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And IK* rotiln la «lu> aiaiilr
llopa from har a ai I" alait,
Fro* yuMtor eliaarr clmtnliar
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don t toll him aught about thia boal-
i tiii* IIIII* I I.
And tl r danw ttwlr prnulmi <1
lUiund hi* goldi'it curly bead;
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oarou « aod wult -n. loo.
pane* ilmr unlo 111, uiii«i
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To he ir that tr.-b|a <"i"'>
What uimio tlkv "•> iii"au-.
M>d'lilac and ailnaown!
And pa auily >'■" linwrdill*
I lull th" li'ir day Itiruuuli —
My labof infth llgtifm-il
Uy lbs aot« ol Oocgly-Uoot
I stay nut ara lila auili-a
Nor klua lila dim|il«d rni-nki
I nay amnulk Hi" tn-awa
<jl,e t unbeuma Inya lo aiwk i
II mam ralll nut -lha • > In'
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Utile Uuoirty-Ooo.
Aad abrn I «"«>« '
1 aland without the door
' And pailmlly I llatcii
For lk t dear aounil once moral
Anil olicnllmra I wonder.
• Ok, Oo l! what should I do
If any III ahouW happen
To my lUUe Ooo*ly i ool"
Than to affright I o ti him—
I U« r tola aloelul akouial
lletonc, ye dread rorohndlnc*—
Befone, yo killing douliii'
For, Willi my arm about him.
- My heart wnrm. throuKh and tlirouga
/ With the ooitllnK and thn gooeliae
Ol my utile Ooonly-Ooo!
-Kugeno Klrlj, lu Chicago Record.
THE OLD MILL MYSTERY
.By Arthur W. Marclmiont, B. A.
(Copyright.
. bjr tlie Author.)
CHAPTER II -Co*Ti! u«a
"1. anything tho matter?" tilio asked.
•'Yon Hooin out of sorts. What is It?
Anything wrong at home?"
"No, not more tliun usual," ho said.
"Your father's nut worse, Is lie?"
•'No. lie was asking for you. though,
lie misses you when you let a day
puss without coming in. lie al-
ways says there's something about
you that seems to make liis pains
less racking," and he smileil in n
pleased way to the girl, who smiled
back.
"That's his way. He's a wonder to
bear pain, and no mistake. I'll go in
to-night. But if It's not that that's
worrying you. what is it?" "Is it about
the mill?"
"Yes. It's that loxy fellow, Oibeon
Prawle, ngain. I wish the fellow were
out of Walkden Bridge altogether.
You know the way he can talk to the
folk, and how he can turn tlicm this
way and that. Well, he's got the saok
to-day, and he tows lie can bring out
the men unless Oorringe takes him on
again. And you know Oorringe
"flood evening. Mary; food evening.
Tom," Mid Ulbcon l*rawle,aahs Join®'1
tli«in. He w a good-looking man of
aome eli and twenty,with bold, regular
features, under a inaan of curly fair
hair. "You're coming to the meeting,of
con rue. Tom?" ho aaid and then turned
to Mary. "I auppoae Tom here's been
telling you I'm In iHsgrooa' he
laughed noisily aa he «ald thla-"and
that Keuben tlorrlnge thlnka he can
itiek me out of the mill. The bound I
lint the man who kloWa a atone wall
iniivhap will break lila foot rather than
the wall. Ile a Just like a beggar ieton
horseback, but lnat«ad of riding to the
devil be wants to make the horse kick
other folk there. It'a only the other
.lay he was a hand hluiaelf. for all hU
currish pride. But It'a atrange to me If I
don't make him aorry he ever Inter-
ferod with raei" ind n upjfr.v, *•
unfit <*xhi mult' hi* uny-
thing but pheasant to li ik upon.
•I hn|ie you won't hurt others In
your plnu to revenge yourself. Oibeon,"
said Mary, Hrmly.
"That's like you, Mary. Alwaya
hard on me;" and he tried to laugh
lightly t«i cover areal vexation, "lou
never would give me credit for any-
thing but lining Hie wrong thing In the
wrong way. Ilesldon, as Tom will tell
you, this la not my qacatlon only; It's
u 'oclety matter. (Inrrlnge knows I've
Worked hard for the unl.in. and he's
gol a knife Into me ia c.ns«iquence.
lie hates the union like poison."
Tom and Mary Interchanged rapid
glances.
• It seems to me lt' a question bo-
tween you and Mr. Oorringe. and no-
body else," answered Mary; "anil if
you bring anyone else Into It you'll lie
doing what you hove no right or call to
do."
"Yes, that's a wnman'a view of ull
society bothers," answered Oldeon
Prawle, lightly. "Hut Tom here
knows better, don't you. Tom?"
