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: * 4* % vkc . THE SPENDERS A Tale of the Third Generation By HARRY LEON WILSON MP 9 €LaMaaaanai K-... a t '/* + if ?/• •' »v or -^fSopyright, by Lothrop Publishing Company. v •*" CHAPTER XL--Contikckd. Percival watched for the chance to tflnd Miss Milbrey alone. His sister Jbad just ventured alone with a candle ante the library to study the face of Jher future husband in a mirror. The .result had been, in a sense, unsatisfac­ tory. She had beheld looking over Sier shoulder the faces of Mauburn, Fred Milbrey, and the Angstead twins, And had declared herself unnerved by •the weird prophecy. Before the first in the hal! Percival «tood while Mrs. Akeinit reclined pic- turesqueK near by, and Doctor von Herzllch evpl3i««&. with excessive care as to his enunciation, that protoplasm •can be analyzed but cannot be recon­ structed; following this with his owh "views as to why the synthesis does not itfoduce life. '"You wonderful man!" from Mrs. JAkemit; "I fairly tremble when I think of all you know* Oh, what a delight science must be to her votaries!" The Angstead twins joined the group, attracted by Mrs. Akemlfs inquiry of the savant if he did not consider civ­ ilization a failure. The twins did. They considered civilization a failure because it was killing off all the big jgame. There was none to speak of now except in Africa; and they were pessimistic about Africa. Percival listened absently to the talk And watched Miss Milbrey, now one of the group in the dining room.. Present­ ly he saw her take a lighted candle Ifpm one of the laughing glrl3 and go toward the library. His heart-beats quickened. Now she Should know his love and it would be •well. He walked down the hall leisure­ ly, turned into the big parlor, momen­ tarily deserted, walKed quickly but softly over its polished floor to a door that gave into the library, pushed the Jheavy portiere dside and stepped noise­ lessly in. > • The large room was lighted dimly by two immense yellow pumpkins, their asides cut into faces of grinning gro- tesqueness. At the far side of the room IMiss. Milbrey had that instant arrived before an antique oval pairror whose ^gilded carvings reflected the light of the candle. She held it above her head 'with one roundeu arm. He stood in •deep shadow and the girl had been too Absorbed in the play to note his corn- ting. He took one noiseless step toward Iter, but then through the curtained doorway by which she had come he isaw a man enter swiftly and furtively. Trembling on the verge of laughing speech, something held him back, some inexplainable Instinct making itself known in a thrill that went from his feet to his head; he could feel the roots •of his hair tingle. The newcomer vent quickly, with catlike tread, to­ ward the girl. Fascinated he stood, -wanting to speak, to laugh, yet power­ less from the very swiftness of what -followed. In the mirror under the candle light lie saw the man's dark face come be- jside the other, heard a little cry from the girl as she half turned; then he ^caw the man take uer in his arms, saw tier head fall on to his shoulder, and :'l»er face turn to his kiss. He tried to stop breathing, fearing tjscovery, grasping with one hand the jneavy fold of the curtain back of him to steady himself. There was the space of two long, -trembling breaths; then he heard her :say, in a low, tense voice, as she drew «away: "Oh, you are my bad angel--why?-- -why?" ' / • * ;|p3he fled toward the door to the halL J"Don't come this way," she called tek, in quick, low tones of caution. The man turned toward the door -where Percival stood, and in the dark­ ness stumbled over « hassock. In­ stantly Percival was on the other Bid# gTEPPED NOISELESSLY IN. •of the portiere, and, before the other Jhad groped his way to the dark corner where the door was, had recrossed the -empty parlor and was safely in the tiall. ' He made his way to the dining room, -*1»ere supper was under way. j *Mr. Bines has seen a ghost," said *4be sharp-eyed Mrs. Drelmer. "Poor chap's only starved to death," tsaid Mrs. Gwilt-Athelstan. "Eat some- ~thtng, Mr Bines; this supper it go-as- ryou-please. Nobody's to wait for any- H>ody." Strung «looeely about the big table a • dozen people were eating hot scones cand bannocks with clotted cream and amarmalade, and drinking mulled cider. "And there's cold fowl and baked jbeans and doughnuts and all, for thosa -•who cnn't eat with a Scotch accent,' ssald thn host cheerfully. Percival dropped into OM of flat <hairs. "I'm Scotch enough to not a Scotch filfb-ball." * "And you're getting it so high it's "toji-beawy," cautioned Mra. Dreiteer. Above