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"Yes, poison. Not a poison which
CHAPTER VIII.— (Continued.)
He paused. His story had been told
tveakly and slowly, with many halts
tnd failures! but it was done at last.
Jasmine, still supporting him in her
arms, looked ghastly pale, and her
lark eyes were heavy with unshed
tears. Oh, the pltlfulness of it, that
she had never known this terrible se-
cret burden her father hod borne until
oow, when he was going away beyond
ler reach of help, of sympathy!
Enderby had written every word
•apidly, though his fare, too, had
jrown paler as ho went on, and his
ips became stern and set. How little
le had understood the mystery of this
nan's life, the man who had literally
;iven his life for hi. friends—and such
.'rlends!
destroys physical life, but a far more
subtle one, which acts upon the brain,
and through slow, but certain process-
es destroys a certain part of the tis-
sue of it, and leaves the victim a hope- j eence, and
less lunatic, Enderby."
Who la this man, David Lloyd, whom
you  o glibly Identify with David Ge-
rard?"
"Sir Henry, subterfuge here is abso-
lutely valueless," said Enderby grave
ly, and not without a certain httski '
ness in his voice. No man can look or
a broken idol unmoved. "What I have
to say had better be said briefly. I am
glad to have found this man"—he
glanced, with a change of expression
towards Lyndon—"with you.
"Accidents brought the Gerards—I
knew them as the Lloyds—across my
path. From Miss Gerard I first heard
the name of Doctor Lyndon. I visited
them. When I heard your story of
David Gerard's crime my suspicions
were aroused. These are now con
firmed.
"David Gerard died today; but be-
fore dying he left a full confession,
signed by himself, of the Rrownlow
pearl affair. He left with me the one
proof—an absolute one—of his inno-
another's guilt. I have
TECHNICAL EXPERIMENTS.
, \y Metliod of Studying River Flow
promised the dead, and I mean to
fulfill that promise, to see his name,
CHAPTER IX. ; and that of the daughter he has left,
' So you have come for your reward, ! cleared.
Lyndon?" | "Sir Henry, you will have to per- 
"Yes, Si" Henry." Dundas Lyndon j form this act of tardy justice. I
seated himself opposite the great would save you if I could, but it Is
Queen's counsel, whose face looked
old, grey and worn. "I think I have
won it fairly. The man who should
take his place in the dock a few weeks
hence as the thief of Lady Brownlow's
Sir Henry Ijenuox, the unimpeach- i jewels is a hopeless imbecile. There's
ible, the revered, whom he himself had
looked upon as (he embodiment of all
that was highest and noblest in man,
had permitted so cruel a lie to be per-
petuated, so frightful an injustice to
continue, in order that lie might save
himself from disgrace and loss. It was
appalling! Paul Enderby, letting his
face droop for one moment on his
hands, asked himself if thare could be
any honor or righteousness among
men when this man had been guilty of
-o great a crime.
But no time was to be lost; already
the light in David Gerard's eyes was
waxing dim. Enderby roused himself
with an effort, and put the pen into
the weak, dying fingers.
110 doubt whatever on the subject."
impossible. The fearful wrong done
this innocent man—and more, the hot-
rible crime which brought liim to his
death—must be atoned for. I demand
of you, in the name of justice and res-
titution, to make a public confession
of David Gerard's innocence, and the
"No?" Sir Henry raised his head, j guilt of your wife."
A low cry broke from the man's lips.
He fell back in his chair, and bent his
head on the table, presenting a heart-
rending picture of a broken and crush-
ed man. whose long-cherished sin has
Enderby, look-
'You mils
and his haggard eyes looked into the
cold ones of Dundas Lyndon. "And
your reward, Lyndon?"
"Is. as I dare say you have guessed,
Sir Henry, the right of winning Miss
Lennox as my wife," replied Lyndon j at last found him out
deliberately.
Sir Henry half sprang from his
chair, then sank into it again, and
looked at the man before him without
speaking.
