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1 - : jPyHARRY LEON WILSON Copyright, by Lothrop Publishing Company. f/A\ CHAPTKB XXX.--CoarakuaD. ijV T "You see--that was the sort of moon- . »hine I started' in to lire. Two or -t 4three times I was a grievous dlsap- Ipolatment to my people, and once or / twice, perhaps, I was disappointed \ff -myself. I was never quite sure what \ «* vanted. But If you think I was con­ fidently mercenary you are mistaken. I shall tell you something more-*- ^ something no one knows. There was man I met while that ideal was still •trong and beautiful to ma---but after . '• $'d come to see that here, In this l.f9, -«ft was not easily to be kept. He was •iblder than 1, experienced with women ^j--a lover of women, I came to under­ stand in time. I waa a novelty to him, i tit fresh recreation---he enjoyed all • (those romantic ideals of mine. I f thought then he loved me, and I wor- 'i:Shiped him. He was married, but con- f ^?|iiantlj: said he was about to leave his wife, so she would divorce him. I '? f, promised to come to him when it was i, done. He had married for moifty and It® would have been poor again. I didn't mind in the least I tell you • v* this to show you that I could have v j.;?;S:4aved a poor man, not only well % Enough to marry him, but to break . frith the traditions, and brave the f* Scandal of going to him in that com- • |non way. With all I felt for fcim I Should have been more than satisfied. But I came in time to see that hs was , . £ Joot as earnest as I had been. He ' ' Wasn't capable of feeling what I felt, was more cowardly than I--or ather, I was more reckless than he. «- ( suspected it a long time; I became Convinced of it a year ago and a little ^V1 over. He became hateful to me. I * had wasted.ay love. Then he became ^« *<funny. But--yon see--I am not alto- ether what yoa believed'me. Wait ft it longer, please. "Then I gave up, almost--and later, ^ |il gave up entirely. And when my brother was about to marry that wom- "Oh, yon're to "I haven't began He drew her tQvtsrd£hs door. "Oh, not that--don't op«n it--TO Jell hlB^: I will!** t--'V no mow• chances, and th# time Is i&ort" Still holding Iter closely with one arm, he opened the door. The man stand impassively above their heads-- a graven image of "unconsciousness. SS, sir." "Miss Milbrey wishes you to say to Mr. Shepler that she Is engaged--" "That I'm 111," she interrupted, still making little struggles to twist from hi* grasp, her head still bent down. "That she is engaged with Mr. Bines, Jarvis, and can't see him. Say, it that way--'Miss Milbrey is engagedi with Mr. Bines, and can't tee you.'" I "Yes, sir!" ' He remained standing motionless, as he had been, his eyes fixed above them. But the eyes of Jarvis, from long training, did not require to be bent upon those things they needed to ob­ serve. Theysaw something now that was at leastYtwo feet below their rang*, \ '£• • * r«J*' * 4 $ Jr. 11 •*yk W&ovMc LET'YOU.' ' and Mr. Shepler asked me to marry ^ " Aim, I consented. It seemed an easy vs t >jway to end It all. I'd quit fondling s tdeals. And you had told me I must r V:*Ado anything I could to keep Fred from J $ >sj4narrying that woman--my people jecame to say the same thing--and ^ "It. Jhmo--" ^ ^ "If he nad married her--if they were 7 ^married now--then you would feel free ... i*to marry me?" " •• v* ,\*jf "You would still be the absurdest ijuan In New York--but we can't dis- uss that He isn't going to marry •^.•jawuer. In**; "But he has married her--" .. "What do you mean?" , v "I supposed you knew--Oldakeft told ||j£|'me as I left the hotel. He and your iiifefif'father were witnesses. The marriage V took place this afternoon atv^^Ar- , :H4ingham." "You're not deceiving me?" 4 "Come, come!--girl!" Oh, pardon me! please! Of course #f|( didn't mean it--but you stunned me. . «*:And papa said nothing to me about it s^before he left The money must have ,A /• jpbeen too great a temptation to him *land to Fred. She has just made some * ^^enormous amount in copper stock or v : •.'.'