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W- x...â€" _ ‘-- ..__. NDER AN w». y - man Chgsismh, of Egrdieigh; but AFRIC SUN. Naboth S Vineyard mats: hairs, “lasagna; BY GEORGE MAXVILLB rm. CHAPTER I. 'iVell, 'pon my word, Fraser I“ “What's the matter now 3” “I'm staggered; I am, really." “What about, boy 1" "To think I could be such an abSolute noodle as to let you morally bind me hand and foot and bear incl off into a desolate island in the Atlantic, to car- ry your confounded specimens; be drag- ged out of bed at unholy hours to walk hundreds of miles in the broiling' sun; to sleep in beds full ofi'the active and nameless insect abhorred by the Brit- ish housewife; and generally become your white nigger, cad,carthorse, and'â€"- “Have you nearly done i" said Hor- ace Fraser, with a grim smile upon his dry quaint countenance. l "No; that was only the preface.” "Then let's have the rest when" we get home in the shape of a neatly printed book, a c'opy of which you. can present to me with a paper-knife of white ivory; and I promise you I will never cut a leaf or read a line.” “Thanks, Diognes." "Diognes indeed!" cried Fraser with a snort, as his crisp hair seemed to stand on end. "Now look, Tom Digby; you are about the most ill-conditioned, ungrateful, dissatisfied English cub that ever breathed." l a "Go itl" said the good-looking young fellow addressed, as he flung himself down among the ferns and began to uintie his shoes, after wiping his steamâ€" ing brow, and taking off his straw hat, to let 'the hot dry breeze blow through his crisp wavy brown hair. ' "I mean to ‘go it,‘ as: you so coarse- ly term it, sir," continued Fraser, cross- ing his arms on a roughly made alpen- stock. “I came to you in your black and grimy chambers, where you were suffering from a soot-engendered cold. I said: “1 am off to the Canaries for a three months' trip. Leave this mis- erable London March weather, and I'll take you where you can see thesun shine.’ " ' "See it shine? Yes; but you didn’t say a word about feeling it," cried the younger man. "Do you know the skin is peeling off my nose, and that the back of my neck is burntf'" i f‘Dcin't be a donkey, Toml I ask, did you ever see anything so lovely before 11 your life i" ' “IHuinip‘hl ’Tis rather grumbled the younger man. . "Pretty!" echoed Fraser contemptu- ously, as he took off his hat, as if out of respect to Nature, and gazed around him at sea, Sky, mountain, and hill, whose hues were dazzling in their rich colours. He then threw down his alpenstook, drew a large geological .hammer from his belt, and seated him- self u on the grass, while his companion brcug t out a cbld chicken, some dark bread, and. a number of hard-boiled eggs, finishing off with a bottle and silver cup. ; "Look at that wonderful film of cloud floating toward the volcano, Tomi Look at the sum gleaming upon itl Just like a silver veil which the queen: of mountains is about to throw over' her mg." b I “ oetry, y jingol" cried Di b . “Brayvo old stones and bones, I'gsaÂ¥l Look at. the golden .yellow of the hard {filk lying within he ivory walls of is har -boiled egg; and at theâ€"â€" There; I’ll be hanged if I didn't for- get to bring some saltl" , Tom rDigby made a sound with his tongue as he tasted some oh the wine he had poured into the cup; then he made a grimace. . "I say, Horace, old dhap, iii was all very well for the old people to make a fuss about their sack and canary; but for my part a. tanikard of honest Eng- lish beer is'worth an ocean of this miserable juice.”_ ".Don't drink it, than" said Fraser, eating mechanically, as e gazed about him at the glorious pines around,‘ and then down at the tropical foliage of banana, palm, orange, and lime, two thousand feet below, where it glorified the lovely valleys and gorges which ran from the bleak volcanic sandy shore r ht up into the mountains. hen a silence fell upon the scene, which continued till the al fresco re- Sss‘t was at _an end, and Tom Digby eliberately lit up and began to smoke. "What an enthusiastic young gush- §.y0{i are, Horace!" cried Digby bant- ing . pretty," “For a man of florty-one, you c rahher go it." "And for one of twenty-five, you as- Iume the sire of aboy," said Fraser grimly. “Well I feel like one, old chap, out e. M’hy, it's glorious to breathe in delicious mountain air, to gaze up- on the clouds above and belowi at that wonderful blue sea, and at the iyellow pines which look like gold. Yes," he added, as he sprang up and azed about him. “it is a perfect ‘denl What a jolly shame that it should :be- lonf