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CHAPTER XVIL
Continued.
' My father rallied faintly. "As you
•will,” bo replied. "Tbet Is u much
i* I hoped of you. And now to epeak
tf ■ more congenial aubject. I shall
’.le sorry to be without you (or u (ew
month#, though o( late we bare not
been auch good companion! ai we once
were. However, what benefit# you,
can yield mo nothing bnt pleorare;
ao go, my boy, and peep at that world
which you bare not yet (een, and God
be with jrou and protect yon. I will
Impose no limit on the duration of
your abeence, and your mean aboil
be the belt I can afford. I ( It li your
wlih to riilt your uncle, I hare no
objection to your doing m; but I hare
no message Tor him.”
. The reit of the Interview woe more
nffeetlng than Intereating, and noeda
not be chronicled here. Perfectly aml-
rablo relation, similar to what pre
vailed before I bod seen my uncle,
warn re-established between father and 1
eon. But there now took root In my
mind a horrid doubt of my uncle's
honesty; and only those who have
experienced It can know the pain of
discovering a hideous fault in an Idol
which one bas set up for one’s self;
And Samuel Trueman bad been to mo
is an.Idol. His coolness, his wit, bis
self-reliance, bis magnificent success,
had moved me to adoration of the
man. If my uncle's unconcealed love
of the power which money confers had
Indeod induced him to rob his poorer
brother of a quarter of a million of se
quins, then I was sorry for humanity,
, My father bad given me (260; and
on that modest sum I resolved to travel
' round the world by easy stages, so
as to reach home again at the end of
six months. My plan was to go direct
to New York City (1 could not make
np my mind whether I would call upon
ray uncle or not, hut at least I would
look at the house where he lived, If
only for the sake of my lingering af.
faction for bis ward); thence, but with
many stoppages, across America to
flan Francisco. Prom tho City of the
Golden Gate I resolved to cross the
Pacific to Australia, and after visit
ing tho principal places of Interest
In that country and In New Zealand,
to return direct to the continent of
Europe. In planning my tour I wan
conscious of reversing the usual order
of an Englishman's travels; but a
keen desire to sea New York, tho na
tive city and home of Constance Marsh,
had taken possession of me; end I re
solved to gratify it with as llttlo de
lay as possible,
. For the next few days I was busily-
engaged In preparing for my depar
ture. Fortunately, my personal ex
penses during my four months of mop
ing had been nil, and I now found the
accumulations of my pocket money
for that period very useful In pro
viding additional clothes, and other
necessaries for my Journey, without
encroaching upon my (250.
My unwonted activity benefited me
greatly, and left no doubt that In the
hustle of the busy world, surrounded
by new scenes, the depression from
which I had so long suffered would
altogether pass away.
I The ere of my departure arrived,
and was spent In quietude with my
father. All my arrangements had been
made, and I was to leave for London
• by the first train from Bury 8L Ed
mund's In the morning. My fear that
my father would again talk of our
stolen treasure was 111 founded, for he
never once referred to the matter or
mentioned the name of my uncle. He
regretted that be bad been unable
!o find out the whereabouts of Annie
Wolsey, which he thought might pos
sibly have been discovered had I been
In a condition to assist In the Inquiry
he had made (which had not been the
case), and furnished me with the ad-
.dress In Australia from which my
grandfather had lastwrltten;“though,"
he added, "I don't suppose there will
be much use of your calling there,
for It Is more than likely that your
grandfather Is already on his way to
_ England.” I took the address and
placed It In my pocket book; but the
matter engaged very little of my at
tention.
When the hour of my departure had
come, John Adams Insisted upon ac
companying me to the station. He had
not taken the reins once since his Ill
ness. end was still In a very weak
stale; but all that my father and 1
could urge In opposition to bis wish
availed nothing; the old man was ob
durate, and with some skill turned
ottr objections against us by admitting
his feebleuees. and representing that
It was not Improbable that he might
never see me again, but that be par
ticularly wished for an opportunity
to talk with me once more before 1
went away. The old servant pre
vailed, and after 1 had taken a most
. affectionate farewell of my father, we
lAirted (Ur - Bury St. Edmund's.
