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SUNDAY MORNING.
A RACE TO THE SWIFT.
The year was—well. I can't tell you
that without disclosing my identity,
•t/hich for obvious reasons, 1 am de
barred from doing. The season was
spring. The occasion was the five mile
■unateur championship of the world at
Lillie Bridge. I had just run and won
that event, and having donned my
sweater and overcoat, was walking
back to the dressing room when 1 was
accosted by an elderly gentleman.
“Pardon me, sir,” he said In tone of
enthusiastic commendation, "but you
ran superbly. The way you lost those
other fellows in the last lap was a
treat to witness. And you don’t seem
much distressed by your efforts,
either,” he added, regarding me criti
cally with his keen black eyes.
“Oh, not worth speaking of.” I re
plied, "I’m in the very pink just now.
And I finished with a good bit up my
sleeve, as i generally do.”
‘That was evident," he answered,
‘•you had the other fellows in hand all
tue way. Excuse my asking, but I am
Informed that you are one of the junior
clerks in the -— — officer’
“You are informed correctly,” 1 re
plied, somewhat surprised by this in
quiry on the part of a total stranger.
. “And that your salary iB only £750
a year?”
“Really," I answered, for I naturally
resented this sort of catechism from a
man on whom 1 had never before set
eyes In my life. "I don't see that my
salary Is any concern of yours. How
ever, there’s no secret about It. You
ran find It for yourself In any direc
tory, and It Is the precise amount that
you have mentioned,"
“Forgive me," he exclaimed quickly.
T had no intention to offend. But the
Idea crossed my mind that a man like
you—such a perfect specimen of health
and vigor—ought to be worth more
money.”
‘There 1 quite agree with you," I
laughed. "And If you can persuade
her majesty's government of the fact 1
shQll be extremely obliged to you.”
"If you'll give me youi l attention for
five minutes I’ll explain," he answered
gravely.
“Oh, I’ll give you my attention right
enough,” 1 laughed rather flippantly.
“I’m always ready to do that when
there are thousund poundses flying
about,"
"First, let me tell you who I am," he
replied, ignoring my sarcasm. “I am
a man not altogether unknown in Ihe
medical world. My name is Jasper
Harvey.”
"Sir Jasper Harvey! The celebrated
Burgeon?"
"The celebrated surgeon—since you
lire good enough to use the phrase,”
he answered modestly.
I looked at him In some suspicion.
Was he speaking the truth, or was he
merely an imposter with swindling de
signs upon me that would peep out
later on?
He saw my suspicions and answered
them: *
“I see you doubt my bona fldes, and
I am not surprised, since you have
only my hare word for mv identity
■with Sir Jasper Harvey, However, I
can easily satisfy you on umi pomj.
Are you engaged this evening?"
I replied in the negative.
"Then will you dine wfth me at my
house in Brook atrecc at 7.30? You
will thus be able to satisiy yourself
that I am really the man 1 represent
myself to be, and we can further dis
cuss the matter to which l have re
ferred. What do you say?”
After some slight hesitation I said
1 would go. "For at worst," 1 thought
to myself, "If this man is an imposter
trying to hoax me 1 shall find it out
when I arrive at Str Jasper’s house in
Brook street. While, on the other
hand, {f he is really Sir Jasper, and is
kind enough to wish to put me in the
way of making a thousand pounds it
would lie rather foolish on my part not
at least to hear what lie has to say.
Ten to one. of course, there will he con
ditions attached that I can't possibly
comply with. I’ve always heard that
Sir Jasper is a bit of a character, with
some rather cranky ideas, and i dare
ay this is one. However, l may as
well go and take the offehance of being
put on to something sound.”
When 1 arrived at the famous sur
geon's house on Brook street all my
doubts as to his identity with my in
terlocutor at IJllie Bridge were in
stantly dissipated, lie received me in
his library with a polite and courteous
greeting; then we repaired to the din
ingroom and discussed a simple but
admirably served repast, tete-a-tete.
Sir Jasper's conversation was pleasing
and Interesting. He talked and talk
ed well, upon many public topics. But.
not until we were seated over our wfne.
and the servants had withdrawn, did
he touch upon the particular matter
which was the object of our inter
view.
Then he said, with almost startling
suddenness:
"1 told you this afternoon that I
rould put you In the way of making
• thousand pounds."