"You seem surprised," said Lyndon
coldly. "I thought you had guessed
long ago, Sir Henry, the cause of my
enthusiasm in the affair. I am an
ambitious man, as you know, and I
of 8tu«fytn£
l'rohteiu*. ,
At Dresden an experiment station j
las been established called "Flussbau i
/iboratorium" for the study of river '
ilows, a subject which is now attraet-
I nig great attention in Germany. The
1 station is located In the basement of
the Dresden Technical school and is
under government supervision, in a
large room extending its whole length
there is an iron trough seven feet wide
and two feel deep, at one end of which
there is a large tank so placed and
arranged that ilie water it contain:',
can be 1 gulated to flow into the
trough in any desired volume. The
trough is tilled with sand, and in it
the course of any river or section
thereof that it is desired to experi-
ment with is accurately mapped to a
scale. The sand is variously colored
to represent the different formations
through which the river flows, and
dams, piers, breakwaters, docks,
bridges, etc., are built so that an exact
miniature representation of the stream
is obtained. The water is then turned
on and regulated to How precisely its
It does in the real river. Certain other
devices are also provided to catch the
sand washed out of the trough, which
can then be gathered up and measured
and the amount of sand carried per
cubic foot calculated. The operator,
who in thi case is Professor Engels,
watches the effects of the flowing
water on the banks and bottom of the
stream, noting how the bars are be-
! ing built up, where the channel is b.e-
ing deepened, where hollows arc be-
ing tilled, etc.. He is thus enabled to
determine front actual observation
where engineering work should be
done either for the advantage of navi-
gation or for the benefit of shore prop-
erty. In cases where any structure in
the river may be under consideration
it is first built iti miniature in tIk-
model and its effects in die way of
causing washouts or silting lip of
other parts of the stream noted. In
Citizens of 11 nitod State*.
A naturalized citizen of the Untied
States Is one of foreign birth who ban
renounced all foreign allegiance, and
who complies with all of the naturalt-
lation laws. A native-born citizen la
one born iu tlio United States of par-
ents not subject to any foreign allea-
iance, excluding Indians not taxei-
Any free born American citizen, hav-
ing the necessary qualifications, mar
become president of the. United States.
ing down ou him, felt a pity that al-
most choked him rise in liis hear! |
"it is a fearful reparation, but God j
and Justice demand it of you!" he said
slowly. "Sir Henry, heaven is my wit- '
ness; I would have saved the dead. |
from this terrible exposure if I could, addition to the saving of expenditure
There may bo a way by which justice j in the erection in rivers of what, from
can be done and her name spared; j want of accurate knowledge, too often
sign your name: it is the . jlave rigged a great deal in this mat-
only tiling you have to do now, Mr.
■Gerard," he .  id. in a voice which was
full of an agitation lie could not con-
trol.
Guiding the weak fingers to the spot, |
lie watched them as they feebly
scrawled "David Gerard" in weak, j
trembling character-', across the page.
Then he signed to Jasmine to lay
down her father ou the pillow, and j
write her own name below her fa- j
tlier's; and he added his own—the only
steady and firm one-at the foot: ! J","' , ,
Paul Enderby; barrister-at-lav/." ' '
When he raised his head he saw that
a great change had comr
ing man's face.
"I am going " he w hispered feebly, j
Mr. Enderby, I shall die in peace—
if you tell rue all will be made right
for my little Jasmine. You -you will
not forsake her?"
"I will not, as God is my witness!"
-aid Enderby, and there was a strange 1
solemnity in his voice. "Mr. Gerard, |
will you trust her to me? I shall see j
that your name is cleared; and your |
daughter will be eared fur. If you
-visit me to take upon myself the name
of her guardian, 1 shall do so."
May God Almighty bless you! Now,
indeed, 1 can die in peace," said the
sick man, with sudden energy. "Jas-
mine, my dear little one, where are
you? Give me your hand. Ah, that
is right. I feel it in my own. I am
■tot afraid to die. I trust myself in the
hands of the All-Merciful, who is the
Father of all men, and loves His child-
ren as I do mine. It is dark—very
dark! I cannot see your face, Jas-
mine, but I can still feel your hand.
It is the Dark Valley; but there is
light beyond—there Is light—"
The feeble voice trembled away into
silence, there was a moment's agoniz-
ing struggle for breath, then a long,
long, sigh, and afterwards—silence.
Enderby bent down and touched
Jasmine on the shoulder.
"God has sent him a peaceful end,"
he said, in a low voice. "It is all over,
my child. 'At evening time there shall
be light.' "
And at that moment the red rays of
the setting sun fell athwart the shabby
little room, and touched the dead
man's face with a glow of golden light.