Aa soon as we were on the high
tuad tbs old man opened the convcrsa-
Uin by obsurvlw:
- ‘-These ba woeful bad times, Master
^^Yes, vary bad. Indeed." I agreed.
VI.hear as Sir Tbonss Jarvis have
in Us hands .which he
can’t find tenants for, though he hare
reduced the rents something wonder
ful.''
“I am sorry for It,” I said.
“Yes,” continued the old man; “and
corn at twenty-seven sblUln’s! Why,
the country will soon be quite ruined
If them foreigners ain’t stopped sendln'
their cheap produce over here. You'll
excuse me what I’m going to ask you,
won't you. Master Ernest?”
"Certainly; ask me anything you
please."
"Well, I’m an old man—sixty-six
come Michaelmas, though some folks
tell me I look younger. Your father
has been a good matter to me, and
I bare saved more in his service than
I shall Uve to spend. Knowln’ how
bad the times are for landlords, and
that you’re agoln’ on your travels,
I want to make you a present,” and
the old servant placed In my hands
a small canvas bag, such as Is used by
banker*, strongly fastened with coarse
string.
“No, no," I said, returning the bag;
*1 appreciate your kindness very much,
but you must really excuse me. It
would be quite wrong In me to take
your money.”
There Is no more potent despot than
an old family servant If he falls to
work his will one way be will succeed
In another; and be has generally many
strings to his bow. My protests were
powerless against the pertinacity of
ms. When, as I paced the plat
form of the station a few minutes
later, I opened the bag and found that
It contained fifty sovereigns, my con
science smote me for the uncharitable
aspersion I bad recently cast npon
my benefactor. Though I lost some
what In dignity by accepting this gift,
I gained a welcome addition to my
parse. .Alas, that these two things
should he so often Inseparable!
CHAPTER XVIII.
ns roan orrr.
I remember asking my uncle, soon
aft A I first became acquainted with
him, what sort of a place New York
was; to which Inquiry he made the
characteristic reply that It was a very
line city, with more thieves to the
square Inch, than any other place
on tho earth's surface.' That was all
I could get my relation to say of It.
BUedeker's account of New York, my
only reading while on tho Atlantic,
was more detailed, but less Interest
ing. Indeed, ono of the first things
to Impress' a traveler Is the Inade
quacy of pH descriptions of places, for
the faces of men do not differ more'
widely than their Ideas of the sub
lime and beautiful, the sordid and hid
eous
It was with great satisfaction that
I found myself at Iasi In New York
harbor. The steamer which bad
brought mo to America was of recent
construction, well found, swift, and
luxuriously appointed; but none the
less was I heartily tired of the voy
age. My first forty-eight hours at
sea bad been spent In a way too com
mon with travelers to uccd more than
passing reference. Fear that the ship
would go to the bottom soon changed
to fear that It might not; and that
mental condition departed on the re
newal of health and appetite. Then
came the days on deck, spent In watch-
lug Jho restless waves and the mag
nificent rising and setting of the sun.
varied by occasional studies through
a field-glass of some fifteen hundred
Russians huddled together on the fore
part of tho deck, the most filthy and
repulsive mass of humanity conceiv
able-material destined for speedy con
version Into American cltlsens. Bar
tholdi's stntue of Liberty, the npigulfi-
cont suspension bridge connecting tho
populous cities of New York and
Brooklyn, the multitudinous ships
from all parts of the world, and the
commodious ferryboats keeping up
continual communication between New
York and various points In Long Isl
and and New Jersey, taken altogether
form undoubtedly oue of the great
sights of the world, quite captivating
the stranger, and worthy of all ad
miration.
Uy foot first touched American soil
at one of the slips on the North lllver,
near Courtlandt street. I at once en
gaged the services of an Irichmsn, the
proprietor or custodian of n cumber
some four-wheeled vehicle something
like tho London growler may be sup
posed to have been la an early stage
of Its development; and having se
cured my portmanteau and handbag,
the only luggage with which I was
encumbered, bade him drive me to the
Gllscy House In Broadway. Immedi
ately the vehicle began to move I
perceived the necessity for Its strength,
for the roads were extremely rough
—In some places paved like the bye-
strccts of Norwich and other English
provincial towns The fine width of
the avenues and streets, and the height
and grandeur of some of the commer
cial buildings, pleased me greatly.