to the Spaniards instead of us." " daresay they appreciate it." . "Must have done, or else they wouldn't have taken it from theâ€"theâ€"theâ€"what did you call the aboriginies l" "Gu shes." “W a chap you are, Horace} You seem to know a. bit of everything." "I only try to go about withmy eyes open, and take interest in something bft er than colouring a meerschaum p 'l 'Severel" "Well, you do annoy me, Tom, on _ indeed. A man With such ‘ilâ€" :13, and you will not use them. Vhy, Lo}: haven't even tried to learn Span- {.II ' t‘s the good! You know plenty for both. I’m well enough off not: to both»! brains about ‘Ah._ om, Tomi if you only had em in life." - " ther have cans of those delici- °“.? W’ . ‘2": our “N dunking. Thirsty land, Hero ‘00. W071"? 1113796” GbOUt 1311808883? 1"” 3 looking at the boy in a sudden ecstasy ' lively recollection of your namesake at school, and Virgil and Homer and all the other dead-language buffers.â€"I say, though, that’s fine." i ‘ They had come suddenly upon one .of the gushes in the island known to the Spanish as barrancosâ€"a thorough crack or crevice in the rocky soil,‘ with per- pendicular sides clothed with mosses, ferns, and the various growths which found a home in the disintegrating lava of which the place was composed. Here the various patches of green were of the most brilliant tints, and kept 'ever verdant by the moisture trickling down from above. l “Mind what you are doing!" said Fraser, after stooping to chip offi a. fragment of perfectly black lava from a bare spot. “Yes; it would be an awkward tumble," said Digby, as he leaned for- ward and peered over the ledge. "Five hundred feet, I daresa'." “More likely a thousan ," said Fras- er. "The distances are greater than you think." "Ah, well, don't make much differ-. ence to a man who falls whether he tumbles five hundred or a thousand feetâ€"Going along here?" “Yes; the track leads to a steep de- scent. Then we can get up the other Side, and round over the mountain, and so back to the part where,_ after din- ner, we can go and call on Mr.. Red- rave. I did send on the letter straight rom London." “All right, old chap. I'm How many miles round 9" :‘Not more than ten. You will not mind the climb down i" ' ‘ "Well, if it’s like this-yes. Hillo, what’s he doing f" Digby painted across the barranoo to where a couple of hundred yards away, upon the opposite rods-face, a man seemed ’to be slowly descending the giddy wall. "After birds or rabbits, perhaps," said Fraser. “Take care of yourself, old chap!" shouted Digby; and then, as his voice was lost .in the vastness of the place, he followed his companion seaward for a few hundred yards till the ‘traok led them to a zig-zag descent cut in the wall of rock, down which they went cautiously and not without hesitation till they reached the little stream at the bottom, crossed it, and ascended the other side, a similar dangerous path taking them to the top. f'By George, this is a place i” said Digby as they paused for a few. mom- ents. ' “Listen I" whispered Fraser, stopping short; and there benth them was a panting and rustling, followed directly after by the appearance of a dank .face with a. band across the brow, a man With a basket supported on his back by the band to leave his hands free, c imbing up from a hidden path among the ferns, and pausing before them to set down his load. . "What have you there i‘" naked Fres- 81"‘1‘51 Spagisbfio 1d 1 ‘ usto t" o peo e,senori ‘- lese," said the man, smiling. "Thafflgis one of the caves below there where they usad to bury themaandihe point- ed tc an opening just Visible amongst the growth where the side of ’the bar- ranco sloped. “Buried? There?" said Frasor. “Yes, senor; there are plenty of such places as this in. the sides of thel mourn- tain." . "Curious," said Fraser, eagerly peer- ing into the basket of brown dust, stir- ring it With the end of his alpenstcdki, and uncovering something gleaming and white. I v . "thy,it‘s a. tooth!" said Digby,stoopâ€" mg to pick it out of: the basket, but dropping it suddenly. “Uighl” he ejac- ulated; “why, they're bits of bone.” "Yes; very interesting," said Fraser. "-Dust of the Guanche mummies. I knew there were remains to be found.” -,”Disgustingl” ejaculated Digby, reâ€" coiling. "Why do you get this dust 9” asked Frazer of the man. "For my garden, senor. ,The pota- toes and onions like it, and it is superb." l"What does he say?" i “They use it for manure for their gardens." (To be Continued.) ready.