^something." "I know, she had better advice than V, \\ I had. I'd like to reward the man f Tf who gave It to her." y *, "And I waa sure yon wot* going to ^ Hi «narry that other woman." ilj&i'g. <*How could you think so?" ? "Of course I'm not the least bit jeal- ^*nis--it isn't my disposition; but I did 1 ildthink Florence Akemit wasn't the oman to make you happy--of course liked her immensely--and there were rts going about--everybody seemed sure--and you were with her so ach. Oh, how I did hate her!" I tell you she is a Joke and always itwas." fj "It's funny--that's exactly what I Jtold Aunt Cornelia about that--that ^|man." stop joking,, then." _ * "How absurd you are--wtta- 'my ^j||plans all made and the day set--" There was a knock at the door. He Sslwent over and unlocked It. Jarvis was •' _ Ahere. " "Mr. Shepler, Miss Avice." They looked at each other. "Jarvis, shut that door and wait out- ie/' "You u und Bines." 't see liim." "y*'\ f . must--we're ^^gellf %6n't land?--of course I must!" I tell you I won't let you. Can't you (understand that I'm not talking idly?" She tried to evade him and reach the ioor, but she was canght again in his s--held close to him. If j ou like he shall com* In now. t he's not going to take you away me, as he did in that jeweler's Other night--and you can't see him •Jl except as yon are now ? fib* struggled to be tree. .«v • * ;J.i*tvi - * The girl made a little move with her right arm, which was imprisoned fast between them, and which some intui­ tion led her captor not to restrain. The firm little hand worked Its way slowly up, went creepingly over his shoulder and bent tightly about his neck. "Yes, air,". repeated Jarvis, without the quiver of an eyelid, and went He closed the d<?or with his free hand, and they stood as they were un­ til they heard the noise of the front door closing and the soft retreating footsteps of the butler. "Oh, you were mean--mean--to shame me so,** and floods of tears came again. "I hated to do it, bat I had to; It was a critical moment And you couldn't have made up your mind without It" She sobbed weakly in his asms, but her own arm was still tight about his neck. He felt it for the first time. "But I had made up my mind--I did make it up while we talked." They were back on the couch. He beld her close and she no longer re­ sisted, but nestled in his arms with qui2k little sighs, as if relieved from a great strain. He kissed her fore­ head and hair as she dried her eyes. "Now, rest a little. Then we shall go." "I've so much to tell you. That day at the jeweler's--well, what could I do but take one poor last little look of you --to keep?" ; "Tell me if yon care for me." "Oh, I do, I do, I do care for you. I havjp--ever since that day we walked in the woods. I do, I do!" She threw her head back and gave Mm her lips. She was crying again end trying to talk. "I did care for yon, and that day I thought you were going to say some­ thing, but you didn't--you were so dis­ tant and troubled, and seemed cot even to like me--though I felt sura you loved me. I had thought yoa were going to tell me, and I d have accepted --yes, for the money--though I liksd you so much. Why, when I first mst you in that mine and thought you were a workman, I'm not sure I wouldn't have married you if yoa had asked m v gut it was different again when I found out about you. And that day In the woods I thought something had come between' us. Only after dinner you seemed kinder, and I knew at once you thought better of me, and m'.ght even seek me--I knew it In the way a woman knows things *h* doesn't know at all. I went into the library with a candle to look into the mirror, almost sure you' were going to come. Then I heard your steps and I was so glad--but it wasn't you--I'd been mis­ taken again--you still disliked me. I was so disappointed and, hunt and heart-sick, and he kissed me and soothed me. And after that directly I saw through him, and I knew I truly did love you just as I wanted to love the man who would be my husband only all that nonsense about money that had been dinned into me so long kept me from seeing It at first. But I was sure you didn't care for me^-fcappily ever after, when they talked so about you, and that--you never did care for her, did you--you couldn't have cared for her, could you?