It was about ten minutes after that
Doctor Bunthorne arrived. Enderby
drew him into the empty little sitting
room.
"It ia all over," he said. "The pa-
tient is gone."
Doctor Bunthorne for once showed a
break iu his imperturable calm.
"It is a bad business, I'm afraid, En-
derby," he said hurriedly. "That bot-
tle of hypophosphates which you gave
me has been in my analyst's hands—"
"Yes?" said Enderby, as the other
paused.
"And besides the small quantity of
hypophosphates at the bottom, he de-
tected an almost invisible sediment,
the dregs of an India distillation little
known in this uountry, but whose
properties are recognized by eminent
scientists as sure and deadly."
but justice must be done."
i prove to be utterly futiI .■ structures for
ter. Were but a word of this to get
abroad I should be a ruined man, in
a worse plight than the poor wretch
! whom we know; but I thought the
game worth the candle. With Cccil j
Lennox as my wife and Sir Henry, |
the great Q. C., as my father-in-law. j
my future success is secured. Now. I
have spoken frankly, and I expect a
frank answer."
Sir Henry looked at him for a nio- ]
He paused. Sir Henry did not mow .
Then, slowly, and with evident re-
pugnance, Enderby turned to the |
other man.
"As for you, Dundas Lyndon. I ha.-*
nothing to say to you. What h , to «•
said shall be said by other than I.'
He stepped to the outer door and
opened it. A man in plain ivillan
clothes entered.
Enderby turned to Doctor l.yndon
"Suspecting that you might iie here.
ment, then with a shudder he bowed i took the precaution to bring a detee-
his hands. Never til! ' tive with me, Doctor Lyndon. Inspect-
on
this moment, had the wretched man, ; or (j0 your work."
Lyndon started and glanr 1 wildly
into
arresters of
lace
' j who had years ago entered on a course
ie t y- j of (iCCCption and cruel wrong, realiz- j around the room.
ed to the full that "the way of trans- \ \ i0Qj{ ha<i flaslte
gressors is hard." Ills sin, at first ■ i00k which
a cobweb, had become a cable. know well, and which warns them to
He was in the power of an unscritpu- ■ ]00'lC 0ut for their own safety.
lous villain, and he could ne 'er hope I Dundas Lyndon was desperar- . and
to extricate himself from it. j fhe detective saw him slip his hand
He looked up at last. j into his breast pocket. But Inspector
"I cannot use compulsion in such a i Green was a smart man.
case," he said, in a hard, dry voice, j "None of that, sir!" he exclaimed,
"Cecil may not be agreeable to—to striking Lyndon's hand down- "else I
this proposal of yours. shall have to use these!'' And he held
Lyndon smiled grimly.
"I think she will bo when I tell her
the consequence of her refusal, Sir
Henry. One word from me, and the
whole world will know the real char-
acter of the man It has been accus-
tomed to regard as faultless."
"And the character of the man it
has trusted as an honorable physi-
ciau!" said a voice behind both men
suddenly.
They were sitting in Sir Henry's li-
brary with closed doors. Neither of
them had heard the door which con-
nected the library with Sir Henry's
private office softly open; but as both
sprang round, as if simultaneously,
a figure moved forward from the door,
which had not closed again, and stood
facing them. It was that of Paul En-
derby.
Lyndon's face assumed an unpleas-
ant hue and an ugly curve in his up-
per lip showed the gleaming teeth
behind.
Sir Henry, however, with an effort
recovered his usual dignity, and rose
to his feet, bowing gravely.
"This is an unexpected visit, Mr.
Enderby. I shall not call it an intru-
sion. It Is, however, rather unusual
for my visitors to enter unannounced."
Enderby was very pale, and his
whole face would have given any on-
looker the impression of one who has
braced himself to a terrible task. He
leaned his hand on the table, and his
eyes did not falter from their fixed
gaze on Sir Henry's face.
"Sir Henry, my mode of entry is of
little consequence in comparison with
the tidings I bring. I have come
straigth to you from a death bed. Da-
vid Gerard, otherwise David Lloyd,
died at 5 o'clock this evening."