â€" OHl CAN 1"]? BE TRUE! The flowery white wedding is over, And over the rush of the train; To turn your sweet eyes to your lover, And 'kiss him againl There's no one to bore or to bother, There's no one to call and’ to stay; The whole pretty world; and each other Are ours from to-day. This quaint little parlor, how pleasant -lts flavor of long-ago life! But the crown of its lifeis the present, My darling, my wife! The pleasant wood fire‘s glowing steady, The table is set, and for two; The little white table all ready. For me and for you. Do you think that I ever shall bore you? \\ ill you ever be angry with me? Ahl let me sit still and adore you While you. pour out the teal I'll help you, no boasts will I utter, But you see how domestic I am. I can cut you your thin bread and' butâ€" ter And hand you the jam. . After tea we will stroll down the mead- , ow B3 moonlight, as true lovers should; An kiss in the corner of shadow You see by the wood. One kissâ€"now my teacup is carried To the place that's laid oppOSite you; My wife pours the tea outâ€"we're marâ€" ' riedl 0 Oh] can 4 the true? L IN DebRKNESS. I s'pose the bill's all right! he said, as he produced a roll of bills at the office of the gas company. . ; Can’t you read your meter! inquired the clerk politely. No. It's to learn. 0h. Iknow haw. The. trouble is that the gas burner over it doesn't give I miter knew what an orange light enough to enable me to see the {Nb was before. and why should Iifigures. ' ed. The Colonel had already caught Vi- vian up in his suns, delighted that the child had remembered his soldier, Ethel of child-worship; while Gladys Charles- worth stood face to face with Frank as one who has found a pleasant dream. to be the sweetness of reality. “You have not forgotten me?" he ask- I ed. "Oh no, indeedi Only, it seems SO strange to See you here. The last time we met was all sickness and suf- fering; here, it is so peacefully quiet." "It is a beautiful place!" Frank re- plied, drawing a deep breath of adâ€" miration, and feeling almost dazed with the wildnem of his own happiness. "There is no wonder that you love it. But tell mic how it was that you left me so abruptly out yonder? Not even time to say goodsbye, not even a mo- ment to thank you for your angelic kindnes." “Not now," said Gladys hurriedly, with a quick frightened glance at the others‘ retreating figuresâ€"“See; they are going into the gardens, my mo- ther’s favorite walk. Won't you come . with them?" But Frank stoodpeirfectly still, look- ing down into the pleading face. "Why did you leave me like that?" he repeat- “Do you know that I have been searching all London to 'find your whereabouts?” \ , “Captain Sandhuirst, I will tell you everything presently, only let us join the others now. Mother will be so dis- .aippointed if you do not see the garden with her." . ~ Captain Frank suddenly melted; he would have been something more than a man could he have withstood the wistfuln‘ess of those imploring violet eyes. So they event into the old- world garden; and under the avenue of ancient fruit-trees, Frank detailed to his hostess the story of his lingering lillness away from home and friends- 1 how an angel nursed him, and the man- iner in which that sweet divinity had been found.- _ - "Your girl and my boy,” the colonel remarked musingly,‘as he watched the figures disapppearing down the shady avenue. "How strange it seems! It Seems almost like the renewal of one’s own youth." "It seems more strange that they should have met in such a. way,” Mrs. :Chalrlesworth replied. “They would {make a handsome couple, George." The old name came so naturally that neither of them noticed it. The Col- onel laughed lightly, wondering a. lit- ,tle to (find himself viewing such a contingency so complacently. Under the bending arch of the trees they sat, till the talk gradually veered round to old ltim'es long since forgotten, though none the less delightful of recall. Meanwhile, Gladys and her compan- ion had wandelred on beneath the fil- bcrt boughs to a secluded spot, below. which the sunny meadows sloped away _into a. [far-stretching valley, beyond 'which rose range after range of wood- ied hills, crowned in the faint blue dis- itance by the Malvcrns. In the quiet contemplation of this silvan beauty they were silent for a time, with that innate sympathy that exists between . pints of a kindred nature. There was i a soft flush on the girl’s delicate checks, at subdued content gleaming in her eyes. “You look like happinem materialisâ€" ed,” said Frank at length. ~ She tuirned her glowing face to his, itrembliing with a sweet emotion. "Al- most too happy," she replied. “Yester- ' day was all dark and trembled; toâ€"day is all j? and sunshine. Then it seem- ed as ' we were going to lose home and ever thing that makes life worth livmg. do not think I am very sen- timen‘al, but I have a passionate love for this place. Perhaps you cannot un- derstand the feeling.