"Tom agrees with me," said Mary,
quietly; anil at the reply Oibeon cast a
rapid and rather vindictive glance at
the other man. and said, shortly:
"Well, Its not for you or Tom hero
to settle, but for the society to decide;
and it's time for the meeting. Oood
night, Mary. Better feelings to you,
and less bitterness;" nnd with that
they separated.
CHAlfKIt III.
TUB THUKATKMEO STRIKE.
Tom Roylance had not at all under-
estimated the strength of Oibeon
Prawle's influence over his fellow
workmen, lie told the facta of his dis-
missal In a skillful manner, so as to
leave as far In the background as pos-
sible the manager's real motive in dis-
charging him; and ho elevcrly mode
the most of every grievance of which
he laid ever heard.
In addition to this he primed one or
two of his s|ieeial friends to back him
up. and to declare that the society hail
11' I choice but to make his quarrel
theirs anil to insist upon his being
taken on again.
"I haven't paid my money to the so-
ciety for ten years and more," said
one, "to be trod on like this; and I
ain't going to stand It. We aren't
worms, are we, for Oorringe to tread
on ns; nor slaves, for him to thrash,
just as he likes? What I say Is this,
that the life of a man ain't worth liv-
ing if he's got to feel as a manager can
just take the bread out of his mouth
utul leave his wife and young 'uns
Ingly. 1
could how many of tha mon wera
ly to go out, and he arranged to bring
a number of non unloniaU from a dl -
tancu to take their place*.
There was much debating, and long
and snxlous discussion; but At length
It wta resolved to aetid In the notleea.
There were several dlaaentlenta, and
anioug them Tom Roylance, who waa
encouraged In hla attitude by Mary Aah-
worth.
Ilefore the climax was reached and
the struggle came to a head, Oibeon,
who heard of thia. sought her out to try
and gain her U> hla aide.
"Mary, why are you against me?" he
aakeil her, when he met her aa ehe waa
leaving the mill, one evening.
" I am not against you, Oibeon. What
do you mean?"
"Yea, you are; and you're trying to
net others against me, too. Tom Hoy-
lance."
"It la not against you I am acting,
she said, "but I want to prevent you
having the chance to hurt other*.
This is your quarrel, and yours only:
and you know It. Trying to bring
other's Into It will do you no good
nil will Injure them."
"I know that you are against me-
aye, lass, nnd seem to have been so
always. Why don't you like me?"
"I've given you no reason to think
that," said Mary, simply. "I hope I
have not been unkind to you, or to
pelic of the world's fair.
B-,i— 0f Machinery Hall Destroyed by the Recent fire at Jaekaoti Park. Oileaga.
anyone.
I don't mean that You couldn't
he
HILLS BUILT BY ANTS.
Characteristic Marks of a Central
X S'SS —ZSTm, 1.1 « SL.>S^S ti
aren't safe, not one of us, if we're to
be bullied here aud sacked there as a
manager chooses. A man's a man, I
auch a thing."
"That's aa plain as a loom, but I'm
thinking there may be trouble," and
Tom's brow was puckered with a good
many frowna of perplexity.
"What was Oibeon discharged for?"
asked Mary Ashworth.
"Why, becauso he's a lazy, loafing,
flo-naught; and Oorringe, who does
know when a man works and when ho
loafs, swears he won't have liim about
the place doing naught but getting the
rest of the hands ull in o tangle. So
he paid him off to-day and bundled
him out of the place neck anil crop."
"So he is a la/.y fellow, everybody
knows that," said Mary, energetically,
••and most will be glad he's gone."
"He's not gone yet, and that's the
mess."
"But whot is it to you or to anyone
else, Tom, whether Mr. Oorringe keeps
him on or sends him away?"
"Oh, if you belonged to the union
you'd know how to answer that ques-
tion yourself. This is how it stands:
< Jibcon has got the car of all the officers
of the society, except me. and he can
make them believe that Oorringe has
Hacked him, not because he's an idle
chap, but because the boss knows he is
powerful In the society, and is aiming
a blow at the union through Oibeon.
Do you see that? Well, if he succeeds
in that—and I'm pretty well sure lie
will—he may easily get 'em to make it
a union job, and then there'll be mis-
chief. Now you see why I'm a bit
worried."
"But why docs it affect you so much,
Tom?" asked the girl. "You surely
aren't deceived aboutOlbeon being idle
and a loafer?"
"No, not likely. But, then, don't
you see, a fellow must stick by the
union. Even if your cause isn't as
good as you'd like it to bo, you must
take the good yarn with the bad iu
that matter. You see, as local secre-
tary, I'm scarcely a freo agent, my
lass, in such a matter. I'm no cham-
pion of Oibeon; but, then, I feel that I
can Bcarce go ogainst the society. I t's
pull devil, pull baker in my case, and
no mistake."