the chatter of the table could be heard the voices of men and the musical laughter of' women from the other rooms. "I simply can't get 'em together," said the hostess. "It's nice to have *em all over the place," said her husband, "fair women and brave men, you know." "The men have to be brave," she answered shortly, with a glance at kit­ tle Mrs. Akemit, who had permitted Percival to seat her at his side, ^nd was now pleading with him to agree that simple ways of life are requisite to the needed measure of spirituality. Then came strains of music from the rich-toned organ. "Oh, that dear Ned Ristlne is play­ ing," cried one; and several of the group sauntered toward tfie music room. The music flooded the >»»n and the room, so that the talk died low. "He's improvising," exclaimed Mrs. Akemit. "How splendid! He seems to be breathing a paean of triumph, some high, exalted spiritual triumph, as if his soul had risen above us-- how precious!" When the deep swell had subsided to silvery ripples and the last cadence had fainted, she looked at Percival with moistened parted Hps and eyes half-shielded, as if her full gaze would betray too much of her quivering soul. . Then Percival heard the turquoised brunette say: "What a pity his wife is such ~an unsympathetic creature!" "But Mr. Ristine is unmarried, is he not?" he asked, quickly. There was a little laugh from Mrs. Drelmer. . ~ "Not yet--not that I've heard of.** ^ "I beg pardon!" "There have been rumors lots of times that he was going to be unmar­ ried, but they always seem to adjust their little difficulties. He and his wife are staying over at the Bloynes." "Oh, I see," answered Percival, "jom are a jester, Mrs. Drelmer." "Ristine,' 'observed the theosophic Wilberforce, in the manner of a hired oracle, "is, In his present incarnation, imperfectly monogamous." Some people came from fnustc room. "Miss Milbrey has stayed by the or­ ganist. said one, "and she's promised to make him play one more. Isp't. ha divine?" • i The music came again. "Oh!" from Mra Akemit, ecstasy, "'he's playing that heavenly stuff from the second act of 'Tristan and Isolde'--the one triumphant, per­ fect love-poem of all music." "That Scotch whisky is good In some of the lesser emergencies." remarked Percival, turning to her; "bat it has its limitations. Let's you and me trifle with a nice cold quart of champagne/' CHAPTER XII. mi DIVERSIONS OF A YQON® MUX*. TI-MILLIONAIRE. To be Idle and lavish of money, 25 years old, with the appetites keen and the need for action always pressing; then to have loved a girl with quick, strong, youthful ardor, and" to have had the ideal smirched by gossip, then shattered before his amazed eyes--this i£ a situation in which the male ani­ mal is apt to behave inequably. In the language of the estimable Herr Doctor von Herzllch, he will seek those ave­ nues of modification in which the least struggle is required. In the simpler phrasing of Uncle Peter Bines, he will "cut loose." During the winter that now followed Percival Bines behaved according to either formula, as the reader may pre­ fer. He early ascertained his limita­ tions with respect to New York and its people. "Say, old man," he asked Herbert Delancey Livingston one night, across the table at their college club, "are all the people in New York society impe­ cunious?" Livingston had been with him at Harvard, and Livingston's family was so notoriously not impecunious that the question was devoid of any peiv sonal element Livingston, moreover, had dined just unwisely enough to be truthful. "Well, to be candid with you, Bines," the young man had replied, in a burst of alcoholic confidence, "about all that you are likely to meet are broke--else A you wouldn't meet 'em, you know," ho ^explained, cheerfully: "You know, old chap, a few of you western people have got into the right set here; there's the Nesbits, for instance. On my word the good wife and motuer hasn't the kinks out of her fingers yet, nor the callouses from her hands, by Jove! She worked so hard cooking and wash­ ing woolerf" shfrts for. miners before Nesbit made his strike. As for him-- well, caviare,' I'm afraid, will always be caviare to Jimmy Nesbit And now the son's married a girl that had ev­ erything hut money--my boy, Nellie Wemple has fairly got that family of Nesbits awestricken since she married into it, just by the way she can spend money--but what was I saying, old chap? Oh, yes, about getting in--it takes time, you know; on my word, I think they were as much as eight years and had to start in abroad, at that At first, you know, you can only expect to meet a crowd that can't afford to be exclusive any longer." From