a renewal
of the strange conflict. Soon the attack-
ing party reap icared, more full of fight
‘ Diamonds Among
THE VDIAIION D.
FACTS ABOUT THE MOST VAX.-
UABLE VOF PRECIOUS GEMS.
the Ancienu— -
Their Form—Where Diamonds
are Found—The Origin ofDia-
rnondo—‘I‘Iw “Grand Mogul."
Speaking of the d‘axnond. the Chicago
Herald says: At a very ancient day_it
attracted notice. though not clearly» dis-
tinguished by the ancients from other
153 precious gems. In ludia it has-bran
used from the most ancient times as a
gem for personal ornamentation, and
especially as a jewel for religious para-
phernalia and decoration. It. was the
third gem in the second row of the high
priest’s breastplate, and was called Ja-
halom - by the doctors. Among the
Greeks it was used at any rate three cen~
turiea B. C. and War-called adamas, the
unsubduable, from its hardness and as
well from its quality of resisti fire.
The fullest ancient account of ' e stone
is in the writings of Pliny. wh says that
its value surpasses all human things, and
its use is confined to Kings. and few even
of them; Its peculiar hardness and the
extreme didiculty of Working it formany
centuries limited its use and its value,
and it was not until 1476 that one Lud—
wig von Buquen di covered the present
method of working and cutting it.
Even in the sixteenth century a ruby or
a garnet was far'nnre esteemed, as they
were more readily cut, and hence more
available for use.
With its form and chemical character
every one is of course familiar. Dia-
monds crystallize always upon the too
seral or cubic system. Few have ever
been found that were perfect cubes.
Generally they are in the form of double
fourvsided pyramids or twelve~faced
crystals. Its chemical character is that
of pure crystalized carbon. easily demon-
strated by the application of the strong-
est. possible best. when it vanishes en-
tirely. leaving only traces of carbonic
acid gas.
India was the oldest and the most pro
litic source of gems for commerce. The
rastern part of the Deccan contains the
principal districts 1' xr the mining of
jewels, the exports having been enor-
mous. They are found only among the
alluvial or more recent rocks, and mostly
in the beds of loose sand and gravel. To
find them the miner must dig through
the top strata sums a second of sand
perhaps eighteen int-bu 'in depth.
3
l
l
stamp. It seemed that self» reservation that death was not fei ned disa 3,113.1
demanded vigilance and decisive action. ; g ’ ppe
It was whispered around the hotels one § “,3 proceeded to straddle the worm as at
rainy afternoon thata Yanke abolitionist‘. first. putting its arms about the dead
had been I!“ the ntllnsmm “Paris's“ i a iimal and. lifting it bodily from the
day, reading ““3 P3199“ and liking ground. It was a wonderful sight. The
copious notes. What settled the matter wasp was not more than threetquarters
was the IW“ h- wrote his D0133 in a‘ of an inch long. and its body in the ;
kind 0’ ‘ “r ““d 0' cipher “‘3‘ could ~ thickest place did not exceed one-sixth
“0‘ be u erstood. by 39““) I‘HFIlO“ t of an inCh through. The worm was
“ll“ had been sutficrently lllll-‘ll"“l“"l“’d : three and a half inches long and one-
” peep 0"" hl‘ shoulder. When ““3 2 third of an inch in diameter. And yet
came out, there was general indignation. i the wasp m tnally lifted it up and partly _
Th0” “h” l“ l seen the ““11?!" "‘0" i dragging. iartly carrying it. creased the
that he was a Yankee. Ills pink and ; dusty [0,,
white complexion and his brogue mad '
that plain.
_ and travelet some twenty
elpaces thzough the stubby grass and
, weeds. At length a small c caring was
“I‘d“f‘"! “I“! citizens dropped into , reached. and dragging its buidcn to ma:
the reading ms in until there was a con— ' the centre of the spot the “a? dropped
siderable NOW“; The 31“!- “i‘h ““3“!" ; it and ran quickly around the place as if
“lurid" . continued 1‘“ work. "3. in search of something. The something
it. ml ' u by may and frequently... proved to be a pebble the size of a robin
named to scribble in his notebook. 1 egg half buried in the mid. Brushing
“"3“!“ inst ‘bom all“. I“ put “P “‘3 7 the loose earth away 1 e wasp cut the
book and turned with the evident inten- , 5‘ an. “id... nmling in the gum...) .