I nodded. My heart began to beat' To
me, who had not a halfpenny of capi
tal. a thousand pounds seemed untold
wealth. What was 1 to be called upon
to do In order to qualify for such af
fluence I waited with eager impatience
,#r Sir Jasper to proceed.
"And when l speak of a thousand
pounds," he continued deliberately, "I
must give you to understand that this
sum, handsome though it is, does not
represent the full pecuniary emolu
ments that are latent in my proposal.
You will get your thousand down in
any event. But if the matter in hand
tarns out successfully—as I hope—you
will be a further two thousand in poc
ket. What do you say to that?"
1 said—as. Indeed, I felt~that such
a sum of money was beyond my wild
est dreams.
"But,” I added, cautiously, “I know
enough of business to he aware that
3000 sovereigns are not exactly (so to
speak) given away with a pound of
tea; and 1 surmise that some pretty
stiff if not impossible conditions are
attached to this viery tempting offer.”
Sir Jjuiper smiled.
“The conditions are certainly not Im
possible,” he replied. "For my part, 1
should not even call i u stiff. How
ever, you shill hear them. Cray give
me your most careful attention."
"You may be sure oi that," I cried.
Sir Jasper went on;
“The facts of the case are these. I
have a patient in the country w„o is
suffering from a severe attack of ner
vous collapse. 1 have tried many rem
edies. They have all failed. It occurs
to me, however, that the transfusiou
of blood into my patient’s system from
the body of a healthy, vigorous man
will give a very good chance of com
plete recovery, and I have singled out
yoii, because you arc healthy, vigorous
and fit beyond any one I have ever
come across. This is the whole matter
in a nutshell.”
We were met at Leicester station by
a smart brougham, and presently drew
up before a large and imposing coun
try house. An imposing butler usher
ed us into a reception room leading
out of the entrance hall.
”1 will tell my lord that you have
arrived,” said he to Sir Jasper.
After no more than a minute's In
terval an elderly man in evening dress
made his appearai|c< He shook hands
with Sir Jasper, then he looked keenly
at me.
“Is this the gentleman of whom you
spoke?"
Sir Jasper nodded. * .
"I am extremely obliged to you, sir,
for coming,” said the other to’me cour
teously. "You will excuse us, perhaps,
lor a minute or two."
The room in which I stood was a
spacious and magnificently furnished
apartment, suggestive both of wealth
and taste on the part of its possessor.
So he was a nobleman, ine ”my Lord"
had told me that. But Of what rank
—duke, marquis, earl viscount or
baron? I looked about me for possi
ble indications of his identity, any let
ters or papers addressed to him, any
books that migh bear his name writ
ten upon the front page. While I was
thus employed (to no purpose, 1 may
add), Kir Jasper, by himself, reenter-
room.
Wlis face wore a tense and excited
expression. An eager light glittered ia
his dark eyes.
"1 have just seen my patient," he
said.
"The operation of transfusion must
be performed tonight.’!
"To-night?"
"Yes, tonight; in fact, at once. Ipm
afraid I must ask you to submit to be
ing anaesthetized, i suppose you have
no objection. ’
“Anaesthetized? But, is that neces
sary?"
"Absolutely—for two reasons, in the
first place, because It. will greatly fa
cilitate'the operation. In trio second,
because —I may as well be unite can
did with you—the circumstances are
of a peculiarly delicate character. The
patient, is a young lady, and the opera
tion has to he performed under condi
tions which make it —aliom —essemlal
that you should be unconscious of
what to going on. 1 need not enter in
to details. What I have already said
will show you the necessity of the
course 1 propose."
"1 uni in your hands,” I said. “Some
how it had never crossed my mind that
your patient migtu be a lady. Is she
the daughter of Lord —Lord —’’
Sir Jasper smiled rather grimly.
"No use smelling for information,"
he said. "I am not at libery to disclose
his'Lordship’s name or to tell you any
thing more than 1 have already done.
Some day. perhaps, I may be able to
enlighten you. But not at present. And
1 will ask you, as a gentleman, to re
spect the secrecy with which this case
is. for good, sufficient and perfectly in
nocent reasons, surrounded, and not to
ask any further questions."
Then, alter a short pause, ho re
marked:
“May 1 ask you to take off your coat
and waistcoat, and to unfasten your
collar?”
"Eh?” I ;exclaimed, as 1 began to
carry out his request. "Are you going
to perform the operation here —in this
room?”