which friendly counsel, and from certain confirming observations of his own, Percival had concluded that his lot in New York was to spend money. This he began to do with large western carelessness (hat speed­ ily earned him fame of a sort Along upper* Broadway his advent wa» n golden joy. Tradesmen learned to love him; florists, jewelers and tailors hailed his coming with honest fervor; waiters told moving tales of his tips; cabmen fought for the privilege of transporting him; and the hangers-on of rich young men picked pieces of lint assiduously and solicitously from his coat One of his favorite resorts was the sumptuous gambling house in Forty- fourth street. The man who slides back the panel of the stout oaken door e^rly learned to welcome him through, the slit, biarred by its grill of wrought iron. The attendant who took his coat and hat, the waiter who took his order for food and the croupier who took his money, were all gladdened by his com­ ing; for his gratuities -were as large: when he lost as when he won. Even the reserved proprietor, accustomed as ( he was to a wealthy and careless clien­ tele,'treated Percival with marked con­ sideration after a night when the young man persuaded him to withdraw the limit at roulette, and spent a large sum in testing a system for breaking the wheel, given to him by a friend lately returned from Mdnte Carlo. "I think, really, the fellow who gave me that si stem is an ass," he said, lighting a cigarette when the play was done. "Now I'm going down and de­ molish eight dollars* worth of food and drink--you won't be all to the good on that, you know." His host decided that a young man wno was hungry after losing $100,000 in five hours' play, was a person to be not lightly considered. And, though he loved the rhythmic whir and the ensuing rattle of the lit­ tle-ivory ball at the roulette wheel, hs did not disdain the quieter 4feiro, play­ ing that dignified game exclusively with the chocolate-colored chips, Which cost $1,000 a stack. Sometimes he won; but not often enough to disturb his host's belief that there is less of chance in his business than in any other known to the captains of industry. There were, too, sociable games of poker, played with Garner, of the lead trust; Burman, the intrepid young wheat operator from Chicago, and half a dozen other well-moneyed spirits; games in which the limit, to use the Chicagcan's phrase, was "the beautiful but lofty North Star." At these games he lost even more regularly than at those where, with the exception of a trifling percentage, he was solely at the mercy of chance. But he was a joyous loser, endearing himself to the other players; to Garner, whom Bur- man habitually accused of being "closer than a warm night," as well as to the open-handed son of the chew­ ing gum magnate, Fho had been raised abroad and who protested nightly that there was an element of beastly Amer­ ican commercialism in the game. When Percival was by some chance absent from a sitting, the others calculated the precise sum he probably would have lost and humorously acquainted him with the amount by telegraph next morning--it was apt to be nine hundred and some odd dollars--requesting that he cover by cneck at his early conven­ ience. Yet "the diversion was not all gam­ bling. There were long sessions at all- night restaurants where the element of chance in his favor, inconspicuous else­ where, was wholly eliminated; suppers for hungry Thespians and thirsty para­ sites, protracted with song and talk until the gas-flames grew pale yellow, and the cabmen, when the party went out into the wan light, wduld be low- voiced, confidential and suggestive in their approaches; Broadway would be weirdly quiet at such times, save for the occasional frenzied clatter of a hurrying milli wagon. Even the cars seemed to movf with less sound than by day, and the early-rising workers inside, holding dinner pails and lunch baskets, were subdued and silent, yet strangely ob­ serving, as if the hour were one in which the vision was made clear tc appraise the values of life justly. To the north, whence the cars bulked si­ lently, would be an awakening sky of such tender beauty that the revelers often paid it the tribute of a moment's notice. "Pure turquoise," one would declare. "With just a dash of orange bitters In it," another might add. And then perhaps they burst ffito song under the spell, blending their voices into what the professional gen­ tlemen termed "barber-shop harmon­ ies," until a policeman would sauntar across the street, pretending, however, that he was not aware of them. Then perhaps a ride toward the beautiful northern sky would be pro­ posed, whereupon three or four hahsojn or coupe loads would begin a journey that wound up through Central park toward the northern light, but which never attained a point remoter than some suburban road house, where sleepy cooks and bartenders would have to be routed out to collaborate toward breakfast. Oftener the party fell away Into straggling groups with notions for sleep, chanting at last, perhaps: "While beer brings gladness, don't forget That water only makes you wet." Percival would walk to the hotel, sobered and perhaps made a little re­ flective by the unwonted quiet. But they were pleasant, careless folk, he concluded always. They permitted him to spend his money, but he was quite sure they would spend it as freely ae he if they had it. More than one ap­ preciative soubrette, met under suet circumstances, was subsequently en­ abled to laud the sureness of his taste ® jewels--he cared little for anything bat large diamonds, it transpired. Under this more or less happy sur­ face of diversion, however ̂wp« an, ex­ perience decidedly teas felicitous. He knew he should not, must not, hold Avice Milbrey in his mind; yet when he tried to put her out it hurt him. At first he had plumed himself upon his lucky escape that night, wo en he would have declared his love to her. To have married a girl who cared only for his money; that would have been dire enough. But to marry a girl like :hat! He had been lucky indeed! Yet, as the weeks went by the shock of the scene wore ofT. The scene itself remained clear, with the ginning gro- tesquerie of the Jack-o'-lanterns light­ ing it and mocking his simplicity, But the first sharp physical hurt had healed. He was forced to admit that the girl still had power to trouble him. At times his strained nerves would re­ lax to no other device than the pictur­ ing of her as his own. Exactly in the measure that he indulged this would his pride smart. With a budding gtft for negation he could imagine her car­ ing for nothing but his money; and there was that other picture, swift and awful, a pantomime in shadow, with the leering yellow faces above it. (TO BE CONTINUED.) <0* m AG4SZO,'&C wssji* * s * (yei- cuji Add ̂ Baked Cornmeal Pudding. La^ge one-half cup cornmeal low is the best) and one-half molasses beaten well together, one quart boiling milk, salt, little gin­ ger ani cinnamon, and one-half cup finely-chopped suet Butter a pudding dish, turn the pudding in and let ft cook until it thickens. Then, as yon put it in the oven, turn over it one pint cold milk. Do not stir, as this makes the jelly. Bake three ho'ua, and serve with whipped cream or aa» bird sauce. This Is excellent. * Providence seems to have decreed that in the progress of the various portions of the western world there should be three well-defined periods-- the mineral, the agricultural and the commercial. These have thus far followed one another in the order named and the wisdom of the arrangement becomes apparent alter a moment's thought Providence seems also to have decreed that whenever the proper sociological moment arrives for the further ex­ pansion of the race the glacial depos­ its have receded sufficiently to permit of a new mineral discovery still further west along the - logitudinal lines upon which development has al­ ways proceeded. Get down your map and note the eight lines of railway which have been pushed from the three states across this line into the rich storehouses of the British northwest, and see the half do7en more lines which are under construction or projected into Canadi­ an territory. Note, further, another fact of an American rail line skirting the most picturesque seashore on the Pacific until it reaches the metropolis of Vancouver. Watch this American line as it is pushing its way still further north to an ultimate connec­ tion with Canada's new transconti­ nental road at Port Simpson. Note also the fact that this American line is wedging its way still further north To reach the American possessions in Alaska, and then say, if you will, that the one soil should naturally be Brit­ ish and the other American. Heretofore British Columbia has been noted mostly as the mineral storehouse of Canada. Its production of nearly $250,000,000 of mineral wealth since 1852 entitles it to this credit. In this production, too, Amer­ ican capital has of late taken, per­ haps, the most important part. Where British capital has been timid, Ameri­ can money and enterprise have taken hold and by spending fortunes in ex­ ploratory diggings have developed fa­ mous mineral camps out of almost abandoned districts. The hand * of American capital and genius is as In­ delibly stamped upon the progress