--and yet, after that night, I'd such a queer little feeling as if yon had come for me, and had seen--" "Surely a gentleman never sees any­ thing he wasn't meant to see." "I'm so glad--I should have been so ashamed--" They were still a moment, while he stroked her hair. "They'll be turning in early to-night, having to get up to-morrow and preach sermons--what a dreary place Heaven must be compared with this!" She sat up quickly. "Oh, I'd forgotten. How awful It Is. lsn»'t it awful?" v » "It, will soon be over." "But think of my people, and what's expected of n^Se--think of ijr. Shep­ ler." * "Shepler's doing some hard thinking for himself by this time." "Really, you're a dreadful persdn- There was a *nock. "The cabman outside, sir, safs how long is he to wait, sir?" "Tell him to wait all night if I don't come; tell him if he moves off that spot I'll have his license taken away. Tell him I'm the mayor's brother." "Yes, sir." "And, Jarvis, who's in the house bo* sides you?" "Miss Briggs, the maid, sir--txtt she's Just ready to go out, sir." - "Stop her--say Miss JUilbrey wisheb to ask a favor of her; and Jarvis." "Yes, sir!" v "Go put on that neat black street coat of yours that fits you so beauti­ fully in the back, and a purple cravat, and your shiny hat. and wait for us with Briggs. We ahj^ wjMit yan 1* a moment" , : -* "Yes, Mr. Bine*.*' >f- - , She looked at him "We need two witnesses, you know. I learned tha^from Oldaker Just now." "But do give me a moment, ^very- thing Is all so whirling and hazy.* "Yea, I know--like the solar system in its nebulous state. Well, hurry and make those worlds take shape. I cat give yon «0 seconds to find that I'm the north star. Ach! I have th« Doctor von Heimlich been ge speaklng with'-- come, come! What's the use of any more delay? I've wasted nearly three hours here TOW, dilly-dallying along. But then, a woman never does know her own mind. Put a thing before her --all as plain as the multiplication table--and she must use up just so much good time telling a man that he's crazy--and shedding tears because he won't admit that two times two are 37." She was silent and motionless for another five minutes, thinking in­ tently. "Come, time's up." , She arose. "I'm ready. : I shall marry you, If you think I'an the woman to lielp you In that big, new life of yours. Tfcefr meant me not to know about Fred's marriage until afterward." v He kissed her. "I feel so rested and quiet now,*as If I'd taken down a big old gate and let the peace rush in on me. I'm sura it's right. I'm sure I can Jtelp you." " She picked up her hat and gloves. "Now I'll go bathe my eyes and fix my hair." "I can't let you out of my sight yet Tm incredulous. Perhaps in 75 or 89 years--" ' ' "I thought you were so sare.^ £ J "While I can reach you, yes." v< She gave a low, delicious little laiigh/ She reached both arms up around him, pulled down his head and kissed him. "There--boy!" She took up the hat again," . "I'll be down In a moment** "I'll be up In three, if you're not** When she had gone he picked up aa envelope and put a bill inside. "Jarvis," he called. 4 The butler came up from below, dresesd for the street "Jarvis, put this envelop* in the in­ side of that excellent black coat of ypura and hand it--afterward--to the gentleman we're going to do business with." "Yes, Mir. Bines." • -"And put your cra#^'>'4(ii^^l®*,iWf; back, Jarvis--It makes you k>?k ex­ cited the way it is now." **Yes, sir; thank you^ •tr^s? "is Briggs ready?" ... . "She's waiting, sir." \ p. ... "Go out and get in the carriage, both of you." "Yas, »ir!" He stood in the hallway waiting for her. It was a quarter past ten. In another moment she rubied softly down to him. "I'm trusting so much to you, and you're trustfng so mueh to me. It's such a rash step!" "Must I--" "No, I'm going. Couldn't stop and take Aunt Cornelia?" * > "Aunt Corneaa won't have a chance to worry about this until it's ail, over. We'll stop there then, if you like." , "We'll try Doctor Prendle, . then. He's almost sure to be in." "It won't make any difference If he isn't. We'll find one, Those horses are rested. They can go all night If they must" "I have Grandmother Loekermanh's wedding ring--of course you didn't fetch one. Trust a man to forget any­ thing of Importance." His grasp of her hand during thl rid* did not relax. * CHAPTER XXXI. t T *>•. JgtfX NEW ARGONAUTB. Mrs. Tan Geist came flustering OUT to the carriage. "You and Briggs may get out her* jarvis. There, that's for you, and