A strange sound—half gasp, half cry
—left Sir Henry's lips. He tottered a
little, as if he would have fallen; but
the next moment, making another
great effort, he recovered, and drew
himself erect.
up a clanking pair of handcuffs. "You
are charged with practicing on the
reason and life of Mr. David Gerard by
means of a poison Introduced into his
medicines. Now, sir. say nothing; it's
safer, I warn you. You had much bet-
ter reserve all you've got t > say for
the defense."
* # * * *
A year had passed. It is once more
May, "the sweet o' the year" as sweet
and warm a May as that in which Jas-
mine Lloyd had first crossed the vision
and the«life of Paul Enderby.
Little or much may happen in a
year. Much had happened to Paul
Enderby.
Sir Henry Lennox < e u d the name
of the dead man, Gerard, but with En-
derby's consent he had saved that of
his dead wife, taking, however, full
blame on himself. His fall was as
great as his reputation had been high.
In«a few months, a broken and, En-
derby believed, a truly repentant man,
he left London, and went abroad to
live there on the slender income his
investments gave him.
(To be continued.)
Ancient Rules for (ioiieruN,
For about 3,000 years China lias had
a text-book on the art of war, and the
Mongoglian general of 1000 U. C. was
instructed in a style which might al-
most fit this day of magazine rifles
and smokeless powder, as will be seen
from this extract: "If you are ten
times more numerous than the enemy,
envelop him; if you are five times more
numerous, dispose your army so as 10
attack him on four sides; if you are
only a little stronger, content yourself
with cutting your army in two (on the
principle or reserves), and if you are
weaker than the enemy, try to secure
cover."
the purposes for which they were in-
tended, the special aim of the experi-
ments is to ascertain how to regulate
river ilows to the end that they will
keep their own channels clear and
deep enough without dredging. It is
thought that there is a great future
for the work and that the time is not
far distant when all rivers will be reg-
ulated by the advice of river experts
who have taken a course ia one of
these laboratories.
GILA MONSTER S POISON.
I here Are l'ooplo Who Cluim It* Bite
Is ■ tunnies*.
J. Van Denburgh and O. I!. Wright
iminal- j -iv& an account in the September num-
ber of the American Journal of Physi-
ilogy of their experiments "on the
physiological action of the poisonous
secretion of the Gila monster (Ilelo-
:lerma suspectum) According to them
lie poison Is in its effects .similar to
the venoms of snakes, respiration,
heart a.< tivity, sensory irritability and
rapidity of blood coagulation are all at
first increased, then retarded, with a
gradual total loss of function. The
vaso-rnotor center is, however, not in-
volved in this quickening and subse-
quent paralysis. On the contrary, the
poison produces immediately a fall in
blood pressure owing to vascular dila-
tation. The motor nerves are not af-
fected. The red blood corpuscles fre-
quently become spherical as the result
of the poison aud the blood may be
hiked. Tee secretion of urine Is stop-
ped. Respiratory paralysis is the
usual cause of death, but if artificial
respiration is maintained death ensues
from heart falluri. The poisonous
< haracter of the bite of these reptiles
has for a long time been a matter of
dispute. Accounts of death result iu:-;
to man from their wounds have be "i
reported, but It has ah-.o been claimed
by those who l.ave looked into the
matter that these stories weie mostly
of doubtful authenticity and that oiIt-
ers quite as trustworthy showed the
contrary to the truth -namely, that
the animal was harmless. These ex-
perimenters, however, did not use man
as a subject, and it may he that not-
withstanding the effect of the poison
on other animals man may for some
reason ire immune. Still, it is not ad-
visable to indulge in any frivolities
with the creature, at least until more
is known regarding it. The late Prof.
E; D. Cope had one for some time as a
pet in his study on Pine street. He
allowed it to run around atnong the
fossils and papers seemingly without
anj thought of its being dangerous.
Poetry is the breath and finer spirit
I of all knowledge; it is the impassion-
j ed expression which is the counter
"What do you mean, Mr. Enderby?" : nance of all science.—Wordsworth.
(•rent Pictures Seem to Si «nk.
Some pictures scarcely bear to be
spoVen of at all. Let thsm hang in
their silent holiness upon the wall of
our most secret room, to be gazed on
at times when we feel the emptiness
and vanity of all things in this life,
and when our imagination, coming to
the relief of our hearts, willingly wafts
us to the he.u ■ n which inspired such
creations of grains. The great paint-
ers were great divines.—Prof. Wil. o .