of British Columbia as It is upon that of Old Mexico. * So marked became this influence that railroad interests represented by James J. Hill and the Canadian rail­ way interests represented by the Ca­ nadian Pacific entered into an agree­ ment of noninterference ami neutral­ ity which has only recently been broken. This is why Hill has pushed least a half-dozen extensions of his northern lines clear to the border, jfhere they have been summarily halt­ ed, but whe<e they have remained mute menaces to British supremacy on Dritish soil. The richness of the commercial prize, however, has proved too powerful a temptation and there are now unmistakable evidences that the neutrality treaty is at an end and that Hill and the Canadian Pacific have begun a struggle for the lion's shaie in British Columbia. Hill is pushing his Great Northern extensions across the border in every direction, is threatening the Canadian Pacific's hold on Vancouver,by an alliance with the Grand Trunk Pacific which will effc&^j&orter route thin that of the Canadian Pacific across Canadian soil to Vancouver. Hill has also secured a master's hold on many of British Columbia's greatest mineral deposits. In what an important light this is viewed by the financial world . was shown in the four weeks between the middle of last July and the middle of August, when the knowledge of Hill's new mineral possessions in British Co­ lumbia sent Great Northern railway stock up 52 points in the market Retaliation has already been begun by the Canadian Pacific, which has since bought an entry into Belllngham and is threatening Seattle and Spo­ kane with railroad Invasion. This struggle between the two greatest rail­ way interests in the north for the rich tonnage of the future Pacific and the British northwests powerfully illus­ trates the folly of man's trying to put asunder by political divisions what na­ ture has Inseparably joined. British Columbia is no longer solely a rich mineral storehouse. Its agricul­ tural products, its fruit, its lumber in­ dustry, its fisheries and its varied in­ dustries are attracting almost 20,000 settlers annually. Its possibilities are scarcely second to those of the Paclflo northwest, with which it is so closely linked. Think of an empire with gate­ ways to the shortest oriental routes with 180,000 square miles of territory rich in scenery, climate and resources beyond compare! Think of this terri­ tory which is three times as large as the United Kingdom, a portion of which controls it! Think of this empire by the Pacific, which is 18 times as large as Novia Scotia, 14 times as large as New Brunswick, which exceeds On­ tario, and which is almost twice as large as the great state of Oregon, which in turn has more than 10,000 square miles in excess of New York and Pennsylvania combined! Think of this great empire with its unlimited and undeveloped resources, but with a population scarcely more than 200,- 000, less than half the population of Oregon, which is bo thinly populated that one languishes with lonesomeness between habitations! British Columbia continued to be a crown colony until 1871, when its com­ manding position upon the Pacific and the meaning of its geography began to penetrate the cranlums of Canadian statesmen and it was welcomed into the Canadian commonwealth. In that year the total white population did not exceed 8.000 and the entire population 20.000, and It was not until 1885 that the first train reached Burrand Inlet. In J§73 tlje Imports were only |3,000,- 000, ten years later they were only $1,- 000,000 greater and in 1893 they had reached $4,000,000, and ten years later had more than trebled, while the ex ports had risen from $2,000,000 to nearly S17,ut>0,000 during the same period. A NEW INSULATOR P!N. People usually live longer in Islands and small peninsulas than on conti nents, a scientist asserts. Barbadoes, Greece, Madeira and the Sbetlands are all favorable to long life. One Recently Devised Which Many Advantages Over the Old Type. In the description of the transmis­ sion line and third-rail system of the Long Island railroad, published in a recent issue, the Scientific Amer­ ican mentioned a new type of iron insulator pin employed. This pin, which is a radical departure from previous practice in pin design, is the invention of Mr. W. N. Smith, of Westinghouse. Church, Kerr & Co., who has applied for a patent on the device. The new pin combines sev­ eral important advantages, as fol­ lows: It does away with the neces­ sity of boring in the crossarms, there­ by conserving the whole strength of the arm and lengthening its life; the metal composing it is distributed in the most