that's for Briggs--and thank you both very much!" » "Child, 6bild! what does it mean?" "Mr. Bines la my hnsband, Mutter- chen, and we're leaving for the west In the moining." The excitement did not abate for ten minutes or so. "And do say something cheerful, dear," pleaded Avice, at parting. "You mad child--I was always afraid you might do something like this; but 1 will say I'm not altogether sure you've acted foolishly." "Thank you, you dear old Mutter- chen! and you'll come to see us--you shall see how happy I can be with this --this boy--this Lochlnvar, Junior--> m sure Mrs. Lochlnvar always, lived Mrs. Van Geist kissed them both. "Back to Thirty-seventh street driver." "I shall want you at 7:30 sharp, to­ morrow morning," he said, as they alighted. "Will you be here, sure?" "Sure, boss!" "You'll make another on* of those If you're on time." The driver faced the bill toward the nearest street light and scanned • ic. Then he placed it tenderly in the lin­ ing of his hat, and said fervently: "I'll be here, gent!" "My trunks," Avice reminded him. "And, driver send an express wagon at seven sharp. Do you understand, aow?" • «. "Sure, gent 111 have It here at serea, and be here at 7:30."« They went in. •'% "You've sent Briggs 0®, and P*e that packing and unpacking to do." "You have a husband who is handy at those things." . They went up to her room, where two trunks yawhed open. *TO BE CONTINUED.) 0 JLIFE'S SKLENT WA -r Out of life's silent watches,J V Out of the gloom Of night; Souls that foresee the conflict Send forth their words of might "Heroes of art and science, Wrestle alone for years, , j^ Bringing at last some trophy J; Worthy the whole world's cheer*. Poets with brooding patience. Tolling with courage strong. Out of some lonely vigil. Weave an Immortal song. Not'through the whirl of Not from the din of strife^ But out of the silent watches . • . Come the great deeds of life. --Lanta Wilson Smith, In Success Kas4> MAKES ITS OWN LIGHT. H Complete Electric Plant on t loc»- motive's Baek. Observers of modern locomotives have probably noticed a device at tached to the top of the boiler, as shown in the illustration. This de­ vice, which is a complete electric plant IB usually attached between Steam Turbine for Train Illumination. the stack and the sand box, but is sometimes placed back of the sand box. It consists of a small steam turbine, direct-connected to a very compact two-pole generator, and has all electrical connections and moving parts carefully protected from the weather. This apparatus, says PoMriar Me­ chanics, is the survival of Spvfcral oth­ er appliances for train illumination, Among which were storage batteries, generators driven from the car axles, and small reciprocating steam plants in baggage cars, all of which proved inferior to the steam turbine for effi­ ciency and reliability. Results of Some' Experiments With it Generator--A Peculiar Condition. - Having heard that dry batteriea could be recharged by sending a cur* rent through them in a direction op­ posite to that given by the battery, we rigged up a small generator and gas i engine, as shown in the sketch, and (Connected the batteries in series with the motor. After running a few min­ utes we stopped the engine and dis­ connected the batteries, which then gave a fairly strong current Think­ ing to increase the charge, we con­ nected the batteries exactly as they were the first time, and started the en­ gine in the same direction as be­ fore, and let the outfit run several hours. On returning we found the zincs all corroded and the batteries completely run down. Desiring to learn the cause of this seemingly pe­ culiar behavior, we connected a new lot of batteries and proceeded as be­ fore. The engine was then stopped and the. belt was removed from the generator, thus allowing the cur­ rent of the batteries to run the gen­ erator as a" motor. We expected the generator to run in a direction oppo­ site to that used in charging, but ware surprised to see it continue running In the same direction. The explanation is that the current .from the batterje* Watching the Experiment. < r It is reported that the Canadian Pa­ cific company has decided to await the outcome of experiments by the New York Central and New York, New Haven & Hartford Railway com­ panies before taking steps for the elec­ trification of any part of its system. Both the latter railways are spending enormous sums upon experiments, the faormer with a direct and the latter with a single-phase alternating cur­ rent Cheapening Electric Light Bulb*. The blowing of electric light bulbs at the present time Is done by hand, and the operation is therefore slow; but a piece of machinery to do this work has been recently patented by a mechinical engineers of Toledo, O. • • " • ^i"1 1 1 "• NEWS OF gllNfflS, HAPPENINGS OP INTEREST FRO|̂ • ALL OVER THE STATE. f' CHESR C. V.; CHANDLER. <§> Recharging Dry Batteries ̂ Hsversed the field, and also the arma­ ture, thus making two reverses, which is the same as none at all. Then when the generator was run again by the engine the current was reversed, because the poles of the field had been changed by the batteries We concluded from these experi­ ments, says the correspondent of Pop­ ular Mechanics, that In charging bat­ teries in this way it Is necessary to either change the connections on the battery, or reverse the rotation of the engine each time it is started. As the engine was two-cycle, it was mor* easily reversed than the battery con­ nections, and in this way, the bat­ teries were recharged without any dif­ ficulty. A stronger charge may be given to batteries in which a quantity of water has been poured in holes drilled through the top. An Electric Powderless and Soundless Gun While but two patents have been issued by the United States patent of­ fice for electro-magnetic guns, and these within the past two years, yet it appears that scientific men gave this problem their attention a number of years ago. An advance sheet of consular re­ ports, dated February 27, 1902, con­ tain* an account of an electro-magnet­ ic cannon in Sweden, as given in a re­ port by Consul-General Bordewich, un­ der date of "Christiana, January 26, 1902." "Prof. Birkeland (who two years ago was sent by' the government to northern Norway to study magnetism, the aurora borealls, and cloud forma­ tions) is engaged In the construction of a cannon with electro-magnetism as the motive power in place of explo­ sives. A small model of -the inven­ tion throws projectiles weighing a pound with great foree%" A patent was issued to Kristen Birkeland, of Christians, Norway, for the coil before the temperature of the cell has reached such a point as to In­ jure or destroy it, claiming that the rate of increase of the temperature depends upon a number of factors other than the current Mr. Foster says, in the specification of his patent: "All projectiles used In this gun must have magnetic properties, and projectiles of iron or containing large portions of iron are preferable. That projectile having the greatest mag­ n e t i c p e r m e a b i l i t y i s m o s t s u i t a b l e f o r this gun." The Foster gun is very,, 'simple and comprises a barrel sur­ rounded by a series of coils or helices, a series of openings arranged along the barrel and provide? with Insulated walls, a series of connector-plugs mounted in said openings and nor- 'mally adapted to be engaged by the projectile, a series of springs mount­ ed in said openings and adapted nor­ mally to hold the connector-plugs In contact with the insulated walls, and De|)0«ltors-of Defunct Macomb Insti­ tution Will Work with President ' » I# Restore Bank to Its OH|> v-p- ln*j $tate--To Pay Oe- f" * positor*. ' /' --five hundred depositors of the Bank of Macomb, which sus- pendsd payment two weeks ago, met here and loudly cheered C. V. Chand­ ler, owner of the bank, after he had made a statement in which he pledged himself to pay in full every depositor. The depositors aClso appointed a, com­ mittee to co-operate with Chandler and name a trustee, if thought neces­ sary. Chandler agreed to turn over the bank business and deed his real estate to the trustee whenever the committee believed &e, interests of tha depositors demand it TO EDUCATE BOLIVIAN YOUTH. J. C. F. Harrington, of Decatur, Given Responsible Position. Decatur.