"Never mind. That is my affair,”
he answered, rather shortly. And he
rang the bell.
The butler answered it.
"Tell Dr. Jenkins that 1 am ready
for him.”
“Yes, Sir Jasper.”
The butler went off on his errand.
In the course of a minute or two. pr.
Jenkins who was. It appeared, the at*
aesthetist, came in.
"Now then." said Dr. Jasper to me,
“kindly lie down upon that sofa.”
I did so. my heart beating with ner
vousness and excitement. Dr. Jenkins
came and stood over me. He adminis
tered the chloroform. And then—a
dead blank.
When 1 recovered my senses. I found
myself in bed. A young woman, In the
garb of a hospital nurse, stood beside
me. Sir Jasper leaned upon the rail
at the foot of the bed with his shrewd
eyes fixed upon my lace.
"Well, how are you feeling, now?”
he inquired, kindly.
"Awfully limp—and—sick,” I mur
mured.
"Just so. Loss of blood —chloroform.
But that will soon pass off. Lie quite
still and don't talk. No. fatiguing your
self on any account. See to that, nurse,
won’t you?” I
And he went away.
There was no need to tell me to lie
quite still and not to talk. I felt for
too weak and ill to have any inclina
tion —even if I had had the strength—
for either indulgence. Indeed, It was
full three days before 1 found* myuelf
equal to the exertion even of moving'
in bed; and 1 was not able to sit up
for more than a week.
Sir Jasper looked in to see me twice
or thrice daily. With returning
strength, my curiosity find interest
reasserted themseives and l asked him
eagerly:
"How did the operation go off?"
“Very well," he answered, briskly.
“I trust that the desired effect will
have been produced on my patient; .
though t can’t speak with certainty
at present. It must he a matter of
time.”
"1 am glad to hear that. Tell me this,
though—tor i can t get anything out of
tne nurse —am l b 1.., in Lord —Ixjrd—
What’s-his-name’s house?"
“Yes, you are still in Lord What’s
his-names house; but 1 propose to
move you ir. an ambulance tonight.”
“Where to?”
"to one of my nursing homes in
London,”
But why—why—do you want to
move me at night?"
“For the same reason tnat l brought
you here for at night,” answered Sir
.Jasper, frankly—"in order that you
may not he able, by employing your ge
ographical Instincts, to discover the
locality of his Lordship’s house, which
would be the same thing a3 discovering
his Lordship’s identity. I have no
doubt that you are dying of curiosity.
But, owing to the circum
stances, at which 1 have already hint
ed, It is undesirable that your curiosi
ty should be for the present, at any
rate, satisfied. You must not think us
unreasonable; especially as you have
been so handsomely paid for yohr ser
vices. And all being well, that Is to
say, if the result of the operation upon
my patient is such, as I hope, 1 shall
enlighten you in due course.
So with this promise 1 was fain to
be content.
The same night I was removed in an
ambulance, via Midland Railway, from
Leicester to Sir Jasper’s nursing home
in North Audley street. Here 1 rapidly
became convalescent, and within a
mouth 1 was, as he had foretold, back
at Somerset House. Before 1 left his
home, Sir Jasper had exacted from me
a promise to say nothing to anybody
of what bad occurred, adding that the
further 20uu pounds, which he hoped,
in ca long time, to be in a position to
pay over to nie, would be contingent
upon this promise being Deserved.
I assured him that l would keep my
promise, and I was scrupulously care
ful to do so. But time went by; the
weeks grow into months, the months
into yeurs, and i liegrd nothing more
from him, until I was driven to tho
conclusion that the operation had been
less successful than he had expected
and that those 2000 pound* wuu.d not
come my way after all.
But at last, three years later, when
I had long abandoned all hope. Sir
Jasper himself looked in one evening
io see mo. He was iu the best of hu
more and spirits. f-i.s veiy look be
tokened it.
“How do you do?” he said. “I’ve
just come to tell you that operation
lias turned out suceesaf illy—most suc
cessfully. So here’s your 2000 pounds,
you !uef:y fellow."
As ne spoke, lie handed me his check
for that amount.
"By Jove! i am glad. Thanks aw
fully." I exclaimed, feeling in ihe mood
to stand upon my head lor delight.
"You had need to be glad," smiled
Sir jasper, "i cioubt if 3600 pounds
was ever so cheaply earned before. By
the way. 1 promised, when the time
came, to cnlignten you upon certain
matters. Well, ihe time lias come now.