"But you can tell them your opinion,
can't you. Tom?" asked the girl, who
had grown grave at the way her com-
panion had spoken
"Yes, I can do that; but I haven't
the gift of the gab that Oibeon has, nor
n tithe of the influence he has, cither."
"Whot shall you do?"
"I'm thinking I shall stand out
ngainst Oibeon, at any risk, lass; and
that's the truth, though if things came
to a pass I shan't fancy playing 'knob-
stick.' I reckon that's only another
name for traitor."
"I don't see why a man's a traitor
fordoing what ho thinks is right,"
said Mary Ashworth, firmly. "I know
if 1 were sure a certain course were the
right one, I'd take It in the face of
anything."
' "Oh yes; you girls are always so jolly
firm about doing what's right—when
you don't have to do it," answered
Tom Roylance, a little irritably.
To him. It was a very great matter
even to think of taking sides against
liis fellow unionists.
•'I didn't mean to annoy you," said
Mary, gently—seeing at once that her
answer had grated on him. "I only
honed to strengthen you In doing
right. I know It will be a big wrench
for yon to go against the rest."
"I don't say that I shall do that.
There may be no cause."
"When is It to be decided?" asked
"We've a meeting t^nlglit; and it's
close on time, too." Thfy had turnod
in their walk nnd were now near to
"There's Oib-
say, anil ought to be treated as such,
nnd the approbation that greeted the
speaker showed that he represented
the views of several who were present
—the majority, as it seemed to Tom.
"I suppose we don't deny as Oibeon
has done a lot for the society, do we?"
askcil nnothcr man, and the question
was answered in a way that made the
subject of it glance rather triumphant-
ly at Tom. "Well then, if he's stuck
bv the society, I say the society should
stick bv him. Wo ain't cowards, ore
Walkden Bridge again.
eon."
The man of whom they hail been
spooking, Oibeon Prawle, caught sight
of them ot the some moment, and,
crossing the road, came towards them.
"Will you go round ond see father,
Mary?" asked Tom, hurriedly, before
Itba other man Joined them. "A
stick by him.
we. to be afraid o' one man?"
Things continued in this way until
several of those present hod spoken,
and at last they turned to Tom Roy-
lance and asked him his opinion.
"I've no mannerof doubt about what
wo ought to do," sold Tom, readily,
speaking in a Ann, decidcd voice.
"This is Oibeon Prawle's matter and
no one else's. The reason h "
sacked is one which those
worked with him know perfectly well
—he don't do the work properly. He
knows that well enough," and Tom
looked resolutely round at a number
of the men who murmured and mut-
tered their objections, and tlicu turned
and faced Oibeon, who jumped to his
feet eagerly to contradict what was
soiil. "Let mo speak," said Tom,
"you've had your turn. All that has
been said about the other matters is
right enough.no doubt, but it's naught
to do with Oibeon. I speak for myself,
and I say l'vo always had good pay
from Oorringe for good work, and
there ain't a mon can say otherwise.
And I've always found him willing to
listen to anything in reason. My vote
'11 lie given for letting Oibeon settle
the job for himself; and I shall stand
by the boss."
There was some little applause when
he sat down. Pluck will always win a
cheer, and it was a plucky speech, and
made one or two who thought with
him speak their minds.
But there were more on the other
side, and after some rather heated
talk they appointed a deputation to see
the manager on the next day, to try to
gut Oibeon Prawle reinstated.
Reuben Oorringe met the men read-
ily enough; but would not give way an
inch.
no, my men. You know me and
you know my ways. When I say a
"thing I mean it Oibeon Prawle's a
loafer and not a worker, ond there's
no room in any mill or shed in my care
for men who shirk their work. This
is a matter between him and me, ond
the society's got nought to do with it.
All the other little things you've men-
tioned we con tolk about, ond I'll do
all I can to meet you. Hut I won't
take Oibeon bock. Mr. Coode"—this
wos the proprietor of the mill—"and I
have talked over this matter of Oib-
eon, and he's left it to me absolutely;
and my answer is this, if I shut the old
mill up till It drops in ruins, I won't
have him back."
And from this position nothing could
move him.
And the men wentaway with grave
faces and consulted, and then came
back and began to talk of striking.
"You can strike if you wish. To-
morrow if you like," said Oorringe,
resolutely. "It'll make no difference
to me. Every hand who's ever been
in the place knows that for good work I
give good pay; and that In every matter
I can meet you in, I meet you. But
vou shan't force me to take back a
la/.v, gabbling loafer. It's not right.
I've no quarrel with the society; and If
you force one on me 1 shall fight you."
When they pressed for arbitration,
he soid it was no use. He would not
consent to agree to any arbitrator who
tried to prevent him from getting rid
of a lazy workman.
But he saw that many of them
on the side of the discharged
inad* his arrangements accord-
be unkind to any living thing,
aald, earnestly. "But you don't like
me. Why can't 1 have your good will?