Having secured a room at the Gll-
sey House, refreshed myself with a
bath and a "good square feed” (to use
the language of an American gentle
man who sat next to me at dinner),
l adjusted my watch to American
time, and sallied forth Into the street
to observe the qualities of.the people,
or whatever else might attract ray
attention. It was the first time that
I had been so far from home, or had
so much as (300 In my possession, and
I greatly appreciated my responsibil
ity and felt very manly.
On coming out or the Gllsey House
I turned to my left and proceeded
what the New Yorkers call down town,
nntll I reached the region of City Hall
Park, Printing House Square, and
Bowling Green.
It was scarce midday when I ar
rived In New York, and three hours
latet I dispatched a telegram to my
father Informing blln of my safe ar
rival. The month was September,
and the fierce glare of the American
snmmer had subsided and given place
to beautifully clear bright weather
which rendered walking very enjoy
able, especially to one just released
from the monotony of a sea voyage.
Continuing my walk up Broadway, I
observed that the street which ran
out from It on each side were num
bered, not named, ss In the older por
tion of the city about Caatlo Garden,
and my heart beat faster, and my mlud
became confused with resolves and
counter resolves, as I thought that each
step brought me nearer to the home
of her wbo bad caused me to travel
so many miles. What folly Is all de
ception, and most of all that which
1s designed to deceive one’s selfl I
had told my father that I bad aban
doned all hope or thought of Constance
Marsh, and at the moment the words
were uttered I had honestly believed
them to be true; but now that 1 was
within a mile or so of her home, and
with nothing bnt my own will to re
strain me from calling there, their
unreality became more and more ap
parent. Should I call there? I hod
bad no quarrel with my uncle. On the
contrary, I had championed his cause
against my own father; and that with
wbat pain none but myself con ever
know, for no words of mine can ade
quately describe It No; I would not
coll there—at least not to-day. But
there could be no harm In looking at
my uncle's house. I would be careful
not to be observed, and would not
suffer any sudden Impulse to Induce
me to break my resolve; If I went there
at all. It should be after maturcr de
liberation. Full of these thoughts I
quickened toy pace and noon found
myself at Union Square,where I exam
ined the few monuments and rested
myself on a seat at the font of the
Lafayette statue. I did not remain
there for long, but soon struck Into
East Fourteenth street, and thence Into
Fifth avenue, continuing along that
fine thoroughfare of palaces until. I
reached East Thirty-fourth street, Into
which, with much trepidation, I
turned. No. —, a large house built
of brown stone, was only a few doors
off Fifth avenue. I looked at It for a
moment from the opposite side of the
street, and noticing that a canvas
shade projected from every window
to protect the rooms from the sun,
I crossed over and observed it more
particularly. To do so did not engage
me more than a couple of minutes, and
I returned to Fifth avenue and contin
ued my walk up town until 1 reaches!
Central Pork, passing on my way the
magnificent palaces of many celebrated
millionaires which I had not yet
learned to distinguish.
After spending nearly four hours
In wandering over Central Park I be
gan to tire. The park Is admirably
planned and well kept, and few stran
gers will willingly quit It before they
have seen It nil. A xoologtcal collec
tion, to which a part of the park Is
assigned, the deep golden tint of the
declining foliage, the nursemaids with
their Infant charges, and the numerous
languages one constantly hears spoken
among the people, were sights and
sounds quite new to me, and Interested
me greatly. Though there remained
much which I would gladly have
noted, 1 wisely resolved to return to
my hotel and get to bed quite early;
but whether on the following day I
would visit my uncle or leave New
York for Chicago I could not yet de
termine. Making my way Into the
main road, I began to retrace my eteps.
It was now nearly 7 o'clock, and the
roadway wos fairly well filled with
carriages occupied by that section of
society which had already returned
from mountain, lake or spring—for the
exodus of wealthy New Yorkers from
their city In summer is very complete.