There is no longer any reason for se
crecy, seeing that the operation has
turned out so well. The house to
which I took you on that memorable
occasion was Bishopsford Castle. '
"What! The seat of the Earl of
carshalton?"
"Yes. And the patient into whose
system your b'.ood was transferred
was”
• Lord Cnrsha! ton's daughter? The
beautiful Lady Constance Rosehlll?"
No," ansewered Sir Jasper, quietly,
“but Lord Carshaltons beautiful three
year-okl filly, Rutting Track, who has
today realized for his Lordship his
life's ambition and won him thex first
victory in the St. Leger.”
In the course of uirther explanations
of this astonishing statement Sir Jas
per said:
“The idea was Lord Carshai ton's. He
has always been, in his eccentric way,
a bit of a physiologist, and it some
how’ crossed his mind that, if the blood
of a man was transfused into the sys
tem of a newly horn foal, some of the
physical and nervous qualities of the
man might also be.communicated— th~
superior to the inferior. Lord Carsh
alton is a very old friend of mfiee. 1
must tell you, and at the'outset of my
career, laid me under obligations
which, even to this day. maae it diffi
cult for me to refuse him anything. So
when he presseu me to co-operate with
him in the soheme which he had in
view I felt bound (though I considered
the scheme wudly ohimeriea.i to lend
him my assistance. That scheme, in
fact, was nothing less than to try the
experiment upon the little filly foal
with which his famous brood mare.
The Abbey, had just presented him.
•* -All her stock.’ he said. are flyers
up to a mile: but they are non-stayers.
And it is the dream of my life to turn
out a real stayer. Can we not get hoid
of some athlete of tried stamina
come prominent long distance run
ner—and induce him, for a considera
tion, to submit to the experiment.’
THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
“I tried to dissuade him. I suggested
that If the transfusion were made at
all it should be made from another
horse. But he would not hear of it.
“ ‘ft must be a man,’ he declared. ‘The
essence of my Idea ia that the blood of
tue superior animal will dominate that
of the inferior.’
“At length I consented to co-operate.
He uad fixed on you as the most prom
ising subject from the first. It was left
with me to secure your compliance on
whatever terms and in whatever way I
could. So, partly in order to persuade
you the more easily, partly because I
did not want it known that I was as
sociated in such tin apparently insane
proceeding. I represented my patient as
human, and adopted those other pre
cautions against discovery of which
you are aware. Now, however, that the
experiment has proved so astonishing
ly ouccessful"
“What! You reaiiy believe," 1 ejac
ulated, "that my staying qualities were
transfused together with n.y blood.
Into that conlouifded filly foal”
Sir Jasper shrugged his shoulders
and raised his eyebrows in a comical
gesture.
"Anyway, that confounded little fitly
foal has won the Leger,” he tad,
"which was al! that Lord Carshalton
aimed at. And you've got your 30C0
pounds which is all that you bargained
for. If you're not satisfied, you ought
to be. And I'm not going to answer
any more questions. Good night."—
London Truth.
b:ans and beans.
To Know Them llt Sttvanr VnM !?* I'n*
miliar Hit It StiiiH* Klijhfv Yari*le.
Did you ever watch beans grow?
They came up out of the ground as if
they' had been planted upside
down. Each appears carrying
the seed on top of his stalks, as if
they were afraid folks wouid not
know that they were beans unless
they inKmediately told them. In early
accounts of American discovery beans
are mentioned as found among the
native a tribes. In 1492 Columbus
found beans in Cuba. According to
De Veafcs the Indians of Peru had sev
eral kinds ’of beans, in Bancroft’s
“Nativjf Rices" the beans of Mexico
are mentioned.
De Candolle assigns the Lima bean
In Brazil, Vhere it has been found
Sowing wild. Seeds have teen found
in the mummy graves of Pern. Tn
southern Florida the Lima bean seed
white blotched or speckled with red,
is found growing spontaneously in
abandoned Indian plantations.
It has not been found wild in Asia,
nor has it any Indian or Sanscrit
name. It reached England In 177!).
In central Africa but two seeds are
ever found In a pod. It is not prob
able that the common kidney bean
(Phaseolus vulgaris) existed tn the
old world before the discovery of
America. • evidence for the an
tiquity of the bean in America is
both circumstantial and direct, ami
tho varieties were numerous.
in 1609 Hudson, exploring the river
that bears his name, found beans. In
1640 Parkin;on says: “The varieties
from Africa, Brazil, West and East
Indies, Virginia, etc., are endless to
recite, or useless, only, to behold and
contemplate tho wonderful works of
the Creator.”