Can't you try and take my part now?"
"No, Oibeon; not In this," answered
Mary, candidly.
They walked a few paces In alienee,
and when they rvachod Mary's cottage
he followed her insido.
"Bon't you know that I want
you to lie on my ldc?" "Don't
you see why t.hls thing hurts
me?" lie began to speak with more I
warmth of feeling than he had yet
shown. "Uon't you know, or can't you
guess thatwhut hurts me Is that 1 shall
have to leave Walkden Bridge?"
"Well, the world Is wide, andlflwere
a man I'd rather seo something of It
than be cooped up here all one's days."
"Ah. but suppose there was a reason
why it was a pleasure to be 'cooped
up,' as you call it. Suppose there was
some one from whom one doesn't want
to be driven away. What then?"
"Oh, oh, I didn't know that wa* the
state of the case. Who is It?" she asked,
half lianterlngly.
But the next Instant she repented the
question; for Oibeon Prawle seized her
hand in hi* and ran his arm round her
waist, holding her close to his side
while his words came thick and fast.
"It's you, Mary. I've tried to make i
you feel it, to make you know that you
are more to rue than all the world be-
sides. 1 love you, Mary, my darling.
You can do with me what you will. If
yon love me, and will be inv little wife.
I'll work hard for you as I have never
worked yet. Ah, Mary, my—"
But as soon as Mary recovered from
her astonishment she struggled to free
herself from his grasp. "Don't,
Oibeon. Let me go! Leave mo
alone. Don't touch me! I've never
said aught to you to make you speak
in this way to me. Don't touch mo
again," she cried, as he tried to take
her ngain in his arms, "or you'll make
me hate you," nnd she shuddered with
an involuntary gesture of repuguanee.
"Do you mean that?" he asked, look-
ing at iier steadily.
"Yes, 1 do. Of course, I do. When
did I ever say a word to make you think
I could marry you?"
Then you won't marrry me? And
you laU-cn to quarrel with me? You'd
rather do that, eli?"
"I don't want to quarrel with you or
with anyone, Oibeon. But I can't
marry you."
"You mean to marry Tom Hoylance.
I suppose'.'" The words caine very
angrily, sounding like a threat.
"I don't mean to ask you who I am
to marry, anil if you weren't a coward
you'd be ashamed to say such a thing."
"Yes, that's like o las. Trying to
fence nn awkward question with a bit
of big talk. But sec here, you won't
marry him. So you may look out, both
of you."
The girl smiled scornfully, but did
not answer.
"Ah. yon may smile. But if I chose
to open my mouth lie wouldn't oarry
his head half so high as he docs ot
present, I con tell you. And as for the
strike that's coming, he may look to
himself. If he thinks, or you think,
that he will be allowed to turn knob-
stick, you are both mistaken. I came
to you to-day to try ond moke peace
lietween us all. I didn't mean to let
my tongue nnd my feelings run away
with me, but you won't have peace,
and so there's an end to it."
Mary said nothing while ho was
speaking, but tlio instant lie had
finished she went to the door and
opened It.
"Oo," she cried, pointing to the door.
Oibeon Prawle looked at her, speech-
less with anger, liis handsome face
frowning and flushed with rage. Then,
twisting his cap in his clenched hands,
he exclaimed:
"Do you mean to turn me out like a
dog. without even a kind word or a
look?" ho asked.
"I can have no kind words for any-
one who has said what you have, to-
day," answered Mary, resolutely. "But
I bear no malice."
The man had to pass close to her on
leaving the room, and as he was mov-
ing away a sudden temptation seemed
to cotnc over him, and he threw his
arms round her and clasped her tightly
to him as he exclaimed:
"You shall kiss me then, Mary, even
if you won't throw me a kind word,"
and he drew her to him and strove to
press his lips to hers.
She struggled with all her strength
to escape from his grasp, and, finding
she could not, called out loudly for
help.
"You'd better yield to me," cried the
coward, between his teeth, "for my
blood's up, nnd I won't answer for the
consequences."
"Help, help!" called Mary, renewing
her struggles.
Then the door of the cottage was
thrown open quickly, hurried steps
passed along the passage, and Tom
Roylance burst into the room.
n a moment lie had thrown himself
upon tlilieon Prawle, and, seizing him
bv the throat, a desperate struggle en-
titled, in the midst of which, Oibeon,
suddenly breaking away from the
other man, pushed him back on to o
cliair, and with muttered curses and
threats rushed out of the room.
[TO BE COXTIHUBO.J
THK OL0 SPANISH COINS.
A <iallMlUM<af |bal l|Maa4l llM«f O*
(iraailfatker'a Kara.