‘ "Yes, I think 80A When I was ill, dying almost, out yonder I learnt to apprecmte the meaning of home. I used to dream of it, more perhaps when you were by. When you left, I knew it was a dream. ~ And that brings me to the old question: Why did you go away so suddenly?” I I "What mom had I to detain moi I had lost my brother; you had grown well, and. strong enough to do Without me.’ .' “You think so?" Frank asked, with a dangerous thrill in his voice. "Per- |haps I am the best judge of that. I was not strong enough to do‘without you. and I never shal be now." "I am glad you thought of me. It is pleasant to know- that." "Thought of you I have never for- gotten on for a moment. Sweet hyp- ocrite, are you look me in the face and isayiitisnlotsoi". ./ ~ She did not look up, though a rosy smile trembled on her cheeksnand rud- _ dy Lips for a moment. In spite of the tumultuous beating of her heart, there was in all the painful uncertainty an exquitiss sense of pleasure which renâ€" de'red it doubly pleasing. "Gladys. if I may use the _name again. tell me why you. left Without good-bye?" ' For the. fimt time She glanced up at: him with bet truthful eyes "I Wlll. tell you, then. In the first place, 13 thought you would despise me, and your; regard was very dear to me.“ . "Of course Ii should I have despised you," Sandburst replied ironicallyâ€"“the mine as one would despise a heaven- dirmted angel sent to succour a des- pairing match. But, a‘n mb, I quite to at to do that bemusc, you-see"â€" G sdys stretched out a trembling lit- tle hand implor' ly. Immediatel the bold soldier seize it and kept i la):- prisoned in his own warm grasp. At the touch of this stro masterful gri , all the reserve and does- seemed leave the girl yielding and helple - "But I thought you would," cried. "I was only an hospital war you are a soldier with a good name an fortune. I was always proud of being met. me some day, an clam gover- gness, or ps I. shop assistant“â€" ; "I should have lavished large sums ‘ on that tiler establishment in my ex- cess of gratitude,â€".\'o; I will not reâ€" :lease your hand, Miss Charlesworth of . Fernleigh. You proud young personâ€" iisn't that the expnmion I should have :to have used if I had found you lino ? shop?" , Gladys laughed, and said no mom. iabout her prisonod fingers. There was in. wild flush on heir checks, and a lus- trons gleam in her eyes, like unshed tears. As Frank looked down into ithom, a sudden flood of tendernc& l rushed into his heart, overpowering all lother feeling. "Gladys‘," he mid quietly, “you were very cruel to me un.’ "Perhaps; but it. was not without pain to me. I did not know"â€" “That I loved you: I did, the first time I saw you. I do now; I shall ias "vng as life is spared to me. Hear all I have to say. This is no fancyâ€"remember, it is more i an a year since wa partedâ€"and instead of growing weaker, my love becomes thing to make you! happy, if I canâ€" Gladys, my darling, Wlll you be my Wife?" - _ Then there came a long Silence more el uent than words, as heart went out foodie-amt in a perfect understanding. It seemed as if the parting of 3. yeah had been washed away with its months of doubt and unmu'ta‘inty, as she lay upon her lover‘s breast with his arms around her. \Voman-like, Gladys was the first to break the stillness, With a broken laugh and a strangely happy face tinged with a shame at her own beatibude. . "I wonder wfhnit they will my?" said she. “Mr. Heath [told us yesterday that you and Mis Morton were expectâ€" ed to ’â€" "To fall in love with an obsolete fami- ly arrangement,” bried Frank gaily. “My dear: child, what chance could I pomibly have with a full-blown bairoâ€" net? Strange as it may seem, Ethel prefers Cresswell to me.’ "What shocking taste! And to con- sole yourself, you came to me. I am afraid yours is only a secondary at- tachment.” , To which audacious speech Sandburst replied by a. rapturous embrace, in which Gladys’ but fell to the ground and her fair hair spread out in Wild disorder. And, to add to the catas- trophe, at this moment appeared the Colonel in company with the mistress of Fernleigh, eyeing the blushing cul- prits with an ill attempt at deep seâ€" verity. - . . ‘ "I should like to know the meaning of this,” asked the Colonel, in his stem- est parade voice. “I should very much like an explanation.” i . "It is simple enough,” said Frank coolly.