In the report of the Missouri botan
ical garden of 1901. H. C. lrb:h gives
an exhale-ive paper upon “Garden
Beans Cultivated as Eseaulents.” He
gives ten pages of pictured beans, re
minding one of SO varieties a boy in
Vermont collected and carried to th •
fair many years ago,
in the United States beans are
soaked in water, then boiled and
baked. In old times ihe Vermont
beans were soaked in cold wafer cv< r
night, then boiled all the forenoon
and baked all the afternoon in a brick
oven, generally in the company
of brown bread amt Indian pudding;
also a bit of salt pork was added I e
fore being baked, the rind evenly
slashed.
( m ill mi Mnnl*r.
Newfoundland is probably the only
country in the world where venison,
salted or fresh, is a staple article of
diet for the masses. The coas.foik
make their plans with method and
deliberation. From the harbors where
they reside they go in their boats tq
the rivers and fiords which strike intif,
the interior. When navigation is no
longer possible they debark and con
tinue on foot to the deer country.
They carry barrels filled with salt and
sometimes go in large companies.
the rendezvous is reached they
camp. Then they ambush themselves
along a promising “lead,'’ Or deer
track, armed with long, six -foot, muz
zle-loading sealing gnus, which they
charge with about “eight fingers" of
coarse gun powder and "slugs'’ of
iead, fragments. of iron or bits ot
rusty nails, whichever they may nave.
They fire point blank into a. herd of
caribou, as it passes, and being usually
good shots, contrive to kill almost
abythlng they aim at. or to wound it
[so badly with these dreadful missiles
that it soon collapses. Then they skip
and tut up the meat, for these mqn
know a little of every trade, and pack
in the barrels with the salt as a pre
servative.—Relentless Pursuit of the
Newfoundland Caribou, in Outing.
*r* •'(! ivjtdom.
The world insists that age and wis
dom must go hand in hand: the so
lemnity and profundity of a young
physician's hems and haws increase
in direct, proportion with the growth
cf his beard. —New York News.
On *’•" lllilne.
It is stated that from the month to
the source of the Rhine 725 castles,
formerly the homes of warlike chiefs,
are to be feutid overlooking its wat
ers.
WORLD’S FUEL SUPPLY.
COAL RESOURCES HERE AND IN
OTHER COUNTRIES.
Difference* in Minins Me hnds - fubatf
fuie t or Coni— '•olid l’**tr<l-uin Hiwl-
Irtl Like Coke—The Po biliii#** of ilic
Use of }*ent a* 1 nel in tho 1 attire.
"The world’s fuel supply,” sahi an
officers of the Bureau of American Re
publics, “has recently been made the
siibjict of an interesting study by. I)r.
Ferdinand Fischer of Guttengen, Ger
many, who has collected with much
care all the available data as to the
coal resources of the globe. His find
ings are made of peculiar value by the
recent anthracite strike here, with its
focussing of American attention
on fuel.”
It is a curious commentary, that
while China, so far as i3 known, is
richer in coal than any other country
in ihe world, almost none of it is yet
available for stearmpower. It is large
ly used by the CljEese, but mainly in
the regions whortrit is mined. The
land routes are @4 poor that it does
not pay to more than 25
miles. Unless anine is within this
distance of carriage, the area
of the distributiffti of the output is
confined to the 'Humediale neighbor
hood. Steamships at Shanghai are to
day filling thciij bunkers with coal
brought from Europe, because it is
cheaper than coal l expensively brought
from Chinese mifies in the interior.
in Dr. Fischers opinion, Germany
has a coal supply, that will meet the
needs of that country for about 1090
years. Dr. Fischer also reaches tue
conclusion that pfbl’aijly within the
next 50 years, and certainly within this
century. Great Britaiu, at the present
rate of consumption, will exhaust her
coal resources. She certainly cannot
go on supplying dre larger part, of Ihe
world’s export. The total production
of coal in Great Britain ia 1991
amounted to 219,446.945 .gross tons,
against 225,181.300 Cons in 1900. Japan
has large coal resources, particularly
in the southern province of Kiushiu.