"No one bom In thia gei.eraOoo ia
IhU couutry knows anything about tha
)d-lliau Bp* and l vie that eonatl-
uted a Urge portion of the aul «ld!ary
atiln In circulation alaic a the break-
ing out of the civil war," said «'ol. C. A.
I'lnu, of tho l*urt Jervls Oaicrtte. who
remember.! everything. "These were
Spanish coins, aud they got Into circu-
lation In thl« country through some
pecuniary settlement between the gov-
crnments of the United State* and
Kpaln.
"Fifty years ago very few silver coin*
from our mint were lu circulation. •
|s>clally the ainnller onet. A few hall
doilars and dollars were In use. The
Spanish small coins were esae*llally
the people'a money In those days.
"The tip represented the one-sl*
tec nth of a dollar, the levy one-elglith
of a dollar. Kip was tho abbreviation
of an abbreviation of live-penny Int.
When people spoke out the whole ot
what they meant in talking of a Hve
penny bit they called It o ttppenny bit,
but jnat Hp was sufficient for ordinary
everyday transactions. Similarly, folks
whatever didn't often aay eleven-penny bit. They
„.y In the contracted It to levy. That Is, except
thia service In New York state, northeastern I'enu-
Max Buehner, tho Herman explorer,
gives tha following graphic direction*
how to picture to tha Imagination the
Central African prairie: "Scatter as
far a* the *urfaoe I* brick red several
million* of gigantic ant-hills of the
same color, at least five to tho imo tar.
Thun take four times as many trees ond
plant to every hectar about twenty
more or less. Do tbc same with a liku
number of various bushes. Then fill
the Intermediate space with high,
coarse grass, taking care to leave some
of tho red surface round the big
bunches of grasa visible, and you have
the Central African prairie before
y Thua the termite or white ant hilla
appeal- as the characteristic mark of
the Central African landscape. They
voluntarily who the sweepers ara.
And iudeed there are all sorts of
creaturos who arc ever busy at re-
moving all remain*, from the
moth to the elephant
they don't eat, they bury
ground. The termites do thU .— , — - . ,
So tho world of plants by destroying aylvanla, and northern Ne'"Jwa jri
all fno truuka. branches and other In New Knglan.l, *Uuro L^1|"~
sr.nX".r, - ~
i "S. *~j. -as
e*The inside of a termite hill con.it. of .Hilling people wonWlrt know wh
.morons passageways and room* vou meant They called It levy. Fur
IF
JL great
t'uiirarooms "and "hatehing ther south , lev/became a bit. and the
places In which the young generation i Hp aa a This w^spoelally
is carefully
THERE are any house-
keepers not using ROYAL
BAKING POWDER, its
great qualities warrant them in
making a trial of it
The ROYAL BAKING POWDER
takes the place of soda and cream of
tartar, is more convenient, more eco-
nomical, and makes the biscuit, cake,
pudding and dumpling lighter, sweeter,
more delicious and wholesome.
Those who take pride in making the
finest food say that it is quite indispen-
sable therefor.
novai. (iakimq fowBtw eo„ me wmx MjJM*-voai<.
am
lten IIIM yoMng , >ar i .' " .. ■ "
fostered, and deep-down- tho case at and alwut New gleans
,m«tlmea"ta tho ground -Is the state- [ tad Oils nomonelature wan carried up
w£li Ixl^tlr1 Silo tacarefuUy ^y^^ In CaU^la when the
ZT± wrcdhV her waa ^Uled by^ople
samls*of eggs every dav KoX to tell from what part of the country
a ruled with udghty pinchers. They do If he ^V^.„T8
to defend the^fortlvs^agalnst'inviwion York, northern New Jersey or north-
y ^r-he^moTt C™Thenr8pV.nlshcoin, must have been
^ tU° Cl'* such Tway that "he, U.cm Jre ,o smooth in fact, that they
In tli. se cos . f lht) 1 un,| thin that they resembled nothing
AROUND THE CENTURY MARK.
Mm Leer Hkai.y, of Charlestnwn,
R. I., has Just completed her 00th year.
Bhc Is a daughter of a revolutionary
aoldler.
Mus. IIksry Duma, of Astoria, Ore..
I. ovor 100 years old, yet It la reported
she can walk live miles without eaperl-
enclng undue fatigue.
Honba Known, of Wlldermere, Ore.,
I. said to bo the only survivor of the
war of 1*12 on the Pacific coast who
draws a pension. He la 101 years old.
Ishaei. D. Cosoit, of Milburn, N. J.
who has Just celebrated his 03d birth-
day, Is tho only living charter member
of the Morris & Essex railroad.
Marhiiai. CAxnoiiKRT, probably tho
oldest living holder of a Imton, recent-
ly celebrated his With birthday. He la
the pet of his aunt, Mmo. Wllklnaon,
who la hale nnd hearty In her 102d year.