"NI 0‘ “‘“lun “5 "ll“ "me everything . hole into which the smart creature dived
arranged: The spectators . head foremost. It came up with an arm-
“00‘1‘ some 9’ them ‘9 the room ‘3“! the fol of fresh earth. and depositing it an
others in the hall leading to the stairway. inch from the hole went back finer an-
A' 50““8 m‘“ approached the ”3th- othcr and another until a littlemmnd
alto. by the way. was -, goqélookmg‘ ibegan to grow beside the front door of
mild-faced youth. and “lav ““11 an “I the warrior’s castle. In an incrediblv
of authority: , . ‘
"Sir, we know who you are. and we
know your business here. If you will go
with us quietly. it will be better; for
van.“
The stranger was simply dumb.
foundedl—pazalyzed. as it were. :1,“
fortunately. this was against him; It
.4
larged. and the mason. having taken the
measurement of it. went to the dead worm
,to see if it would enter. Satisfied, the
‘ insect caught the grub by the bead, and,
hacking into the hole p illcd the prey
after. it.
tit. so out it came, the wasp pushing it up
was "linker! for the brazen witnesses with its head. A little were sig—
sion of a Illallgl‘iunt.(‘ut‘lll_\’. 35 gig. another nieasurenieu’t and
“tome. sir.’ said the leader 'the again we worm was drawn in;
Citizens“ Committee, “we do not‘ esirc
to use force." A '
The prisoner said not a word. 3. des-
erat- glare flasled from his eyek,‘ h's
~ace hardened, and he suddenly bicked
into a corner. . if: ‘
:‘Look outi“ exclaimed two or‘tbree
voices. .
The warning was not a secori, _. too
early; The man thrust his rightéhand
behind him. ’ '
This action vvaa entirely unex '
Nobodyhsd dreamed that this.
enem would have the madness;
very cart of the South to alters}?~
aistanee in the face of a score V
mined men.
“He‘s drawing a pistol!“
do on citi‘ens. :
Two or three yelled “Murderl'QiiSev- l
oral volunteered thi statement thifi‘they
were going for the police, and tb “-‘gitire
. this time until only half an inch remained
above ground. Was there another en-
trance to the hole '1 How would the
wasp get out, or did it intend to remain
below i The creature 'put an end to
‘ doubts by squeezing out of the same hole
_ in which the worm wasso tightly wedged.
It was a hard job but successfully ac-
complished. Then began a laughable
butting process in the course of which
i the half-inch of worm above ground was
. gradually driven into the hole. When
bhc quite in the wasp sprinkled fresh earth
the . upon it. trampled it down carefully. re-
. “3‘ i placed the pzblile. drew some dry surface
fightimarth around it, and then hermetically
s f a
ted.
gsealed the hole. Th‘s sealing was evi«
*dently done to keep away other insects
l .. » \. ‘
Or prowiers of any kznd. The wasp
gathered from a certain weed close by
, something which it spread over the peb~
‘ble. Re ted trips to the same weed
crowd backed precipitatelv i the were m. c for this
- . . Durpose,.and the h
d‘fk ball, wile" they came “1, j. “St the substance so gaihered was invisilfie
With the outsiders. who were do; .,}their there was no doubt of its use.
best ‘0 '3‘ mt" the room. I“ ' “If ‘ While the wasp was absent on one of
minute t e bewildered members i? the a, ‘ - ' ~
crowd wrre pummeling each 0th Ipull- ' ese trips one Of the men placed 8| “Tl:
. . . , , ‘ upon the now well-hidden hole.
ms ham and reflux m the "lNl’»Ile' l impatienre, not to say wrath. with which
curdlins way imaginable Emmi n us the insect tossed it aside badel no
‘ . ‘ :. , . . good
p09“ 3 bullet. In his back from lg); NFS‘ i to any creature of reachable size which
terious outlaw. and at the same by e he might presume to interfere wit: the store-
was afraid of being knifed by «g atest . house or burial ground. After the seal-
comers, who appeared *0 5° mil le 0‘ . ing, with one good look around the
understanding the situation. - - . .. -
. . premises, this clever wasp a read its
So, ““11 3'0“!» cf!“ and cu I“ ' ; wings d disa . red, leaviiig those
, watches the workmanship un-
ing pandemoninm, the vigilante .
taairway. and went thunderingggown, _able to decide whether the fighter and
. . v. “3 r ‘
gled .n the gathering darknessfie the Who}:
, .1 . . . _ .
kicking andfi hting ands hitter ’ . un- : 3:23: AK“ endowed With instinct or
til they land «some of them hgfifore- ; '
l Not Used to Expensive Blot.
most—«on thepavement. Herethg‘j were
picked up “d separated. Kangaroo-l There isanold tradition that/during
egreatwar at the commencement of
meats arrived. explanations were? ade, 2th
° .1 the century prize money was so plentiful
at
time the racket be ev r ' . . .
ready for another “5:5: “‘33:: bid? with English sailors that they would sit
tionist. Four or five men with imkkf°ni ‘0' V388“. A contest of
HOWE. arms. and cracked skulls ' _ {35‘ although .1101; so easy of ae-
behind. The others. with half ”mrlfimwk hp Just meg: pine - at
well‘armed men in front. ascended-19in an“? k we .dn‘leid farmers, m ‘ tit 0‘
tothe reading-room. When they entered, l fizz-“3" ° each other to "‘1‘
they found it dificiilt to belier their 0‘ great-eat numbo: of “h" 3'“
.. franc ieees, each adversary t
senses. The desperado stood thought‘ p o
h , i . . . ‘ supply the -coin. to the «other.