Borneo is rich int||Dal formations, as
is als New South, Wales, a fact that
is enabling Sydnejf to forge ahead of
the other Australism cities in industri
al development. AAfrica and South
America are poor* in coal than any
of the other contiiumts, but the devel
opment of coal mijtes in South Africa
bids fair to supply the industrial needs
of the country, .y
According to rrtiirns to the United
States Geological Ijurvey from produc
ers representing fully 97 percent of the
entire coal output of the United States,
the production of 1901 amounted to
292,240,758 short tons, valued at. $348,-
813,831. As compared with 1900, when
the output amounted to 269,831,827
short tons, worth $300,891,964. this rep
resents an increase of 3 percent in
quantity, and 13.6 percent in value.
The production of Pennsylvania an
thracite showed a phenomenal increase
from 51.221,353 long tons in i960 to
J 0,342,580 long tons in 1901. This rep
resented a gain of 17 1-2 percent, the
largest percentage of gain made by the
anthracite trade in 20 years. Part of
this increase was due to the strike in
1900, which reduced the output that
year by over 2,500,000 long tons. Tho
Increase in the value of the anthracite
product is still more striking, the
amount received at the mines lasi year
showing a gain of more than 31 per
cent over that of 1900. A period of
prosperity enabled consumers general
ly lo pay higher prices for their fuel,
and a railroad monopoly made them do
so.
The production of bituminous coal,
lignite, cannet coal, etc., iff the United
States increased from 212,513,912 short
tons in 1900 to 224,769,091 short tons in
1901, indicating a gain ofAbout G per
cent. The value of niis product
amounted to $236,309,811. as compared
with $221,133,513 m 19otj! an increase
of sls.li’c29S, or a little less than 7
percent.
The coni production of the United
States last year was nestriv 20 percent
more than Great Britain’s; nearly SO
percent larger than Germany's; nearly
seven times that of Austria-Hungary,
and more than eight times that of
France, England, however, continues
to export more coal than all other
countries. It supplies far more coal
ing stations than any other country.
The business of selling coa! abroad
is usually very profitable, and one rea
son why England sutpasses all com
petitors in this.line is because h# coal
is so near the sea that she is a\ile to
ship it less expensively than any; other
exporting nation. Owing to the more
extensive use of coal-mining machin
ery. much of the Lotted Static coal
at the pit mouth does not cost a£ much
as British coal when raised to tile sur
face, hut by the time it is shipped on
the ocean it usually costs more than
British coal. England has special ad
vantages for the export coal trade,
and she improves them to the utmost,
in spite of the fact that,
assert that the present century will see
the end of her coal resources.
A comparison of the coal resources
of Great Britain and the United States
was recently made by A. S. E. Aeker
mann, who shows that the area of coal
fields in the United States is about
225.000 square miles, as compared with
900 square miles in the United King
dom.
When it comes to actual mining op
erations the American uses much more
machinery than the Briton. Mr. Ack
ermann says that the annual product
of the American miner averages 52tl
tons, while that cf the British miner is
only 300. In America the railway
freight charge per ton-mile is about
one-sixth as large as in Great Britain.
Three causes operate to produce the
result. Coal in the United States if
usually shipped in cars holding 50 tons,
while in Great Britain it Is broken up
into six-ton or ten-ton lots; second.
the original investment of capital In
railroads is inucb greater a mile in
England than in America, and the rates
must be heavier in order to pay divi
dends; and third, our hauls are longer.
A recent report by Consul Brunot of
St. Etienne, France, states that a con
cern in that country is now engaged
in the manufacture of solid petroleum,
tha) Is. petroleum so treated that it
may oe handled as coal or coke. This
product is manufactured in the form
of briquettes, wuich are composed
chiefly of petroleum, either crude or
refined, and possess all the desirable
qualities of coal and ordinary petro
leum without any of the objectionable
characteristics of either.
The principal expense in the manu
facture of the new fuel is the oil, the
other ingredients arid the labor cost
ing comparatively little.
Serious attention lias been given in
recent years to the possibilities in the
use of peat as fuel. In Norm Euro
pean’countries, in Ireland, ad in seme
other regions, the peat deposits have
formed for a long time an important
fuel supply. Even in Germany, which
is relatively rich in coal, the peat bogs
are exploited expensively, ia the United
States there has been littie imjucement
for the development of the country's
peat wealth; nevertheless, many be
lieve that there is a wide field for
profitable use ci this fuel in this coun
try. Far greater possibilities in this
direction exist ia Canada. That coun
try is practically bare of coal, but rich
in peat, and may be forced to consid
er the use of the latter on an extended
scale.