Emjaii Hbyas. of Nevada, Mo., who
la now In his 05th year, aa a youth
helped to defend the homes of the Mia-
aouri settlers against the raids of Black
Hawk'a warriors. Ills family U related
to that of Daniel Boons, and he owns
an old flint-lock gun which waa a fa-
vorite with the frontiersman.
country
i moral kg «■ !• •
r new (and athletic, mnilem out
|nf the lesson: "HealleudethUaa
first lunluga."- TM-Blta.
Hccoaarm. Pwv«naiT . 0'Kli't -"UoW
do vou auuiatte t,i win so iUsdtly on W
"S II,-KB "I read all the ll|« gtvea
|Mirtli>«odltora, and lliea boloa aon
mrrjsr.£S-.-m^c,rc,~
without
tkhm1tk hill ik tooolano.
attract the first attention of the trav-
eler. Sometimes they are low, and
scattered In countless numbers over
the plain, giving it the aspect of a vast
churchyard. Then again they loom up
ghostlike from the grass In the shape
of obelisks, looking grucsonie In the
evening dusk or in moonlit nights.
The builders of these hills arc small
Insects with yellowish-white, thick
bodies and elongated, comparatively
largo chests of greasy brown color. In
reality they ore not ants, but belong to
_ far lower class of insects. They
ugly-looking little fiends, ond the
natives as well as the travelers, hate
them worse than any other Insect.
"One can really say," writes one
traveler, "that there are places in Af-
rica where one con go to sleep in tho
evening with a wooden leg and see it
changed In the morning to sawdust."
Such is the destructive work of the
white ants. They gnaw through every
thing—tho timber of houses, tables,
chairs ond beds, and a strong wooden
chest moy be eaten tlirough In one
night. Books, leather, cloth, every-
thing is their spoil with the exception
of sheet-Iron, and—as Franz Leuschner
avers—the European pine and firewood,
which arc being imported into Africa
for building purposes. The traces of de-
struction can lie found everywhere, but
the destroyers themselves arc rarely
visible. The termites go about their
work in a sly ond treacherous manner.
They ore blind only the king ond
queen hove • ye>. With the exception of
the warriors they are also defenseless,
and this is the reason why they are so
rarely seen. Yet they have to leave
their subterranean abodes and look for
deadwood, if they do not want to
starve.
If one chanccB to obserro such un in-
sect on one of its exploring tours ho
may enjoy a remarkable sight. It goes
ahead slowly, but steadily. There is a
small opening in the ground, out of
which emerges o little head with o
piece of earth in Its mouth. The piece
is deposited, and soon a second hand
appears with another particle, which
is covered with a glutinous secretion.
This is being glued to the first building
stone and in this way tho untiring la-
borers build an earthen tube, while the
they afford a good cover,
which hunting in rnuny districts
would be altogether impossible. They
also furnish a good building material.
I rani l.euschncr says in one of his let-
ters from Togoland: "The termites,
in constructing their hills, bring up
from tho depth of the irround the clay,
which the blacks like to use in the con-
struction of their lints. This clay,
which Is quite hard, is mixed with
particles of gross and wood and Is so
thoroughly kneaded with the saliva of
the termites that it possesses great
durability. since the termite hill IS
often twenty feet high it furnishes ma-
teriul for many huts." The Europeans
frequently follow tho example of the
natives, and tho houses of the Scot-
ti.h missionary station on l.a^e
Nyassa an- built with material from ono
termite hill. Leuschner even tells us
thut his traveling companions used tha
hills as ovens, and he recommends
their use for this purpose t, . every
African traveler. The ant hills in
South Africa have also often been useq
for this purpose by the English
troops, who hollowed them out and
plastered the walls of the caver* with
clay.
If the termites inhnbit a hill, one can
watch its daily growth- When HuclioU
TEItMITEB—Q I!F.P.N, W1SOF.P MAI.E AKO
FKMAI.E, WABRIOIia AJW LAB0B1W
—near Akkra, on the gold coast—
knocked off the top of one of these hills,
the warriors immediately sallied forth
to defend their castle while the labor-
er« withdrew to the inner recesses. Re-
turning after an hour, Huehholz found
the laborers busy patching up the
holes, which work wos finished next
day. , -
Deserted termite hills are also ox
rc..t interest to the noturolist. since
they afford quartera for a variety of
In some parts of the country, notably
In the southwest the ftps and levies
wore rated equal with five-cent and
ten-cent pieces, but in the east, an l
particularly in Philadelphia and the
(Quaker country about It, the people
wouldn't have it that way. They In-
sisted that eight levies made a dollar,
while it required ten ten-cent pieces to
make a dollar. Hence, if the levy hod
been recognized on o par with tho dimo,
the frugal Phlladelpliian argued that
ho was out just twenty-five cents on
every deal of that kind. Then, again,
twenty five-cent pieces had to be gol
together liefore a man had a dollar,
whereas lie only hod to accumulate
sixteen ftps to havo tho same amount.