-â€""Colonel Sandhu‘mt, permit me to introduce you to my future wife.” Mrs. Char-leswort‘h gave a little cry of astonishment, while the Colonel bowâ€" v ed with. an exaggerated politeness, pos- sibly to hide the pleased .expre‘ssionf which somehow would manifest itself , on his features. . 7 "What shall we do With them?” he asked, turning to his companion. “It is so sudden, so unexpected,” fal- tered the bewildered lady witha glance at the now Collected lovor.â€"“Gladiys, what have: you to say'f” ‘ t “It is quite true,” said she, laughing and crying in a breath. "He asked one toâ€"to marry him, and I"-â€" ' "VVe-ll.~ And you?” - “Were obliged to say yes. He would take no other answer; and Gladys kiss- ed her mother once, and disappeared without another word, leaving Frank to beazr the brunt of the paternal wrath, an impending punishment. which he bore with enviable stoicism'. Fortunate- ly, the advent of Vivian at this mom- e‘nt served to distract attention from the culprit, who forthwith took the lad by this hand and set off in search (of an imaginztry‘wreln's nest. Mrs. Charlesworth took a seat, Colonel stood by her Side. "You are not displeased?” he asked wiith a shade of anxiety ‘ "Not exactly displeased; indeed, I think I am velry glad. It seems so poetical that between our children there should be such a tender feeling. I think of this the more because there might have been"â€" "As blissful a consummation focus. â€"Ma.rgarot, do you remember the time when you and I looked forward totiuclr 2 rec the in his voice. happiness, when at the end of months on were to write to me?” . "And did, George; do not forget' itihat." "Yes, I know it now; but I did 'not ' receive the letter at the time. I wait- ed for a month, but it never came. And then I tho - ht you had forgotten me, so 1' mm you no more." “And I thought you had forgotten met How absurdly proud we must have both been not toâ€"-â€" How did you find out afterwards?" . The Colonel took the letter from his pocket, and handed it to liar. When She had road it, he told the stofrytflif o 6 its finding. Brut the history treachery practised by a vanished band 1 he did not tell her, nor did she even: know. _ It was blissfully qunet there, save for the song of birds and this light sound? For a' of voices on. the lawn below. _ long time neither spoke. for the mind: of either was back in the far past. said the Colonel at longth, "there is still a. little fra - radios over our dead romance. Cant) we treasure up the remaining years to- gether?" , "Last ar’s leaves are dead,"_ Mrs. lobarlesworth replied, blushing like a 814' 3 levegil’t h be t ' f h I " te auyspringsares. have been a. lonely man; I. shall he more so in the near future. The suns shine has us, but its warmth still remains. you can bean- watb one £011 a time, I shall be the happier." . "Very well. It shall be as you Wish, George." _ _ The sound of veioes camenearer, till "Margarou' presentl all the happy group had gathere round the monel and his companion. When they became a lit- tle_ graver and the conversation had taken a more serious turn, be told‘ them. They Hatched _in respectful sil< once, while Vivian climbed on to the Colonel's kn lgcklng up into his face the while in t y. . ' "-W'hat do on think of it all?" ask- ed the narrs conclusion. "I think it. wl 1. be very nice," said the boy confidentiall ..: “You are pleased, ivianl" asked his mother. He looked ’xom one to the other as stronger every day. If I tan do any-- "their fragrance has gone for, if he saw them, than away round the garden, peaceful in the fading after noon. pleastnt, fnxsb, and sweet as it the wry guardian . irit of the place had blessed the gen on and its cloni- zciia A delicate l‘ t fell upon his face, filtemd throng the brancbca “I think it is the bait thing that could happen," he said in. his quaint oltiâ€"fash.oued way; "and I think," he Culli‘lllll-Jd, with a glance heawnwurd "that God has been very good to us all bio-dityJ' i {The end.) 8iiiniii LDNDUN iii PARIS :STATISTICS ABOUT THE TWO LAR- GEST CITIES OF THE WORLD. London For Outstrlps Any other City In Population. “'enlth and All That Goes to Make lip ll Modern City. ‘ There are 600,000 buildings in the 'city of London, including stores and ublic buildings. There are 100,000 uildings in Paris. The population of London by the Imunicipal census of 1896 was 4,483,018. lThe _ population of Paris by the last municipal census,â€"the record of Sopu- lation in France is continuous an not made at stated intervals onlyâ€"was 2.