Peat, in its natural state, is a poor
fuel. It holds, suspended in the
meshes of the network of vegetable
fibres of which it is composed, a very
large percentage of water, and also
contains mnch water in more intimate
combination. A number of methods
of treating it are in operation. It has
long been realised, however, that the
most desirable peat product would be
a coke, and numerous attempts have
' ben made in this direction. Up to the
present none of these have proved suc
cessful. A process developed quite re
cently promises better results. If the
claims made for it are well founded,
the peat coke it produces will soon be
a valuable fuel. —New York Post.
TAKEN AS AN OMEN.
ffhon till* Kanatnan’s Itopn Drake All
, Salt! I'Tircly Ha# Innocent.
“Although I never saw but one hang
ing,* I witnessed a sight that even pro
fessional hangmen have not seen,”
said A. A, Albrechtcn of Columbus,
ivliss. “It was at my home. A young
Mlssissippian named Purdy bad
been convicted of murder in the first
degree and sentenced to hang. The
evidence was wholly circumstantial,
and before he was accused of that
crime the young man had borne an
excellent reputation. He was also
connected by marriage with some of
the best people iix'Jie state.
“Nevertheless, no was sentenced to
hang and the governor would not re
prieve him. There were two factors
in the community, one believing him
guilty, and the other considering him
innocent. The latter talked of rescue,
i ul it was all talk.
"The scaffold was not inclosed and
when young Purdy ascended the gal
lows he walked erect and fearless. He
qenied his guilt, and all who saw him
were compelled to admit his bearing
was that of an innocent man. The
blatk cap was pulled over his face,
the sheriff pulled a leter. and the
next we saw was a man getting up
from the ground snatching the black
cap from his head and declaring dra
matically: ’God has proved my inno
cence.’
"The rope had broken. That was
enough. Former enemies turned into
adherents, and before the sheriff could
again take his prisoner to the gallows
and got another rope he was in the
centre of a crowd of thousands of
people, all of whom were swearing
there were not sheriffs enough in
Mississippi to hang an innocent man.
“Purdy was taken home, and an es
cort of 250 armed and determined men
went with him and remained, until
(here was no danger of any lurthcr
proceedings being taken. Without any
legal formalities the matter was al
lowed to drop and Purdy is living 18
miles from Columbia, respected an/
happy.
"Joy aimost killed his wife whon
’ he saw him alive at the time she ex
pected fcis corpse to be brought home.
To say Purdy is guilty is now almost
as mui h as a man’s life is worth down
; here."—Denver Post.
and Inspiration.
"1 was once told,” Jaid Anthony
Trollope, the novelist, That the surest
aid to the writing of a book was a
piece of cobbler's wax on my chair.
1 certainly believe more i.i the cob
bler’s wax than in inspiration.” And
by way of explanation he adds: "Noth
ing is so potent as a law chat may
not be broken. It has tha force of
the wuterdrop that hollows the stone.
A small, daily task, if it be really
daily’, will beat the labors of a spas
modic Hercules. It is a tortoise which
always catches the hare."
It w’a* his custom to rise at 5.30
and write for three hours, with his
watch before him. He required cf
himself 250 words an hour. This, at
the end of 10 months, gave him three
irhee-voiump novel:;.
The man who everlastingly keeps
—whatever it may be—a success—
New York Press cmfwyp chmfwyqpj
New York News.
Th* I.ib nriHii’* Humor.
"What," we ask of the librarian, "do
you suppose is the greatest library
book in the world—the bool: that is
!a the most demand?”
"Carnegie’s bankbook,” he responds
confidently, without looking up f ro2l
his- work—Baltimore American.
DECEMBER 7
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRr.
Anew calculating machine invent
;d by W. L. Bundy, also the inventor
jf the time clock, has many new fea
tures. This machine prints names with
the figures and will handle a column
it six figures. The characters struck
appear in a dial in front of the opera
tor Ju order that any mistake may be
noticed and corrected.
The ingenious apparatus of Mr. H
Galopin records continuously— at in
tervals of 10 minutes or so —the flow
of any fluid, such as air or water, and
it may serve as a ship’s log cr tor
Pleasuring the velocity of a stream cf
water. ,It depends upon the defec
tion of a pendulum by the moving li
quid or gas. The deflection is shown
upon a dial, and the is made
by a suitable mechanism driven by
clockwork.