I was walking briskly along when a
sight met my eyes which set my brain
In a whirl, and In an Instant threw me
Into all the pangs of jealousy. An ele
gant open landau, drawn by a pair of
grays, In which, seated side by aid?,
was the Rev. Mr. Price and Miss
Marsh, passed swiftly by and disap
peared down the road.
Oh, the miserable weakness of man!
Or can It be that I am different from
other men—that I am a feeble embodi
ment of sentiment and Impulse, with
no well-defined object rationally and
perseverlngly pursued? It must be
so, or human society could not endure.
Yet am I powerless to help myself. I
am as I am, and know nothing In my
self tor which I should reproach my
self.
To be continued.
a Conscientious Dogger.
As he stood on the stoop before tha
lady of the house he made a figure
battered, but polite. His boots es
pecially were in the last stages of de
cay. and some half a dozen’ of his
toes peered from them pitifully. He
called attention to the fact with a
Chesterfieldlan wa e of the hand.
And I would not ask ye .even for a
pair of shoes, mum,” he protested,
but tbe truth Is that theie.be bor-
tied, and 'tls to day I promised to ray-
turrn tbim.” — New York Commercial.
Advertiser, - - -— I
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® ® /\dv©nt\ire.
FIGHT WITH A CUTTLEFISH.
HE destruction wrought
among the fish along tho
boy by small sharks and'
seals Is forcing same of the
best of the population to
seek homes In other places, writes the
Gaspe Basin (Canada) correspondent
of tbe New York Sun. Unless the Gov
ernment lends Its aid to the fishing
business tbe Dominion Is In danger of
losing one of Its Important Industries.
All classes of tbe community are call
big for a system of bounties upon both
seal and dogfish, such as Is paid for
tbe scalps of wolves. If that were de
termined upon, fishermen would real
larly undertake the destruction of these
pests. Experiments made not long ago
show that work would thus be afforded
to the men in the depth of winter at a
time when there Is little else to do.
Not far from the Anticosti coast long
lines of stout rope wereTet down more
than 100 fathoms, These were fitted
with shark books and baited. Evi
dently shark provender wa| scarce, for
the fish bit greedily and were easily
captured, made helpless, perhaps, by
the sudden change to tbe lower press
ure of water near the surface.
Observers say that the dog flah or
mackerel shark seeks tbe deepest water
available for his winter quarters, per
haps for the sake of warmth. It was
In these waters that old Jacob Longtln
received a shock and an Injury which
sent him away from tbe seaboard to
.work In an Inland town.
The old man bad been one of the
most adventurous souls along the coast.
Ho It was wbo, when acting as bar
pooner In Hudson’s Bay was knocked
overboard by n blow from a while's
tall and dragged through tbe water be
cause a bight of the "fast” tins bad
twisted around bis ankle.
Ho contrived to get at bis clasp
knife, open It and sever the Jlne.
Though much exhausted be managed
to'cling to the bucket to which the line
bad been attached until picked up by
tbe boats of another ship. He Insisted
upon setting his own broken leg dud
made a good Job of It, too.
According to bis own statement he
never lost his grip altogether until one
day when, as he was drifting In his
fishing boat past Anticosti he Idly
threw an old bolt Into wbat looked like
a mass of well washed wreckage. Im
mediately there arose a great hooked
beak, "as big as a water banker,”
Longtln declared. In an Instant the
head was alongside the slowly moving
boat, and from the depths came two
long, pink arms, twenty feet of them,
with pnd-llke suckers on one aide.
These two feelers colled themselves
about the boat and oue of them fast-
ened on the man's bare arm. Longtln
declares he thought his very life and
soul were being dragged out of him.
Ho was being'palled from bis seat
when his hand met the linudlc of his
axe. In a moment he struck at tbe
head, but the blow glanced from the
curved bill as from solid horn.
His next blow was st the great limb
which grasped hlm.and this he maimed
seriously. Tbe pain In the Injured arm
Increased tenfold, bnt another hack at
tbe snakellkc tentacle severed It alto
gether, and the monster sank beneath
the surface.
