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THE SPENDERS A Tale of the Third Generation B? HARRY LEON WILSON -• * * JL 1 Conrifbt, by Lothrop Publishiag-CouqMiij. CHAPTER X. --CoNTIJJUXD. ' "Really," she admits, "we're comin' to do the right thing over here; a few years were all we needed. Hardly a itown house to be opened before Thanksgivin', I understand; and down «it the Hills some of the houses will •tay open all winter. It's coachin', iridin', and golf and auto-racin' and jpolo and squash; really the young folks don't go in at all except to dance i *nd eat; and it's quite right, you flcnow. It's quite decently English, mow. Why, at Morris Park the other pay. the crowd on the lawn looked tquite like Ascot, actually." •; Nor could we have learned In the ^hostile camp the current gossip of Tuxedo, Meadowbrook, Lenox, Morris- Itown and Ardsley; of the mishap to JMrs. "Jfnimie*' Whettin, twice unseat- at a recent meet; of the woman's championship tournament at Chats- f twortb; or the good points of the new .funner-up at Baltusrol, daily to be seen J' ion the links. Where we might incur f \ '^knowledge of Beaumont "gusher" or ^ ,fPittsburg mill we should never have , discovered that teas and receptions are ^ ;'<really falling into disrepute; that a | --series of dinner-dances will be or- • iganized by the mother^ of debutantes | >* »to bring them forward; and that big * ? ^subscription balls are in disfavor, since Ijj:;••• jlthey benefit no one but the caterers (-who serve poor suppers and bad cham- tpagne. 1 4 M r s . G w i l t - A t h l e s t a n t a k e s o n l y H >• iScotch whiskey and soda. |<A' "But I'm glad," she confides to Hor- • . lace Milbrey on her left, "that you | «v Jhaven't got to followin' this fad of Shavin' one wine at dinner; I know it's •iEnglish, but it's downright shoddy." Her host's eyes swam with gratitude ? &or this appreciation. i •• "I stick to riiy peg," she continued; v "'but I like to see a Chablis with oys- rters and good dry sherry with the *soup, and a Moselle with the fish, and I?, * (then you're ready to be livened with |f i& bit of champagne for the roast, and | " ^steadied a bit by Burgundy with the K' igame. Phim sticks to it, too; tells me g. .my peg is downright encouragement to • ithe bacteria. But I tell him I've no fc; -quarrel with my bacteria. 'Live and |v Het live' is my motto, I tell him,-- |J; \'*$and if the microbes and I both like .Scotch and soda, why, what harm. I'm jforty-two and not so much of a fool ^that I ain't a little bit of a physician, a know my stomach, I tell him." "What about these Western peo­ ple?" she asked Oldaker At her other •Bide, after a little. "Decent, unpretentious folks, some- •what new, but with loads of money." "I've heard how the breed's stormin' JNew York,in droves; but they tell me some of us need 4he money." "I dined with one last night, a sugar •cured ham magnate from Chicago." * "Dear me! how shockln'j" "But they're good, whole-souled peo- gple." "And well heeled--and that's what we need, it seems. Some of us been sso busy bein' well-familied that we've forgot to make money." "It's a good thing, too. ~ Nature ha3 flier own building laws about fortunes. "3iVhen they get too sky-scrapy she «topples them over. These people with -their thrifty habits would have all the -money in time if their sons and daugh ^ "ters didn't marry aristocrats with ex- pensive tastes who knotf how to be ^spenders. Nature keeps things fairly -even, one way or another." "You're thinkin' about Kitty and the «duke." "No, not then I wasn't, though that's •one of the class I mean. I was think­ ing especially about tnese Westerners." "Well, my grandfather made the ?best barrels in New \ork, and I'm ^mother-in-law of a chap whose ances­ tors for three hundred and fifty years "haven't done a stroke of work; but Tie's the Duke of Blanchmere, and I 3hope our friends here will come as •near gettin' the worth of their money «as we did. And if that chap"--she ,glanced at Percival--"marries a cer­ tain young woman, he'll never have a ull moment, I'd vouch for that I'M uite sure she's the devil In her." "And if the yellow haired girl mar- ; 4 -fries the fellow next her--" "He might do worse." "Yes, but might she? He's Already •doing worse, and he'll keep on doing sit, even if he does marry her." "Nonsense--about that, you know; sail rot! What can you expect of -these chaps? So does the duke do -worse, but you'll never hear Kitty •complain so long as he lets her alone «and she can wear the strawberry leaves. I fancy I'll have those young •ones down to the Hills for Hallowe'en And the week-end. Might as well help "em along." At the other end of the table, the fine old ivory of her cheeks gently -suffused with pink until they Iqoked like slightly crumpled leaves of a la "Trance rose, Mrs. Oldaker was flirting ^brazenly with Shepler, and prattling ^Impartially to him and to one of the *twin nephews of old days in social l. -$New York; of a time when the world £v .aof fashion occupied a little space at ;gi:^flthe Battery and along Broadway; of Hts migration to the far north of Great Jones street, St. Mark's Place, and Sec- eond avenue. In Waverly Place had •been the flowering of her belle-hood, gand the day when her set moved on y|to Murray Hill was to her still recent sand revolutionary. Between the solemn Angstead twins, 3Mrs. Bines had sat in silence until by jsome happy chance it transpired that W^'horse" was the word to unlock their k<.'