effective manner possible, as Its cross section is greatest next to the arm where the greatest resist­ ance to bending is required; and finally, the shrinkage of the arm can more effectively be taken care of by the U-bolt and strap than any of the other forms of pin fastening in com­ mon use, as there^Js^po tendency to distort the bolt, and, consequently, there is no possibility of the pin standing crooked upoi} the arm after the shrinkage has been taken up. 111#! - ' -V V 1' i 1 ^ • & ^ s -v -. A WIRELESS RECEIVER. A Xoat Serviceable One Can Be J^Tldtsh Is Electrolytic ia ,, . ' Its Action. '• « - ̂ • •• ̂ Mebt Hertzian wave deteetfefr itai more or less complicates, and few are very satisfactory. The writer, D. B. Beardslcy, has experimented with many kinds, and has at last evolved one which has given the utmost satis­ faction, receiving the xnoet distant messages very clearly and sharply. This detecter is electrolytic In its ac­ tion, and it consists of a cell in whidli a zinc anode and a platinum cathodfc are used with an electrolyte of dilute sulphuric acid. An important advan­ tage of this receiver is the fact that ft requires no battery, as it la a battery in itself. The following, given by the SeientiSlr American, are the instructions for making it: Prepare a base about % inches square of hardwood. At oa* side, parallel to the edge, erect » THE NEW INSULATOR PIN. Furthermore, it is practically inde structible, and instead of being one of the weakest factors in line con­ struction, this pin is expected to b« the strongest. More than 8,000 of the pins, as originally designed and shown in the accompanying illustration, were used in the transmission line construction of the Long Island railroad, carrying 250,000 circular mil cables In spans averaging 150 feet in length, and no failures have yet been reported after over a year of service. A dozen or more standard sizes of the improved design are being worked up to fit several sizes of crossarms and pole tops, and to carry insulators of varying sizes up to the highest volt­ ages in practical use. The pins wil7 be made of either cast or malleable iron to suit different conditions, and will, It Is believed, All a long felt want for a pin which combines at a reasonable cost the maximum of strength and durability both in itself and in the crossarm to which it is fustened. While it is designed par­ ticularly for use with wooden cross- arms, it can readily be adapted to steel crossarms, and to such special fixtures as are often necessary in heavy transmission line construction. On account of its superior mechan­ ical design, it will also without doubt find a place In heavy catenary trol­ ley construction, which is now being actively developed for the electrifica­ tion of railways by the single-phase system. ELECTROLYTIC WIRELESS RE* CEIVER. standard of hardwood, % inch thick, S inches wide at the bottom, tapered to 1% inches at the top, and 3 inches high. Cut out two pieces of brass, 1% inches long, % inch wide, and 1-16 of an inch thick. One of these pieces* which will serve to suport the anode, should have a 3-16-inch hole drilled at one end, and the other strip, which is to support the cathode, should bo drilled and tapped for an 8x32 machins screw. These strips of brass are to b» fastened to the top of the standard % inch apart by wood-screw binding posts, and should be provided witik ^4-inch holes to receive the threaded shanks of the binding posts. Cut off a 2%-inch length of common battery zinc, and thoroughly amalgamate it. This may then be fastened to the un­ tapped brass strip with an 8x32 ma­ chine screw, threaded into the end of the zinc. The depending end of th» zinc should enter a small glass jar of about 1% inches diameter and 2 inches high. For holding the cathod* make an 8x32 machine screw of brass 1% inches long.with a knurled head. File down the end to a diameter of 3-32 inch, and split it with a fins jeweler's saw. Take a very fine piece of platinum wire (if Wollaston wirs can be obtained so much the betta% « » • .T • ... A o)i SIMPLE ELECTRIC HEATER. One Which Can Be Easily Kade at Home, and Which Will Provide Considerable Heat Took Out Patent on Plant MOT. Believed He Had a Natural - Weather Prophet. "One plant at least has been patent­ ed," said an inventor. "It is the ahrus precatorius, alias Paternoster pea, alias weather plant John Nowack took out the patent. The weather plant is still believed by many persona to fortell -the weather. John Nowack was sure it did so and he put it on the market along with an Indicating ap­ paratus, guaranteeing it to foretell for 4^ hours in advance and for 50 miles around fog, rain, snow, l^ail, earth­ quake and depressions likely to cause explosions of fire da.mp. "Alas! for poor Nowack! The ex­ perts of the bureau of agriculture took up his patent plant They proved that the movements of the leaves--to the right foretelling rain; to the left foretelling drouth--vere not caused by the weather but by the light. And t£ey proved that the plant's famous downward movement, whfch W&s sup- 4 * * . v ' '• v" Yj,, -v * » , j .Akf * '&.