.138 ‘ ‘ihaififldl' of the floor munching One achieved his twelfth dollar;
but the other stuck at his second. which
got fixed in histhroat. and he had to be
removed to a has rat at Nane , anter—
iagfeartul naia.—- bum“: w.
suii’ma or Chinese origin.
It in a curious faet, unknown to the
“Do you surrender?“ shoutedithe vigi»
lantes. . .
“Surrender! 0 es, I suppose ”
was the answer. T en'the fellow took
"What‘s-all this about?" _
Ills insolenee was irritating, but it was
After the space of a minute it returned ‘
3short time the hole was perceptibly en- ~
But the worai was to.» tight a :
.Then succeeds a ' strata of stifl
black mud or clay perhaps four feet
l thick. and then the dzamond bed,- dis~
E tinguished by the prerence of large
rounded stones. She low pits are ex-
cavated a; few feet in diameter when the
workman, accustomed by praiice. has
most hope of success. He digs to the
l depth of a few feet. and then searches
- the bed he considers most promising. If
he is not rewardd by any find be ex-
cavate: another cavity. Tnere are acres
endures covered in this way with tie
sorted pita. Brazil has more lately come
i into notice as a diamond mining loca‘ity.
i In 179.7 they were diseavered in the
l Province of 31inas Ger. as. where the na—
tives used them as counters for games of
cards. ‘When first bought. Brazilian
, Diamonds were consi iered inferior to
~, the‘lndian. though without any cause.
1 The mines are cues-med crown property.
l I'pto 1818 about abound) carats.csti:i:at
.ed at about $35,000.u:.m.havc been found.
Since the. the yield has Mn possibly
8.000 or 9.000 carats jer year. None 01
i he Brazilian stones is \ery lg'ge. though
all are remarkably brilliant. Ms have
i been found. too. in New )Iexicor‘i‘mai
l ones in California and in Georgia mam..-
l South Carolina. and in some actions of
Aiii na. '
T re has been a great deal of specu-
lation concerning th ' method of the ori-
gin of these stones, but with little defi~
nite result. Newton dcclarwj that it was
some “unctuou; s:bstance congealed.‘
Jameson thought that it might be “the
secretion of some ancient tree. like am~
g ber.“ Many di-tinguisliA-d chemists have
' held to the theory that it was of vegeta-
ble origin. comparing the ashes of a
burnt diamond with the ashes of plant
tissues. .\’0 less an authority than tloep-
pert, in his Harlem prize essay in 1843,
argued long and lcariiedly for this view.
Leibig ascribed its origin to a slow vege-
. table decomposition in some peculiar
fluid rich in carbon and hydrogen. The
; fact that of later y.~ars diimonds have
‘; been largely discovered in the very heart
3 of rocky masses that show every trace of
igneous origin rather shows that fire
: must have been the chief producing
lagent. The years of chemiml experi—
ment are full of the h‘stories of enthusi‘
aatawho spent time and fortune in a vain
attempt to produce di unonds. One of
these, DeIAunnert. a Frenchman, ex~
. boasted a large fortune in building fur-
l paces and blasts, and in bringing cub?
formations from all pants of the worl
endeavoring that from them he might
produce the; shining gems of much price.
Not only the rarity but the extreme
difficulty attending the polishing of the
diamond produces its extreme cosilinesa,
The trade has vibrated between Nurem‘
_berg and England. both Holland and
Brita‘n having made important discu—
eries iii the art. The work is done al-
most entirely by hand. and consists of
rubbing one stone with another. or of
rinding it a inst a wheel coated with
iamondpow er. When large ieces an
to be removed they are saw 08 by
meanaof an iron wire canted with the
powder, or by a quick blow from ham
mar and chisel along the line of cleavage.
There is great danger. howerer. from this
method, and it has resulted in the ruin
of several magnificent stones.
,- There are six large diamonds called
in. which, like the works of
mister painters, are valued at fabulous
auras. The largest is the “Grand
' legal." belonging to the Shah of Persia.
weighing, cut. 280 carats. It is an In-
dian. diamond, and was brought to
Persia in this very crafty way. One of
the first of the Shah- waa on the journey
through the tributary province- of
India. The petty chieftaius were afraid
of their thrones, if notof their lives, and
were anxious to re peace at any
cost: In one of t e cities the Shah was
turban a most magnificent diamond. In
to his salutationa the Persian
customary in Persia for viai mom
arehs to exchange tut-bans,
com~
neatly held out his owm richly
pweled, to the chief. He, glad to te-
eelye so marked a favor from the vie-
torious Persian. quickly in turn handed
91-8 level.
horse‘s: u: triumph.
Norwalk Chronicler