- , 511.955. ' j The area of London is 688 square ‘ miles. The area of Paris is 172 square miles. . ' 5 There are 1,890 miles of streets and 2.350 miles_ of se‘wers in London. There are 600 miles of streets and 550 miles ‘of sewers in Paris. London consumes in a year 5,000,000 tons of meat of all kinds and Paris con- . :sumes 8,600,000. London consumes in la year 400,000 tons of potatoes, 110,000 tons of cabbages, 60,000 tons of turnips, , 50,000 tons of unions. and 20,000 tons of ggreen peas. The yearly consumption of celery in London is 800 tons and .of asparagus 300 tons. Paris consumes ja ton of bread a day and 450,000,,000 = eggs a_ye_a.r. The consumption of game I in Farts includes 1,000,000 pigeons, 600,- .000 partridges, 300,000 lurks, and 100,â€" . 000 pheasants. ' . The water supply of Paris averages 150,000,000 gallons 3. day, and of Lon- don 200,000,000, exclusive of a portion lof the metropolitan district, locallyi lsupplied. London’s supply costs $9,â€" 000,000 a year. ' i - The consumption of ale, beer, and lid quors in London amounts to 355,000,- - 000 gallons in a year. In Paris the com lsumption of wine is 100,000,000 gallons I and of beer 8,000,000 gallons,ihrough the ,disparity between the two ‘is being {gradually lessened by the increasing ! popularity of beer in the French capi-4 tal. There are relatively more drunk- enness and fewer arrests for drunkcn~ ness in London than in Paris. The municipal expenses of London in a year amount to about $70,000,000. The municipal expenses of the city of Paris; exclusive of national contributions, can- exclusive of national contributions, amount to $05,000,000“. The debt of London is $50 per capita; the debt oil Paris is $150 per capita. There were 2,015 burglaries and. "house-breaking's" committed in Lon- don in 1895, 997 in Paris; The receipts of the Paris theatres and music halls for the year 1896 were $4,- ,400,000. The receipts of the London! lth‘eatres and licensed music halls for the same year were $3,200,000; The population of London increases all , the rate of 200 a. day from this excess i of births over deaths. The population jof Paris is increased by drafts from i the French provinces and not from the i excess of births over deaths in the capi- ical, which average ten a day of 3,000 g in a year. l There are more than 2,000 churches in iLondonâ€"675 belonging to the Estab« l lislied Church, 450 Methodist, 350 Bap- ‘tist, and 125 Catholicâ€"1,000 exclusive 30f Congregational, Presbyterian, and ELutheran churches, and exclusive alsd of Jewish synagogues, of which there are 32 in London. There are 355 churches in Paris of all religious de- nominations. . The amtiqmrmns declare that the . first authentic mention of London ap. pears in Tacitus. It was burned in A. D. 61. {Paris was burned in B. C. 52, and the earliest authentic mention of its existence as a settlement is traced to Julius Caesar, or rather it was as- cribed to Julius Caesar, thou b there was never was anything trace( to Jul- I ius Caesar so far as history records. In London, English is spoken almost: exclusively by all the inhabitants. In Paris the number of tourists is com tinucusly large. _._,_.â€"â€".._ . . A LIINER‘S HEROIC ACT. A despatch from Rossland. B.C., says: â€"By an act of heroism Jim lliemswprth saved the lives of two ini'nersiworiking in the Young American hundred-foot shaft on Sunday. They had filled the iron bucket with ore and lUtWIIS with- in twenty feet of the surface with llemsworth turning the crank, when it broke at the elbow and knocked him down. The cogs failed to hold the load and the bucket was rapidly descending on the heads of the unconscious miners when Hemaworth threw himself on the real and blocked the machinery brv thrusting his arms in the whee s. t :was horribly lacerated and amputation may be necessary, but the miners in .the shaft were saved. The foreman blocked the wheels and released Hema- .worth's arm in a few moments. When asked if he was much hurt'lie replied; â€"“What's the difference so long as I saved the boys." I l 1 .~. 2 IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. i Bliflers (reading). Science now re- .oognizes a con itch called "intoxica- tion by radia't Many cases of drunkenness are cited in which the victim had touched nothing alcoholic. but had simply been in the company of drinkers. I - 'Wbiffers. Cut _that out. I want to show it to my Wife. .. m...â€" »n. .._. "-4.. s“ M._.....-..- ... . «-‘i-“k .0... W. ow "w