Asked If he noticed any discoloration
of the water, as Is usual when the cut
tlefish retreats, Longtln Invsrlably an
swers, "I tell you, everything was
block just then, and all I am sure of Is
that my arm hurt os though the devil
had hold of It, and I was as seasick as
a baby.”
The wound on bis arm never healed.
The doctors said It was as though be
had been cupped, the marks of the
teeth with which t-nrh sucker la armed
being distinctly risible.
OLD DAYS IN OKLAHOMA.
The Guthrie (Okla.) correspondence
of tlie Kansas City Star says: "This Js
the time of year In Oklahoma when a
man feels something pulling him Into
the open country," said Governor Fer
guson, who Is a frontiersman by pref
erence and a pioneer by Instinct. Ills
father went from Iowa to Kansas
.when game was abundant everywhere,
and became one of the most successful
hunters In the southwestern country.
.When n small boy Governor Ferguson
was bis father's companion on many
expeditions Into Oklahoma and Indian
Territory.
“I do not suppose that I shall ever
overcome the keen regret that Is felt In
thinking of tbe old days that are gone
forever,” said Governor Ferguson.
"Oklahoma seems lonesome to me now
iwhr I travel over It and, pass con
stantly In sight of towns and farm-
hoases where once I saw nothing but
the prairies, the bills and the tlmoered
streams. It was my delight to ride as
the crow files—straight across the coun
try, unobstructed by wire fences and
section-line highways. Spring was a
glorious season. The sir was fresh and
pure, the earth mantling with green
and brilliant with flowers, and the sun
just far enough north to thaw the win
ter sluggishness from a man's blood
and set every nerve tingling with hap
piness. The plaintive note of a mead
owlark always makes me homesick and
brings back to me a vision of the prair
ies. It was no less enjoyable to ride In
the big timber In the river 'bottoms.'
musical with the songs of countless
birds. The song of what we called the
•sugar writer’ bird, probably the tohee,
bad a melancholy sweetness that
makes a man's heart thump even now.
"I went with my father on many
hunting trips from Chautauqua Coun
ty, Kansas, Into Oklahoma. The re
gion between the South Canadian
River and the Smokey QtU rut (he
best buffalo country to the West.
Along the Sait Fort to Northern Okla
homa I have seen buffalo as far as the
eye could reach. We came often to the
fall, with ox teams, and retaffiedwlto
our big wagons loaded with winter
meat We camped one afternoon at
Buffalo Springs, Just north of Hennes
sey, and turned our oxen out to graze
without unyoking them. They began
snorting, and, fearing * stampede, we
chained them to our wagons. We
looked everywhere for the canse of
alarm, but could see nothing. In about
ten minutes a low, rumbling sound,
like deep, far-off thunder, came from
the west, where clouds of dust were
rolling high In the sir. We knew that
a herd of buffalo was coming. Almost
before we could realize It the herd was
upon us, rushing headlong for the
spring, where they crowded upon each
other In a mad frenzy for water. Their
tongues protruded as If they bad been
pursued by hunters, which was prob
ably true. We killed nine, all we
needed. In a short time.
'It may be unwise to destroy tradi
tions, bat the story that Tat Hennes
sey Is burled In tbe town of Hennessey
Is untrue. Hennessey was burled near
Buffalo Springs, and I saw his grave
within a year after he was killed, and
many times afterward In driving cattle
the trail. Tbe grave was marked
by stone on which was 'P. H., 1874,' If
I remember correctly, the year of his
death.”
A PLUCKY LIEUTENANT.
Reuben Plnkhara, a native of Nan
tucket, made his first trip as third lieu
tenant on the ship Potomac, which
crossed tbe North Pacific, a region
little known to naval vessels to the
early thirties. Plnkbam had been on
several whsl'ng voyages, and was fa
miliar with those waters. Tbe author
of “The Island of Nantucket” says
that one day, near sunset, be had the
watch, while the commodore was pac
ing np and down tbe deck.
Suddenly Plnkbam gave the order,
Man the weather braces.”
"What's tifat for?” asked the com
modore.
"We shall have wind In a moment."