This was because the levy was valued
twelve and a half cents and the fip
at six and a fourth cents. The same
rule existed among those who called
the levy a shilling.
"Down south, however, there was
more flexibility in the rule of value ol
these coins, and they were passed fot
cither their face value or as dimes ond
half-dimes. This was owing to the
contempt ond indifference with which
the southerners of thot day regarded
small ooins. They held pennies es-
pecially In contempt. Hack in the
early fifties a Vicksburg gentleman
told me how the people of that town
seamed to take pennies In change at
the post office, and brushed them con-
temptuously off the counter to the
floor, from which even the 'niggers'
wouldn't condescend to pick them.
"Those old Spanish pieces, worn as
they might 1k>. contained more pure
silver than the newest of our own
coins, ond one of them would be a
great curiosity to-day,"—N. Y. Sun.
HIS NARROW ESCAPE.
Another t'aae of "Know it All." with tha
Usual Heault.
A middle-aged colored man. with o
stick and a bundle, and the mud of the
country highway clinging to his broad
shoos, was a passenger on one of the
ferry boats coming over the other day.
One of the negro deckhands looked him
over and sized him up and approached
him to inquire: .......
"Yo gwine over to de United Stalls, I
■spose?"
"Yes, sah," was the reply.
"Eber ober ilar' befo'?"
" 'Bout fifty times."
"Ho! Jess reckon yo' knows all "bout
dc United Staits, does yo'?"
"Reckon I kin find my way."
'•Yo' does, eh? Ize seen jesssich pus-
sons as yo' befo'! Last feller he looked
jess like yo', an' when I wanted to give
KNOWLEDGE
Brfnga comfort and improvement and
u*nda to personal enjoyment when
sffiaLajsyiiSsJtS
expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worid'a beat products to
ihe need, of physical being, will atteat
the value to health of tbe pnre llquid
laxative principles embraced IB tlie
remedy, Syrup of Flga.
It. excellence la due to Ita presenting
in the form moot acceptable and pleas-
ant to the taste, the refreshing and troly
beneficial properties of a PV^ j""
ative; effectually cleansing the sy.tem,
dispelling colds, headaches and ferera
and permanently cunng constipation.
It has given aatisfaction to milUona and
>et with tbe approval of the medl^
mfeMion because it acts on toe Kid-
■ H ue«, Liver and Bowels without weak-
tsftsrar. AWliS
It now afflicted.
Mil. Bsacb—"All you want la nerve
you iro into the water, Miaa Bright. Miss
VirtJtt—"Wi'll vou said you would go in
didn't you I"—Yonkers BtateMP an.
Raor—"Anything unusual happen whllel
was out, James!"
tailor duln't call.
Kexr the pores o
casenll
eathU.
itlal to health.
knife and without
lo* truss™ csn be thrown
ufactuved by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed oo every
package, also the name, Syrup of Fig*
and being well informed, jou Will
accept any subatitute if offered-
OOUOLAft,
BROCKTON, MAS*.
Tea eaa save aaoaer kr WMriac «fce
W. L. p«iil. M.OOr
ra tha laricit
la tha worULa
nldtllrmaB'a prollta. Our Aoaa^qaal
irnrk la Ml la,
McMMama-
DROPSY
for any depth.
^^DEEP
Slnga While Ureaklns Colts.
The man who con sing "Bock of
Afros" while training a bucking colt
who is olmost jerking his head off
must be well-nigh a saint, but Samuel
Richards, tho veteran horse trainer of
Hampden park, does this regularly.
He drives a greot ileal In West Spring-
field ond soothes his new and nervous
colts by singing llospel hymns. He
rarely loses his temper, and forty
years' oxperiencc has taught him that
"the confidence of a horso iu hla driver
is a groat ileal better than his fear."—
Springfield Republican.
From 130,000 to 160,000 people are
dally visitors to Central Park, New
York.
animals. The termites themselves ara jUm gome pinter8-boutdc United Staits
n favorite dish of tlie natives. In tho I hp dun Baid ho knowc<i it aii. I-e bin
Lulua station, which Lieut. Wissmann ■ ht on tlis b^t five y'ars an' knows a
founded on kls Kassai expedition, a
quart of termites cost ten brass nails,
while for a quart of rice or beons only
right
heap, but Ixe not o pusson to gin any
body advice when dey emagines dey
knows it all. Yo' jess go right long
an' git yo'rself buncoed all to pieces.
"What's ilat bunco?" queried the
other in considerable nnxlety.