.|lip8r As Mrs. Bines knew all about Ihorses the twins at once became vol- Me, showing her marked attent'on. he twins were notably devoid, of prej­ udice if your sympathies happened to <cun with theirs. Miss Bines and young Mlllbrey were «el ready «on excellent terms, percival %nd Miss Milbrey, on the other hand. *Were doing badly. Some disturbing ^element seemed to have put them aloof. Miss Milbrey wondered somewhat, but her mind was easy, for her resolution had been taken. % Mrs. Gwilt-Athlestan extended her invitation to the young people, who ac­ cepted joyfully. When the guests had gone Miss Mil­ brey received the praise of both par­ ents for her blameless attitude toward young Bines. "It will be fixed when we come back from Wheatly," said that know­ ing young woman, "and now don't worry any more about it." "And Fred," said the mother, "do keep straight down there. She's a commonplace girl, 4 with lots of man­ nerisms to unlearn, but she's pretty and sweet and teachable." "And she'll learn a lot from Fred that she doesn't know now," finished that young man's sister from the foot of the stairway. Back at their hotel Psyche Bines was saying: "Isn't It queer about Mrs. Gwilt- Athlestan? We've read so much about her in the papers. I thought she must be some one awful to meet--I was that scared--and instead, she's like any one, and real chummy besides; and, actually, ma, don't you think her dress was dowdy--all except the diamonds? I suppose that comes from living in England so much. And hasn't Mrs. Milbrey twice as grand a manner, and the sbn--he's a precidus--he knows everything and everybody; I shall like him." Her brother, who had flung himself into a cushioned corner, spoke with the air of one who had reluctantly con­ sented to be interviewed and who was anxious to be quoted correctly: "Mrs. Gwilt-Athlestan is all right. She reminds me of what Uncle Peter writes about that new herd of short­ horns: 'This breed has a mild disposi­ tion, is a good feeder, and produces a fine quality of flesh.' But I'll tell you one thing, sis," he concluded with sud­ den emphasis, "Witu all this talk about marrying for money I m beginning to feel as if you and I were a couple of white rabbits out in the open with all the game laws off!" CHAPTER XL AFTERNOON STROLL AND AN EVEN­ ING CATASTROPHE. Miss Milbrey, the second morning at Mrs. Gwilt-Athlestan's house party, faced with becoming resignation what she felt would be her last day of en­ tire freedom. She was down and out philosophically to play nine holes with her host before breakfast Her brother after a night of It with Mauburn, awakening less happ.lly, made a series of discoveries regarding his bodily sensations that caused him to view life with disaffection. Noting that the hour was early, however, he took cheer, and after a jong, strong, cold drink, which he rang for, and a pricking Icy shower, which he nerved himself to, he was" ready to ignore his aching head and get the start of Mau­ burn. Outside most of the others had scat­ tered for life in the open, each to his taste. Some were on the links. Some had gone with the coach. A few had ridden early to the meet of the Essex hounds near Easthampton, where a stiff run was expected. Others had gone to follow the hunt in traps. A lively group came back now to read the morning papers by the log fire in the big oheery hall. Among these were Percival and Miss Milbrey. When they had dawdled over the papers for an hour Miss Milbrey grew slightly res­ tive. "Why doesn't he have it over?" she asked herself, with some impatience. And she delicately gave Percival, not an opportunity, but opportunities to make an opportunity, which is a vastly different form of procedure. But the luncheon hour came and people straggleiThack, and the after­ noon began, and the request for Miss Milbrey *s heart and hand was still un­ accountably deferred. Nor could she feel any of those subtle premonitions that usually warn a woman when the event is preparing in a lover's secret heart. Reminding herself of his letters, she began to suspect that, while he could •WHY DOESN' T HE HAVB IT OVERT' write unreservedly* he might be shy and reluctant of speech; and that shy­ ness now deterred him. So much bs- ing clear, she determined to force the issue and end the strain for both. Percival had shown not a little in­ terest in pretty Mrs. Akemit. and was now talking with that fascinating crea­ ture as she lolled on a low seat before the fire in her lacy blue house gown. At the moment she was adroitly pos­ ing one foot and then the other before the warmth of the grate. It may be disclosed without damage to this tale that the feet of Mrs. Akemit were not cold; but that they were trifles most daintily shod, and, as her elender sil­ ken ankles curved them toward the blaze from her froth of a v petticoat, they were worth looking &t. Miss Millbrey disunited the chatting couple with swiftness and aplomb. 