The commodore went to the lee roll
and scanned the sea and sky. “I see
no signs of wind," he returned. "Let
the men leave the braces.”
The crew dropped the ropes.
"Keep bold of the braces, every man
of you!” called out Plnkham, and the
men resumed their grasp. Tbe com
modore flushed with. anger and ex
claimed In peremptory tones;
Let tbe men leave the braces!" and
again (be braces were dropped.
'Don’t any of you dare to drop the
ropes!” shouted Plnkham, shaking bis
trumpet at the crew, who once more
took holp. Just then the wlud dropped
entirely; not a breath stirred.
“Taut, taut! Haul, all of your* called
Plnkham, and the ponderous yards
swung to reversed position. The wind
came out of the opposite quarter and
struck the ship like a sledge hnmmer.
The vessel staggered, shook tho spray
from her bases and dashed ahead. The
commodore disappeared Into bis cabin
without saying a word.
Presently, he sent the first lieutenant
to relieve Plnkham, requesting to see
the latter Immediately. When Plnk
ham entered the cabin the commodore
said:
“I constder'that I am Indebted to you
for all of our lire#; but I will tell you
frankly If that wind hadn't come I
should have put you In Irons In two
minutes.” ^
' « A GIANT OCTOPUS.
One of the moot interesting objects
In the Natural History Museum In
Trondbjcm. Norway, Is a large octo
pus. E. R. Kennedy, the author of
"Thirty Seasons In Scandinavia,” not
only saw the -octopus, but a little later
heard the stoi-y of the capture of It,
as related both by tbe fisherman whose
boat It attacked and also by two Inde
pendent wltnes see. The fisherman was
leisurely rowing on a calm day close
to the rock bound shore of one of the
fiords situated some fifty miles north
of Trondhjotn. Suddenly a long and
glistening arm swept over tbe stern
of the boat and remained there. The
fisherman, astonished at this unwonted
apparition, dropped bis oars and
sprang to bis feet. Like magic an-,
other hideous looking arm shot over
the gunwale. The boat canted. Tho
man, realizing that he was attacked
by some monster against which his
old fish knife was the only available
weapon, seized his oars and labored
with mlgbt and main to get bls-bo^t
Into a crevice of the rocks, all the
time yelling for his mates, who were
not far off. He bad to strain every
nerve to drag his hldoous cargo after
him, for the suckers never relaxed.
When half exhausted, he got the bow
of hts craft within reach of willing
bands. It tool* the three men to haul It
up a alight Incline, for the monster
still hung on, even over the bare rocks.
Then they belabored Its head with
oars and clnba Having safely secured
It, they sent off to the nearest station
and telegraphed concerning their prize.
It was at once purchased by the mu
seum and carried there after It bad
been photographed. They stretched Its
arms out before preparing it The
longest weye each five alen. or ten feet
four Inches, in length. Over all, to
gether .with the great carpetbag body,
the monster measured over thirty feet
across.
Political Qualifications.
A Congressman Is reported to have
said not long ago In a speech, “The
unexpected generally happens, some
times."
"That's a pretty definite statement,”
remarked one of his opponents, “and
I am surprised that he didn't add, ‘fre
quently And to some cases, but this
must not he construed to mean al-
,w*jr*,’”
the ciant tree*
On. of Thoht Would Malta a FOUOO «*
ThA ahlf way wc can comprehend the*
sSfsawsssK!
being transplanted to the
Hotel look like n cotUV. aD J -
largest tree now w^ ofT,
tan Island were placed on WiP
the Flatiron Building, it would
to the shade of the big tree s upper
branches. General WelteuffeI
not long ago that If be could have^bad
one of these big trees to'throw W*
the Fel-bo River upon the arrival c
the International army, it would have
served as a bridge across which bo
could have marched the entire eO.OOO
men into Pekin in forty-five minutes.
It Is estimated that some of these
trees contaio 750,000 feet of lumber,
and we may get an ldyaof w^at to
means when wc hear' that it would
moke a board fence six fact high and
twenty-four miles long, or that it wonld
supply cnoi-gh telegraph poles to sup-,
port a line of wires running from Kan
sas City to Chicago. If the tallest
tree you know of were ent down
bent into a circle, it would Just about
make a ring to fit tho base of one of the
big trees. But it Is not their size alone
wbteh makes these giants so impres
sive; their age Is still more remarkable.