When flatterer meets flatterer his-
satanic majesty sits down and rests
Wntrliclmlit of 1'eAch Stones.
A citizen of Lewiston, Me., has a
watch chain made of nine peach
stones. Each of the stones has a differ-
ent device carved on each side, so that
there are eighteen designs. The stone*
ate joined with bars of gold, the whol«
making a rich and novel chain.
Still Mori' Counterfeiting;.
Jl'lie Secret Service has unearthed
another band of counterfeiters and
secured a quantity of bogus bills,
which are cleverly executed. Things
of great value are always selected for
imitation, notably llnstettcr's Stcanaeh
Hitw-rs, which has many imitators lint
no equals for disorders like indigestion,
dyspepsia and constipation.
Aliont rrcsprrr^ Hrifl Haiicen.
Chemists say that it takes more
than twice as much sugar to sweeten
preserves, sauces, etc.. If put in when
hey begin to cook than it does to add
it after the process is accomplished.
In using tinned apricots or peaches, a
drop or two of almond essence added
is a great Improvement as It supplies
the loss of the kernel flavoring.
Hulls in Scottish Dialect.
Two operatives In a border town
of Scotland were disputing about a new
cemetery, beside the elegant railing of
which they were standing. One ot
them, evidently disliking the conti-
nental fashion in which it was being
laid out, said, in eli.-gust; "I'd rather
clee than be buried In sic a place!"
"Weel, its the verra reverse wl me,"
said the other, "for I'll be buried no-
where else if I'm spared."
FngUsli Griutunt.es in Wil v.
A list of English public school grad-
uates sol ving iu South Africa lias been
made. Eton leads with 1 1 besides
| 49ii serving in the Volant then
j follow Wellington, 500; Harrow, 400;
, Marlborough, 340; Cheltenham, 300;
j Charterhouse, 280; Winchester and
Haileybury, 230 each, and Rugby 1U0.
Sixty schools have about 5,200 "old
boys'' at the front, b< sides over 3,!>00
ia the Volunteer service.
Beat for ihe Bowels.
N i matter what iiils you, headache
to a cancer, you will never get well
until your bowels are put right.
CASCAUETS help nature, cure you
without a grille or pain, produce easy
natural movements, cost you Just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
CASCARBTS Candy Cathartic, the
genuine, put up in metal boxes, every
tablet has C. C. C. stamped on it. be-
ware of imitations.
I-roc German Ilnrometer.
Among the smaller animals several
are so sensitive to changes from heat
to cold, from dry to moist, that they
foretell these changes some lime In
advance. One of these, the tret frog,
is ucd at this day hi Germany as a
barometer. It Is pia"ed In a tall bot-
tle with a little wooden ladder. The
steps of the ladder mark, as it were,
the degrees. The frog always g>e 
up toward the top in fine weather, and
lower down at the ippros-U of bafl
weather.
CASTORIA COUNTLRFKITERS.
Their Factory L'nenrtheil mrul tlie Man-
ufacturers Arrested—A Warn-
ing to Imltutors.
The Centaur Company of Now York
city, manufacturer., of Casto.ria, re-
cently learned that their well known
preparation was being counterfeited in
ot. Louis, Mo., and that worthless Im-
itations were being sold.
After a careful Investigation by
Chas. II. Fletcher, president of tha
company, It was learned that a prcpa
ration in imitation of Fletcher's goods
ivas being prepared by tin Palestine
Drug Company of No. 107 South Sec
ond street, and sold by a few drug
gists. Warrants were sworn out for
tlio imitators. Yesterday John Dick,
president of the offending company.
•jnd Benjamin Chireaun, chemist f >r
tho concern, were arrested, but later
were released on bond.
The cases will be tried before Judgs
Clark of tho Court of Criminal Co:
rection. The Centaur Company has
determined to protect the public from
worthless imitations of'thcir f ■ • > i ■ *
St. Louis (Mo.) Republic, Sept. <h),
19)0.
I.ore'8 Little Home World.
A married man falling into m i-
fortune is more apt to retrieve !. i
situation in the world than a  :a.giii
one, chiefly because his spirits at*
soothed and retrieved by domvstie
endearments, and his self-respect kept
alive by finding that, although ail
aboard ^>e darkness and humiliation,
yet there Is a little world of love at
home over which he l.> a moaaua.—
Jeremy Taylor.
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