"Nebbcr yo' mind! Yo' jess cum
walkln' on dis boat wld yo'r head up in
vented from work during the greatci a!r an, fee[|n- ,iat yo' kuowed all
port of the year. His soft body cannot I tbmlt de United Staits! Doan' blame
dig through the ground, which be- I me [f yQ. wus buncoed. Last fellei
eight brass nails was paid
The termites, in spite of their rnv>
ages in human habitations, are not
without use in the economy of nature.
In tropical Africa the worm is pre-
DRUGS
TOILET ARTICLES AND
SURGICAL APPLIANCES,
NOT FOUND IN COUNTRY
stores, by Mai! or express
8HOEMAKER & MILLER, wksita
£*w2ii"* *°Pa tool, tor latta and Jjw
walls. Stats flip* and d«vth too waal to drill.
LOOMia * NYMAN, Tiffin. Ohio.
■- mtmrnm i alao oUiar valaahja
CROSS SUCTION OP A TERMITE DILL.
comes very hard during the dryVeo
son. This is especially true in tho
pruirie districts, ond here the termite
takes the port of the plower. From
the depths of the earth it brings the
material for the construction of the
hills ond hollow passageways. It turns
the ground over and over, carrying tho
er .n even to the treetops, from where
the summer rains wash it down again.
The importance of this work is
brought home to us when we remem-
ber the millions of termite hills which
are. scattered over a large part of Cen-
tral Africa. The particles of earth
which the termites bring to light aro
U-iufT washed away by rainstorms and
deposited by the brooks and rivers in
the valleys, onil thus tho fertile low-
lands are to o 'nrge extent a creation
of the much-feared ond much-hated
white ante of the dork continent
S. Kit A USE.
warriors guard the opening and defend
the same against other hostile insects.
The building of this passageway is con-
tinued until it strikes o piece of dead
wood. Then the termites bore into the
latter and destroy the Insido, leaving
the surface untouched. These tube
passages are even more remarkable
♦,han the hills. They have the diame-
ter of on ordinary gnsplpe and run up
the trunks to the higher branches of
the trees until, after many zig-'Og
lines, a wltheroil limb Is encountered
In some parte of the country, like on so many woman s rights clubs,
the platean between Lake Nyassa Ifbd I Mrs. Strong (with fire In her eye>-
Tamganyka. one can wander for hours | Let him dart to refuso'.-Puck.
and see every tree covered with these I Much to Aah.
tube passages. "There is ono sign that should l>
Tho white ants are very orderly. In d ^ cyQ]
tho park landscapes of Central Afrit a ^ „
a certain clcanlineaa may be noticed. is thnt?
Everything looks aa if it had been
Tho Opjirwwl
Mrs. Plalnfield—I shouldn't think
your husband would pay your dues to
awept clean, ond one oaks himself in-
•Wbat is that?
"Post no bills."—Yale Uecord.
mighty nigh died ober it, but I hain'
got no mo' to say!"
"Itut I want to know'bout dat Imn
col" persisted the stranger. "I hain't
say in' ilat 1 knows all 'bout de United
Staits. I hain't sayln' dat I kin find
my way." . .
"Oh! Yo lias oum down off yo r higti
hoss, eh! Doan' know nil 'bout America
arter all! Now, boy, lo >k heali! 1 don
want to see no cull'd mau all smashe l
to pic'JCK in Detroit, an' darfo' I ober
looks yo'r bein' s > swell on ile start.
When yo' git ob.-r ilar yo' jess keep yo i
eyes peeled. If yo'me.-t a white man
wid his hat on liU ear an' a big iliatn inJ
pin on his baso.n bewar" of dc bunci
gam;!'
"But what am dc gam
"I/.c comin to dat. Ito minit I sol
eyes on yo' I knowed yo w-l". a; inner
cent as a baby 'boat dat g im -. 11 dat
white man stop", yo' an' says dat owin
to hi) har.lnpucsson' death in ilc fam Iv
he will part wld dat diamja.! plu fui
fo'ty doUai-s "
••i won't buy It!
"Yo' won t! Hoy, Iae talkin' to yo'
Dot diamond pin ar' wirth ninety dol
lors, an' if yo' doan'buy it fur fo'ty
dollar, yo' wos buncoed out of je-s fitly
bl? dollars! Hoi Yo'cum on dis boot
feolin'dat yo' knowed it all, an yo
didn't want no pinters from me, n yil
v ' was gwine right ober to Detroit to
bo buncoed outer half a hundred bonei
a* «lick as grease!"—Detroit fc rea Vraaa
Clairette Soap.
Bright
HOUSEWIVES
NO OTHER.
the Best,Purest
^•^ntUmnimMMIaai
THE POT INSULTED THE KETTLE BECAUSE
THE COOK HAD NOT USED
SAPOLIO
GOOD COOKING DEMANDS CLEANLINESS.
SAPOLIO SHOULD BE USED IN EVERY KITCH k
ntjSioa of tlx Omka. aad ariU (m
■«*
CUhla.
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