When Cheop’s nnny of 100,000 men be
gan to bniJd the great pyramid of
Jcezeb. over 2000 years before Christ,
these Sequoias, as they are called, had
bark on them a foot thick; they were
old. old trees when Methnsaleh was a’
bn by—they are the very oldest llvinif
things on the face of the earth. And
we Americans should regard them ns a.
priceless heritage, which once taken
from us could never be replaced, and
we should at any cost guard them for
ever from those who with nx and saw
would in one week undo the work of
S000 years.—Woman's Home Compan
ion. I
Utilising the Dead Sea.
It Is believed that before very long
the Dead Sen will be exploited for in
dustrial purposes. French engineer*
arc at work on three different project*
with this purpose In view. The level
of the Dead Sea being more than 1300
feet below that of the Mediterranean
and lted seas, it Is thought by connect
ing cither of these two seas by means
of a canal with the Dead Sea, a stream,
of water would flow with a velocity
calculated to produce some 25,000*
horsepower. There is danger, it Is
asserted, of an overflowing .of the Dead
.Sea, for the waters there evaporate at
so great a rate (G,000,000 tons a day)*
that the incoming waters would make-
no appreciable difference in the level..
One project is to start the canal from
the Bay of Acre, lead It southward
past Mount Tabor, and let It join at
Bataan, the waters of the Jordan. An
other plan is to build the canal along
the railway line from Jaffa to Jerusa
lem. But this would mean blasting
a tunnel of some thirty-seven miles
through the mountains of Old Judea.
The third project, the cheapest, pro
poses to start at Aknbn, .in the Red
Rea. and pass through the desert of
Wady-ol-Jebcl. Having obtained power
In this manner, It is thought many in
dustrial works will be carried on.—
London Dally News. f
Radium m m Pain-Killer.
United States Consul General
Guenther, of Frankfort, writes as fol
lows: Dr. Darier, of Paris, describes
a ense of cancer of tbe face which,
through application of radium, had
been rendered painless. Similar re
sults have been obtained by other
noted experts. He has nteo found
quick and pain-killing effects of radium
in certain diseases of the eye. Tho
influence of radium upon the motor-
;ierve centres he considers of still
greater importance. In two enses of
nervous spasms, which occurred three
or four times a week, weak radium
preparations were applied to the tem
ples for two or three days, when the
spasms ceased. In n case also of pre
sumptive inability of motion, caused by
nervous debility, radium effected a
complete cure withiu three days—pro-
ably, however, through suggestion. In
acute facial paralysis of entirely new
origin, radium effected a cure in one
day. Samples of weak radio-activity
are now rather Inexpensive, so that
other physicians are enabled to verify
♦hese results.
Batted In nt the Wedding.
Land office regulations unfeelingly
“butted in” on the plans of Cupid the
other day at Waurlka and stopped a
wedding. Samuel Hosier, a beme-
stesder of that vicinity, has arranged
.to wed Mrs. Mitchell, a buxom widow,
,who had but recently made her final
proof before the local court commis
sioners. Just before the ceremony was
performed word came that g wit
ness’ failure to properly aign his name
had caused rejection of the papers by
•the Interior Department. The wed-
iding was postponed, the groom to be
ppparerjpy being more willing to tem
porarily relinquish a bride than to per-
«naneatly relinquish a farm.-Mangum
{Texas) Sun-Mirror.
Old English Castoma.
Sir Walter Bestnfs study of old Eng-
liah customs shows that the doctors of
several centuries ago prescribed for
fevers "a cold water affusion" with
drinking of asset' mlJk. When the
queen was 111 to 1063 they shaved her
stead and applied plgeona to her feet.
Powdered mummy for s long time wss
considered to be s apecific against dis
eases. It It said that tbe reason It
went out of use wss tost dealers took
to embalming bodies and then opldll
(ken tor genuine (select mummies. J
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