--Mr. J. C. F. Harrington is the educator who has been appoint­ ed superintendent of instruction for Bolivia at a large salary. He will or­ ganize an American system, taking nine assistants from the United States. v Mr. Harrington is an Iowan by birth and for a short time practiced law at ExtraorcRfiarily Useful Bosk Writtff* by Natfef C. Fowler, Jr. "As a boy or young man starts* so I* he likely to go," is an axiomatic SMtt- im. How to start in trade, business or profession is all Importaut, tot SS5-" cess depends largely upon our begin­ nings. That the boy or young map may be assisted at the start and au along the line of his career, Mr. Nathl C. Fowler, Jr., of Boston, has written a book entitled, "Starting In Life," just published by Little, Brown & Ca, of Boston. The book Is intensely prac­ tical; It is unbiased and entirely To- moved from the prejudice of personal opinion. It tells the truth about the leading trades, businesses and profes­ sions, that the boy or young man, and ^ his parent and teacher, may obtain advance information concerning the important callings--what each has to offer, its advantages and disadvant­ ages. Mr. Fowler goes further--he nolt only shows the boy what each voca­ tion may or may not be worth to liim, but he tells him how to properly pre­ pare himself to enter the calling, and he assists him In determining, by self- examination, as to whether or not he will .succeed better in one direction than in anothir. He literally tells the ffoy what kind of a boy he should be to succeed In any direction, in­ forms him how to prepare for enter­ ing the calling chosen, and gives him most positive information regarding all of the occupations he is likely to consider. At the close of each chap­ ter, two or more men, who have made a success of the vocation discussed, tell why, and why not they would ad­ vise a young man to enter their occu­ pation. Among those who have co­ operated with the author, and who have contributed to the book, are many university, bank, and corpora­ tion presidents, proprietors of great department stores, well known whole­ salers and manufacturers, lawyers, architects, musicians, generals, admir­ als, clergymen, physicians, school s?h' perintendents, railroad officials, art­ ists, Inventors, salesmen, skilled me­ chanics, editors, publishers, authors, and in fact two or more of the most eminent representatives of each of the leading vocations. The book is hand­ somely illystr§t»4 b^ Copeland. ' ;,-*v', J. C. F. HarrlngwtF Sprlngdale In that state. He is a grad­ uate of the Ohio Wesleyan university, and went abroad as a missionary ten years ago. His first station was in northern Chile at the town of Iquique. After mastering the language he was transferred to. Coquimbo, Chile, and a year ago went to La Pas, capital of the Bolivian republic, where his interest was at once drawn to the educational situation because of a proposed plan to install the American school sys­ tems. ̂ f THE FOSTER ELECT it O-MAGNETIC GUN. V The Projectile Is Impelled by the Ma gnetic Action of a Solenoid, the S*o» tionat Coils of Which Are Supplied With Current Through Devices Actuated By the Projectile Itself. Irving a Good Fellow. Sir Henry Irving one day met abro- kendown actor in the Strand. "I nevet see you at the theater now," said Sir Henry. The other murmured some­ thing about his ill IUCK and shabbln***. "-Oh, nonsense, you come to-morrow and give your name at the box office." He went to find two ticket* apraUlaf him, with a leu-pound note. the Invention above referred to, ilarch 15, 1904, No. 7S4,637, and this was the first patent issued by the United States patent office tor an hp ventlon of this class. The application of Birkeland was filed January 2, 1902, and Samuel T. Foster, Jr., a native of this country, residing at Victoria, Tamaullpas, Mex­ ico, having read the account of the Birkeland invention, as referred to in the consular report filed an applica­ tion for letters patent December 10, 1902, but owing to the difference in the construction of the guns disclosed In the two co-pending applications, no interference was declared. The broad claims originally filed by Mr. Foster were held to be anticipat­ ed by the Journal article above re­ ferred to. but a patent was finally al­ lowed and issued to bim February 6, 1906, for an electric gun, No. 81.1,913, the second patent Issued in the United States for an invention of this class. One of the practical difficulties encoun­ tered in the construction of a practical electro-magnetic gun arises from the fact that the modern methods of elec­ trical calculation would indicate that in order to obtain service velocities •with service projectiles an enormous (lumber of windings woujd be required, thus Involving the i# of a barrel %/bose length would be prohibitory. Another difficulty arises from the tact that in order to give the pro­ jectile a service velocity, without an enormous number of windings, an abnormally heavy current--that is to say, a current beyond the safe carry­ ing capacity of the solenoid--is re­ quired, and hence the temperature of the solenoid will be raised to a point sufficient to destroy it. Prof. Birkeland attempts to over­ come these difficulties by supplying an abnormally heavy current to a cofi and the* cutting off the current from an electric generator connected with said helices and barrel. In this way, explains Ored C. BUI- man in Scientific American, means are provided for energizing and de-ener- glzing the colls or helices in regular sequential order by the projectile completing and breaking their circuits and for automatically keeping the cen­ ter of their electro-magnetic field. juBt ahead of the projectile until It has reached the center of the last electro­ magnetic field, means are also pro­ vided for opening the battery circuit and releasing the projectile of all fur-- ther electro-magnetic action o|- ;th* .•!#/. - jy-- gun. v Chicago Banks Do Well. Chicago.--The banks of Chicago have in this year of 1906 enjoyed the largest earnings in their history? The oldest bankers here do not recall a time when the profits were as good and the prosperity so geperal. It is estimated in round figures that the total profits for the year will be some­ thing over 111,000,000. Every indi­ vidual institution has made a record and the surplus earnings will average more than 100 pet cent in excess of dividends. >• ' / ; , ' K Webster's Oration to a Fish. Though this should be enough to support conclusively the contention that Incidents of Mr. Webster's great achievements prove the close rela­ tionship between fishing and the loft­ iest attainments of mankind, this branch of our subject ought not to be dismissed without reference to a conversation I once had with old John Attaquin, then a patriarch among the few survivor* of the Mash- pee Indians. He had often been Mr. Webster'* guide snd companion on his fishing trips and remembered clearly 'many of their happenings. It ws* with a glow of love and admiration amount­ ing almost to worship that ha lasted how this great fisherman, after land­ ing a large trout on the bank of the stream, "talked mighty strong fW* fine to that fish and told him what a mistake he had made and what a fool he was to take that fly, and that he would have been all right if ho had let it alone." Who can doubt that patient search would disclose, somewhere in Mr. Webster's speeches and writings, tho elaboration, with high intent, of that "mighty strong and fine" talk ad­ dressed to the fish at Mashyafrw' From Mr. Cleveland's New Book.-' ; m • sM !|§! • A Lincoln Building Sold. Lincoln.--The Oglesby building at the corner of Broadway and Klckapoo streets was sold by Mrs. Emma O. Oglesby, of Elkhart, to Meyer Gries- heim, a local clothing merchant. The building is three-stfery and was re­ cently remodeled. The price paid was $48,000. Fishermen Made Defendants. Havana.--Because they trespassed upon the Thompson Lake Hunting club's reserves, several I^avana fish ermen are made defendants in three damage suits, filed in the Fulton county circuit court. Ten thousand ddllars Is the sum asked In each case. New 8ight for Shooting at Night. The development of accuracy in shooting at night ha3 received a doublo Impetus of late in the British service. A new sight has been adopt­ ed and is being manufactured and is­ sued with all possible dispatch, says the South China Post. The sight, a telescopic pattern, is defined by electric light for night work. It has been ex­ tensively tried under all conditions, and has proved a signal success. Quite recently, also, a greatly improved 36- inch searchlight has supplanted the regulation 24-inch light, which is cap- able of defining an enemy at over double the distance of its predeces­ sor. Owing to the excellent training afforded by the gunnery branch our naval gunners can now with the aid of their latest sight and searchlight de­ pend on disabling an enemy at from 3,000 to 4,000 yards on a favorable night Girl Accuses Decatur Pastor. Decatur.--The Rev. E. L. James, former assistant paBtor of the First Baptist church, is in jail in St. Joseph, Mo., awaiting Decatur officers to bring him back to face a charge of attempted assault on the 14-year-old daughter^ of Edgar L. Kimberlin last Octobqfi Hit With Cue; May Die. Pana.--Ernest Scrogln Is confined in jail awaiting the condition of John Lundak, whom he hit on the, head w'ith a billiard cue and who is now lying at the point of death at his home in West Pana. Mayhew Company In HHnoMwv Springfield--The secretary of state has issued a license to incorporate in Illinois to the Mayhew Manufacturing company of Milwaukee, with a capital stock of $400,000. The capital stock in Illinois is $37,600 and the -location, 1* in Chicago. Rockforrt Population 43,850, Bockford.--Compilations from tho new city directory just issued show the population of Rockford to be 45,- 850. Since the issue of 1905, 2,164 new names have been*added. Telephone Hears Whispers Beet The secrephone is the whispering telephone. A message can be whis­ pered into It so that a person standing but a yard away cannot hear what is being said, while every word is cor­ rectly transmitted to the receiver at the other end of the line a mile away or more. For this to be done the mes­ sage must be actually whispered. If spoken more loudly, of course, tho speaker can be heard more than a yard away from the transmitting In­ strument. Properly used, however, a message can be sent in privacy even with people quite close. As present experience goes it. re­ quires some little practice to pitch-tho voice correctly so as to get the best re­ sults with the faintest whisper. But the lesson is not difficult to Iqarn. People with high-pitched voices will undoubtedly make themselves heard more distinctly at the other end of tho line with less noise at the transmit­ ting end than is possible for thoee with lower-pitched voices. The instrument is claimed to be practically Imperish­ able and cannot get out of order with ordinary use. . Makes $23,000 In Oil Lea** Bale. Pana.--The Equitable Oil and Gas company sold leases for 200 acres to Oil City persons for $25,000. The leases are situated in the Casey oil fields, and were purchased about one year ago for $2,000. William M. Grimes is president of the company here. * Doctor Under stood HI* Gas*. , /£ Uncle George Gushing is a well- known character down around Hanson. Mass., where he lives. Although over 75, Uncle George Is still vigorous, keeps his bird dog and loves to roaaa the woods in hunting season, and fcr fond of taking along with him all tho essentials. On these hunting trips Uncle George entered a Whitmaa dnipf store and called for a half-pint dg whisky. The clerk was a new ms%x and refused to let Mr. Cushing have it without a prescription. In vain George plesded, but the clerk ufas ob­ durate. Uncle George finally bethought him­ self of his friend, the doctor, and, haft-; tening to the house, related matt«it» The doctor laughed, wrote off sapik thing which George took and, wtthoot reading, hurried to the store again. The auspicious cleric read the scrlption and irritably asked, "H< this, you wanted a half-pint of wl and this prescription calls for a "Waal." drawled Uncle Georg)*, "yo see I suppose the doctor UMiaistotMl my case better than 1 did myself.** V* t .,1] '! * •v -i - ; 3 • / ' In" i; •^flS ..--J / -• i " ^ |p§|f z i f Alloy Resists 8ea Water. 1 An alloy of 60 parts copper, one part tin and 39 parts of zinc, is found to offer great resistance to the action of sea water, and has been in naval construction. . Plays Organ at Wife's Funeral. Springfield.--Professor John David Lloyd played the organ at the funeral of his wife, a niece of the late Se» wrtary at State John Bay. Still in a Bitter Mood. ' "Well," said he, anxious to pafctih «gt their quarrel of yesterday, "tiirt 70* curious to know what's in this pack­ age?" r "Not very," replied tho still belllgv> ant wife indlCerently. "Well. It's something for tfcft oa* l love best in all the world." "Ah! 1 suppose It's thoee ders you said yoa needed." ftjlAl " A*/ > ;