* "^L : i iA'A - - " V l: ft ?..^tfLc/JS.. Oi -J&1 A'.1. Lc 'WL 1 i-: '.'iv"". posed to foretell earthquake, was caused by an insect that punctured the stem, causing the leaf naturally to droop. "That is the only patented plant I know of and Nowack lost money on it But hdw would you like to have an ex­ clusive patent on the coffee or the tea plani?" • > •<* •' i - Interested. • Efva---1 met Edna down at the book sale the other day and she bought five books on electricity. Katharine--Yes, she heard that there is electricity in kisses.--Chicago D a | ^ „s. Thoughtful. "Are you sure the sick man wanted me?" asked the physician, reaching for his hat. "He didn't mention your name, but he's screamin' for someone that'll put him out of his misery and I though* of you right away.""--Hooiloa PojU. as A good electric beater is made as Illustrated. A and B are two por­ celain disks. Through a hole in the center of these run an iron rod hav­ ing bolt threads at the ends. Hold the bolt firmly, says Practical Machin­ ist, by a %-inch iron pipe covering It and forming a butt at each end. Use German silver wire for the coils; its resistance- is 13.91 ohms, and by sending a current of elec­ tricity through the coils, three times DETAftS OF THE CATHODE Al4» SUPPORT. but very fine platinum wire will do) about \ inch long, and place one end in the fine saw cut, after which closs the kerf onto the wire by means of s vise. The screw may now be threaded into the tapped hole of the cathode* supporting strip, and screwed in far enough to bring the platinum wirs within the cup. The cup should bs Ailed with a ten per cent solution of sulphuric acid. The electrical connec­ tions may be made as shown In th&, diagram; the aerial being connected to the cathode supporting strip, ths other strip being connected to th«r ground, and the two terminals of • telephone receiver being connected re­ spectively to the two strips. Place ths telephone to the ear, and feed ths cathode down, by turning the sere* until a click is heard. This will indi­ cate the position in which the detect** ̂ will work to the best advantage. THE ELECTRIC HEATER. as much heat is generated as with galvanized iron colls; it requires more current to heat the German silver coils, however. Nos. 13 and 15 or Nos. 12 and 14 wire are suitable. Thread both ends of a suitable length of lbi inch loricated conduit pipe to fit 1%-inch caps and drill %-inch holes 2 inches apart around the circumference of the pipe for its full length. Fit this over the heater, passing the feed wires to heater through %-inch holes in the c%pa> Whisky for the Commons. A bountiful supply of Scotch whis­ ky is always provided for the British house of commons. For the G7Q mem­ bers a vat of 800 gallons especially distilled for them is always at band. Its contents are never permitted to fall below a certain level. It is re­ filled two or three times in a ses­ sion. LARGEST LOCOMOTIVE, f One Which Is Fifty Feet Long an* Carries 31 Tons of Blectrl* Batteries. > ̂ The locomotive of greatest lengtli is an electric one used in the making of a "tube" railway in London, and the general appearance and size of it are indicated in this diagram. Ths engine carries 31 tons' weight of ele©» trie batteries, storing sufficient ITS TOTAL-WtlCNT-B « TO*5 0NCEST VOCOMOTlVt >» mn THE LARGEST EI.ECTRIC J^OCOMO* TIVE. ergy for a full day's working, the ba*» teries being charged at night timeib Being thhs self-contained, such en­ gines are expected to prove useful ft* hauling complete electric trains wb«s the current that drives them failH from any cause. Toe Many Are. Interested;* -- Sucb is the power of suggestion that the pore gingerly a scandal is han­ dled. in Jlfiot. the spicier U Jteeo^aeij liquors Made Up Into Caawty. "Practically every known liquor. M woll as whisky s»nd brandy, is made Hp into candy in one form or another."* says a well-known confectioner. "Yos can get in bonbons of various kind* creme de menthe. cognac, knmmal» Chartreuse, cheery brandy or dictine." ' World'- Tallest Mountain. ; Sunday island, in the Pacific, Hi.: really the tallest mountain in ths world, it rises 2,000 feet out of flv# miles of water, and to thus nearly sHb* *>• fcet tewu tase ts Mmm}'™*** dM