The novel invention of Professor” Ar
temleff gives security to workers In
laboratories using high tension e;c
tric currents. It is a safety dres: ' ’
fine, but closely woven wire gun'•
weighing 3.3 pounds, and comeple.s-iy
enclosing the wearer, including hands,
feet and head. The cooling surface
Is so great that a powerful cur: .H
passed for several seconds from ... e
hand-to the other without perceptible
heating. Clad in tills armor, ii:
ventor received discharges from cur
rents of 75.0hd .tf> liu.OOG volts, and
handled live wires at pleasure, all
without any sensaticn of electric
3hock.
The photographic chart of the ;
will include all stars down to the
magnitude, the negatives being' tt;, r
with exposures of 40 minutes; and t v
catalogue plates, whose stars are i
be measured and numbered, win',
brace all magnitudes down to the lit!;.
The Greenwich observatory, to wile):
was assigned ihe region between
declination 64 degrees, and tho N r.
Pole, has finished its plates, the ma
iirement and counting being now
progress. Assuming the star e’euri:;
of the entire heavens to bo the same
as that of the region already cover. I
by the counting, tho complete char:,
as made by the 18 observatories at
work upon it, will contain about i!!.-
OOO.OrtO stars, and the combined cata
logue more than 3,000,000.
A healthy infant sleeps most of tkl
time during the first few weeks. an<B
in the early years people are dispose Iw
to let children sleep as they will. But <
when six or seven years old, when
school begins, this sensible policy |
comes to an and and sleep is put off
persistently through all the years up
to manhood and woman hood, states
Public Health Journal. At ihe age of
10 and 11 the child is aliowed io sleep
only eight or nine hours, when the
parents should insist on its haying
what it absolutely needs, which is 10
or 11 hours at least. Up to 29 a youth
needs nine hours sleep, and an adult
eight. Insufficient sleep is one cf the.
crying c-vils of the day. The want o£/
proper rest and normal condition;: of
the nervous system, and especially the
brain, produce a lamentable condi
tion. deterioration in both body and
r.iind, and exhaustion, excitability and
intellectual disorders are gradually 1
taking the place of love of work. ?
eral well-being and the spirit of ix.tjfl
ative, am
A HiiffiinAter, ;]sw|
Last year $21,500,000 worth ct Wm
cions stones were imported into
1 nited States. The importation of
rnonds exceeded that of any previflH
year, and never have larger or finor
stones come to t.iis country, says \sjx
Kurz. the gem expert of the Unitfajjg
States geological survey. Emerrid*®
have greatly increased in public favors |
mid coral, long out of fashion.
once more become popular.
Although turquoise is now mir." i bB
rix different companies in the Unite®
Siate3. and they all have had fail
yields, the popularity of the stone ha*
been such that the entire product vJ
consumed.
"The first year of tho new century,
said Mr. Kunz. "has been the greates
in the history of the precious-stum i:
dustry in the United States. Never•fia
the prosperity and growth of a cou:
try been more faithfully indicated, t
if by a sensitive barometer, than i
the wonderful increase in values ar
i usiness in the jewelry trade in t
United States during the past ye:
Never were more diamonds, pearis
emeralds sold, nor did fine gems ci
before command better prices, r
were they ever more firmly held: a
yet diamonds are likely to advai
still further during the present yea
jMpanfte Trnvellnsr < hair.
The Japanese traveling chair ’w
used in Japan universally before i
introduction of the jinrickishaw.
vhee! carriage drawn by men, and
still in use in parts of the islands
fiequented by Europeans and in
mountain districts. It is made of b:
boo and bamboo fibre and swi
loosely from the heavy pole suppor
on the shoulders of the chair cool
The passenger kneels inside in the <
ventiona! Japanese sitting posture,
ter hanging ner high wooden cl
from the chair back and placing
baggage on the top.
The chair coolies can swing ai
with their burden at a swift
day. resting for a moment from t
to time while supporting the shou
poles with the staves in their hand
The Kchl Problem.
“Do you expect that you will
able to make a filing machine
will really fly?”
"I'm absolutely cc-rlain of it."
swered the inventor. "It's no Dr
at all to get a flying machine tt
The difficulty is to make or.”
will let you have some idea ot m
way it is going and how it will li: