Only 2 Mere Grew Out be entitled ith Her Basiwad, to for pal 0 le Sa e. He is talented, (Cogaright. 1910, by the New Yorx Herald Co. All rights reserved.) Tea long story and In some respects a curious There is a theory that an heiress, uo matter bow stupid or hopelessly ugly she may happen to be, is surfeited with matrimonial offers. If this he true, I must prove the exception to the rule, for though an heiress to a handsome fortune and by uo means a plain woman 1 have never received a proposal of mar riage, ' But to'start at the beginning of the story. My father and mother were very plain people. The former began life as a section boss and my mother cooked the meals for the hands. As you may kifbw, a section boss is the head of a gang of men who build or repair railroads. To be a success he needs strength of hand as well as coolness of judgment and an un- Hmited vocabulary of profanity, Father could be classed as a post-graduate in these requireménts, buf, though he was rude of speech and bearing, he had a keen mind and an indomitable perseverancs, the kind that "gets there." His one lesson to me was if I wanted a thing to first make up wy mind If it was really worth while; if 80 then get it despite "man and the devil." This may seem ap extraordinary doctrine to preach to a girl, but it bore good fruit, My pwuther dled at my birth. At that time my father was investing nearly every dollar of his wages in timber lands, and when he died, many years later, he was known as the lumber king of the Southwest Meanwhile be bad established the family home ln Corsleana, Texas, and as his fortune increased the « iouse and grounds spread out In ever Increasing magnitude and Juxury. From the first he carried out a definite plan of educating me. 1 learned the ruds ments in Corsicans, progressed to a boarding schoo) Washington, thence toa tishionable finishing school in New York: and was then giv oti' year in Europe. 1 cami owt of' this.a well bred, well groomed young woman, with: absclutely no knowledge of men, as my acquaintance with the opposite sex had been limited to. school dances, and I was foo gulet to have ever No one has ever told me whether I can lay claim to beduty. 1 am tall and straight and 1 know how to wear the expensive clothes that have always come my way: Ihave a quantity of dark, Wavy balr, gray-blue eyes with black lashes and fine one. been "rushed." "~ glow from the wood fire. LITTLE SCIENCE STORIES FOR LAYMEN "When Jota Came In 1 Found Myself Telling Him 1 Was Crying Bacauss No One in the World Loved Mo" ----ER-------- teeth. I nm not talkative--in fact, abhor the small talk of drawing robms. I am placid rather than enthusi- astic (many call me stolid), and my father lnculcated in me his own practical view of life and a fine appre- ciation of the power of wealth. Soon after my return to Corsicana from Europe my father died, and my mourning afforded an excuse to escape thie tiresome social affairs of & sfaall town, In conseq 1 knew nothing of the younger set or their merrymakings, Aside from a dally ride or drive I secluded myself'at home, trying to grasp the detalls of the vast business willed to me. My only recreation was my muse. 1 play rather well gud father had built for me a magnificent music room. Th lawyer, Jobn Truston, whoui my father had on™" ployed Wm his Wletime to look after his legal affairs was named as executor, and in course of the adjust 'ment of the estafe It was nécessary®for me to confer with. jm frequently. 1 developed a fair aineunt of business ability, but it was sometimes difficult for me to grasp the technicalities of the law. At these ties Truston would patiently elucidate obscure points and give unsparingly of hid time. But he was thoroughly impersonal in bis attitude and gave no recognition of the fast Shat® was gang. fieh ut wot aj WHatteautlyy ..- woman. * Owner" of Great Wealth: " Not that I noticed this at the time. My ego loomed larger tian snything else. 1 'was, a great lady and he tichast Yecevn da the Utie Teams toms and 4B Business fariage 1 and What of It. Joyed the mantle of importance that my father had relegated to me. I really felt an {immense pride in the great foftune that evidenced my father's ability, and 1 was keen to continue his work. Even had I nod been thoroughly engrossed with my own affairs and bad wakened to Truston's attractions--be was a hand: some map of thirty-two, with fine intellect and a gift of speech that had scored fu public--his aloot- ness would have repelled me. M possible he was more absorbed in his affairs than I in mine. 1 was sole heir. to my father's estate and his will enjoined me not to sacrifice any of his holdings. The ever Increasing scarcity of lumber not only advanced my property to enormogs values but made the direc- tion of my business affairs an ardfious undertaking for me. 1 determined to get married. 1 &id not arrive at this decision hastily, but after considering at length the chalu of reasoning laid down by my father before lis death. 1 was twenty-five years old. alone in the world, with ever accumulating 1 needed a protector as well as a business wanager. The sensible thing to do was obvious; I must marry some one, and feeling no need of looking further I. deckled upon John Truston. Father had proved him to be houest and he had my affairs at his properties finger tips. Down in the section house where I was born there was a dearth 'of the finer sensibilities, pnd my up- bringing had not eradicated the plue knot methods of my people. I sent for John Truston and asked him to enter into a life partnership with we. 1 shall never forget his panic stricken, refusal! Bit let me describe for you this strange reversal of the code of courtship. My home shows no crudi- ties In the quiet elegance of its appointments. This is especially true of 'he library, where I always re- ceived Truston. - He bad unbent onee, and expressed admiration for the rooin. while his eyes roamed long- in, over the well filled book shelves. 1 directed that as usual he should be sent to the Mbrary, and though I was too hopelessly burdened with common apologetic pra sense fo resort tp any striving for effect, it was with satisfaction that I saw my reflection softened hy the I looked young, strong sid ZONE, which is an allptropic form of oxygen, has long been recognized as an active purifying agent In the atmosphere owing to its powerful oxidiz- ing qualities; but the question of Its origin has been much disputed. The investigations of Henxlet, In Brinig baye led him to the conclusion that oséxie forms in the upper regions of the air. probably under the lnfluence of the ultra-violet radiatfons from the sun, and that it is brought downward toward the surface of the earth both by descending air currents and by drops of ln ™ § After a shower of rain the quantity of ozone In the air Is always found to have been lucreased. ~ UNIQUE COFFIN. ERHAPS the most singular coffin du which a bu- wan belng ever was huried is the one of whieh the following story is told. A workman engaged in casting wetal for the manu- facture of ordunance iu the Woolwich arsenal, In Eng- land, lost his balance and fell into a cauldron con- taining twelve tons of molten steel. The metal was at white heat and the wan wit Wterly vousamed in less time than it takes to tell it The War Office authorities held a conference and decided uot te profane the dead by using the metal In the manufacture of ordnance, and the mass of metal was actually buried and a Church of England slergyuan xed the serves Jur the add over |. ELECTRIC LIGHT FOR BIRDS. T has been found by the anthorities of many" LOO logical parks that ome of tbe difficulties Wn wiatn- ining their' aviuries Is the providing of a proper environment for birds bLropght from the troples. To warm the' alr to & wroplcal temperature is not pon be birds demand light as well as beat. nS es him, SEPTEMBER 28, 1912 ding day was. set for the following month, * wom. and the severe folds of my whit: enhanced the pliancy of my figure, Truston came in with the glow of beaith lighting bis" fue features, and | felt reassured that what 1 was about to do was for my best interest. Here was a sane, healthy man whe bad proven hls honesty and ability, and I certainly would not know where to look to find another so weil fitted as he to handle wy af fales, gown An Astonished Gasp Was Truston's Reply--He Was Fairly Speechless cs Without a tremor and with no feeling of hesitancy 1 laid the matter before nim. At the time It seemed nothing unusual. But never, never, aever, coulda I do such a thing again! Now, when the capl miphesony of my words recurs to me my face tingles with the blush of shame. "Mr. Truston," I sald, "I want té 'take a partuer, & man who can direct my public and private inter- ests In a way my faiber would approve of. As you know, my fortune is increasing to unwieldy propor- tions, and I am not competent to manage it alone, In' taking this partner I also want to free myself from possible fortune hunts, so I "ave decled to marry Will you be that partner?' An astonished gesp was Trujton's -eply. fairly speechless, With smiling composure 1 stemmed the tide of his first words. When he recov- ered himself, with manly directness he pointed out to me that I was indulging in A funtastic whim for which I would suffer keen regret. Inwardly he doubtless thought me brazen. but his every word breathed chivalrous consideration, and from that mo- ment 1 entertained for him a friendly feeling 1 had not experienced before, The Woman Wooes. I listened to his arguments. I always let peaple bave thelr say. He grew eloguent over the many rea sons why we should not marry. love affair that had wrecked his life and his conse quent dedigation of it to ambition. He could not find one good exéuse for HW to Juin our lives. hut his words failed to weaken my A had made wind to marry him, and as he talked on my determing He was warmth of » even telling me of the salotian, np my Many of them In their native homes are accustamed * to Teed at sunrige and again just before sunset. and their habits In this respect are seriously disturbed by the shorthess of the winter days in Northern climes It has heen found beneficial to keep aviaries com taining gropical birds brilliantly illuminated in the daytime with electric light from six o'clock in the morning to six in the evening, thus closely imitating the duration of daylight to which they are accus towed in their natural habitat. The result Is that they feed In the normal way, live longer and remain in better condition. HOW PERFUME IS WEIGHED. T was the Italian physician Salvioni who devise |. microbalance of such extreme delicacy that © clearly demonstrated the loss of weight of musk by volatilization, Thus the Iavisible perfume Seating Off In the air is indirectly weighed. The essential part of the apparatus is a very thin thread of glass, fixed at one end and extended hori zontally. The microscopic objects to be weighed are placed upon the giass\Uirend near its free end. and the amount of flexure produced bs observed with a microscope wagnifying ove hundred diameters A 'mote weighing one-thousandth of a mille) ime is sald perceptibly to bend the thread, WHY SNOW BURSTS A GUN. N a dise at the Royal Buciety In London of some etperimenis on She effects of sudden pres sures attention was called (eo au singular oxperi 'ence which, it was said, peslons whe go shostiog ia "Winter Some tinivs Have If the muzzle of a gun Rapids to py plagzed up with a little snow the un lovariablt borgts when fired In that condition. Light ax the plug of stow is, it requires:a defbite tive for 8 Sulte jarossure. however great, fo got It wander way, and durliy this ment of my affairs with untir ¢ tion strengthened, and I promised myself that neither wan por devil should Intervene, We sat in the library that night until long after midnight,' and when John Truston left Sour wed I won my case by no subtle argdment, A logical statement of the henefit we both might derive from the union was the direct appeal I° made clever lawyer's rea. soning pind. We talked 1 wanted freedom from business cares that I might travel and induige my musical tastes. He needed wealth to carry to fruition his boundless ambitions for a political ca. reer. It was all very businesslike, with ne underlying sentiment to hint at any future dissatisfaction in the to the As wan to man agreement We ne honeymoon; husband. The .seml-detachment unpleasant. We companionable There was not a were married without ostentation my contract called Zor a partner, of our lives did not met at meals and John was always He himself prove threw into the manage ing zeal, always consult. with the In his rare ments. of leisure utmost deference he where 1 spent much of my time ing me mo would siip into the music room and sit silently while the well loved masters. This was Truly we lived te 1 strayed among IT nesrest a the pproach to sociability. letter of our-bargain until, womanlike, I became My tend the reallza For a time ail went well dizgontented with my own bargain vat common took wings and I awoke t6 tion that 1 was 1 had thrust m SPS in love with on whom and and mad ¥ a man pe Inwardly 1 y Re who had the chafed continued in one ver enter sltahtest sentiment hitter mortific tained 1 me rebelled wardiy | with the serenity of my ways, short tue the tension of the sreat that the barrel of t powder gases hec he ordinary fowding Japce omes 5 hstand it Is-unable to wit THE PRESSURE OF LIGHT. HE idea that the waves of light produce a me chanleal push or pressure 8 not new, having been advanced years ago by Clark Maxwell, who could a theoretical proof of Moscow, offer only Later Lebedew, 'made an experimental demoustration of the of light He em ployed a radiometer resembling the famliiar Crookes radiometers with thelr revolving vanes, but used a larger and mere completely exhausted bulb, from which the heating effect that is the principal agent in moving the Crookes vanes was excluded. When the Hight falls upon thd vanes they are driven before it, and the intensity of the pressure thus ré vealed comes within ten per cent of that calculated by Maxwell. The effect is ludepeadant of the color of the ight, and directly proportional te fis energy. DIAMOND (HEAVING. fis one of the most delicate HE art of the lapidary employments of wicchhaiesl force known. The practical diamond culter learus many facts about 'Bare sealed books even to min pressure precious stoties whi eranlogists a - ¥or instance, It Is the Japidaries who have found out that diamonds coming from different districts vary remarkably in their degrees of hdrdness. IU appears that the hardest diamonds kueown, come from New South Wales, An unafsmiliar fact'ls that diamonds are made to Assuine dhproximately the required-ehape by «itting and cleaving and by "bruting,"™ which is the rubbing of ene dimnond against another, before they are sab mitted to the polishing wheel. In cleaving the diamond Is cemented on the end of a wooden stick, and a steel bimde Is driven with a smart blow iu the direction of the natural plane of cleavage. Diamonds that have been cot by the lap dary's wheel lack some of the builllance possessed Ly tisose (Lat have simply been slong. of life, We lived & year fo this fasblonyand Bad Fool Toes fashioned of such prosaic calibre I might have worked out some romantic solution of the situation. As it was I plodded along, probing in my own slow gbing fashion to find out why I was not attractive to the man'l had married. Fioally, like an inspiration, 1t came to me. In all my dealings with him I had as sumed a masculine attitude, and forthwith I made wp my mind that I would no longer be the calm eyed, cowlike creature I had been, forever chewing the cud of wisdom over timber lands and the political sitoa- tion. Lightness of thought and the ability to indulge in feminine frivols had been left out of my makeup I was what men call "heavy wheeltng." What ob good of all my money If I could not at least have a try for John's earth was the remedy this defect and affection? My one desire now was to throw aside my practical to forget the business partner side into a young, frilly lL had noted as being particularly to, men." I had a long mental argument over the ways and means to acquire this end. 1 real ized that It meant an entire upheaval of my person- and a sacrifice of some of my cherished tastes, but to develop the attributes hitherto scorned might cause, and with characteristic energy 1 began sober sided habits and to be rejuvenated woman like some attractive ality help my to make myself over "Loosening Up." was running for the Legislature, and I took the York: 1 looked up an oid ite whom I had always frowned on #8 unde weause she had small patience for the serious life and was forever indulging In pranks 1 asked her to be my guest at my hotel, and though f did not confide in her why I wanted to see the gay ide of New York, I let It he known that such was my intention, and she set to work enthusiastically to pro yw ledge 1 A supply CWE John opportunity to go to New school girabhle side of mote my kn of new clothes and hats, all girk do my balr in a thy oraforios and good, bad and of the vaudeville houses 8 coms "loosening up the old mare" My » of laughter must astonished him, but tory went home, and though I suffered much in osening up Process 1 looked five years younger and felt aceordingly when 1 watched John's puzzled eyes scanning the gayety of my attire Following the programme I had mapped out, I no longer appeared tallor frocks and shirt waists had gay French mornihg gowns snd dlooer dresses, and my hair was allowed to curl softly about my face. I refused to talk business, and indulged In lively toples, and played the popular music 1 had beard In New York. And all the satisfaction 1 got ont nf I was that John did see me. 1 frequently found him looking at me with that same puzsied expresvieg. But this was small gain, and my pillow was often wel with tears, x After my silly strategy would have doubtiess come to naught. if 1 had not fallen off the stepiadder. 1 liad climbed to get a hook from the topmost sheit, and, forgetful of my long tailed gown, came to grief. With a twisted ankle | huddied on the floor. Al first 1 eried because the pain was sharp: oo one came, and 1 cried for loneliness, and then I sobbed aloud bbcause I could pot control myself. When Jotm came In | found myself telling him I was crying because \ud poe in the world Joved me. Poor Johu! He had no alternative bul to take me i his arms and to oned more point out my wilstakes. cording to Ms stoby, and Be told it very convine. ish 1 was very much beloved, and had been for a long Hae, 1 We forgot the business partnership and started on 2. belated bhoneymooh which bas sever ended. things, and' I learned to I eschewed a to "sho fashion recitals, and went At one old a story of we have when | returned to Corsicana, in severe all, Sgt