'Come, Mr. Bines, if I'm to take that tramp you made me promise you, it's time we were off." Outside she laughed dellclously. "You khow you did make me promise it men­ tally, because I knew you'd want to come and want me to come, but I was afraid Mrs. Akemit mightn't under stand about telepathy, so I pretfhd we'd arranged it all In words." "Of course! Great joke, wasn't it?" assented the young man, rather awk­ wardly. Down the broad sweep of roadway, running between Its granite coping, they strode at a smart pace; "You know you complimented my walking powers on that other walk we took, away oil there where the sun goes down." "Yes, of course," he replied absently. "Nowv he's beginning," she said to herself, noting his absent and some­ what embarrassed manner. In reality he was thinking how few were the days ago he would have held this the dearest of all privileges, and how strange that he snould now prize it so lightly, almost prefer, indeed, not to have it; that he should regard her, of all women, "the fairest of all fiesh on earth" with nervous distrust. She was dressed in tan corduroy; elation was in her face; her waist, as she stepped, showed supple as a wil­ low; her suede-gloved little hands were compact and tempting to his grasp. His senses breathed the air of her per­ fect and compelling femininity. But sharper than all these impressions rang the words of the worldly-wise Higbee: "She's hunting night and day for a rich husband; she tries for them as fast as they come; she'd rather mar­ ry a sub-treasury--she'd marry me in a minute--she's marry you; but if you were broke she'd have about as much u s e f o r y o u . . . " Her glance was frank, friendly, and encouraging. Her deep eyes were clear as a trout-brook. He thought he saw in them once almost a tenderness for him. She thought, "He does love me!** Outside the .grounds they turrieS down a bridle-path that led off through the woods--off through the golden sun- wine of an October day. The air bore a clean autumn spies, and a faint salty scent blended with it from the distant sound. The autumn silence, which is the only perfect silence in all the world, was restful, yet full of sig­ nificance, • suggestion, provocation. From the spongy lowland back of them came the pleading sweetness of a meadow-lark's cry. Nearer they could even hear an occasional leaf flutter and waver down. The quick thud of a falling nut was almost loud enough to earn its echo. Now and then they saw a lightning flash of vivid turquoise and heard a jay's harsh scream. In this stillness their voices instinc­ tively lowered, while their eyes did homage to the wondrous play of col­ or about them. Over a yielding brown carpet they went among maple and chestnut and oak, with their bewilder­ ing changes through crimson, russet, and amber to pale yellow; under the deep-stained leaves of the sweet-gum they went, and past the dogwood with scarljet berries gemming the clusters of its dim red leaves. But through all this waiting, incit­ ing silence Miss Milbrey listened in vain for the words she had felt so cer­ tain would come. Sometimes her companion was vol­ uble; again he was taciturn--and through it all he was doggedly aloof. Miss Milbrey had put herself bravely In the path of Destiny. Destiny had turned aside. She had turned to meet it, and now it frankly fled. Destiny, as she had construed it, was turned a fugitive. She was bruised, puzzled, and not a little piqued. During the walk back, when this much had been made clear, the silence was intolerably oppressive. Without knowing why, they understood perfectly now„r tnat neither had been Ingenuous. "She would love the money ana play me for a fool," he thought, under the surface talk. Youth is prone to en­ dow its opinions with all the dignitj of certain knowledge. "Yet I am certain he loves me,'* thought she. On the other hand, youth is often gifted with a credulity divlna and unerring. At the door as they came up the roadway a trap was depositing a man whom Miss Milbrey greeted With evi­ dent surprise and some restraint. He was slight, dark, and quick of move­ ment, with finely cut nostrils that ex­ panded and quivered nervously like those of a high-bred horse in tight check. Miss Milbrey introduced him to Per­ cival as Mr. Ristine. v "I didn't know you were hereabouts," she said. "I've run over from the Bloynes to dine and do Hallowe'en with you," ha answered, flashing his dark eyes quick­ ly over Percival and again lighting tha girl with them. "Surprises never come singly," she returned, and Percival noted a curious little air of defiance in her glance and manner. Now it is possible that Solomon's implied distinction as to the man's way with a maid was not, after all, so ill advised. For young Bines, after dinner, fell in love with Miss Milbrey all over again. The normal human mind go­ ing to one extreme will inevitably gravitate to its opposite if given time. Having put her away in the conviction that she was heartless and mercenary --having tasted in the desert of doubt --he now found himself detecting in her an unmistakable appeal for sym­ pathy, for human kindness, perhaps for love. He forgot the words of Higbee and became again the confident, un­ questioning lover. He noted her rath­ er subdued and reserved demeanor, and the suggestions of weariness about her eyes. They drew him. He resolved at once to seek her and give his love freedom to tell itself. He would no longer meanly restrain it. He would even tell her all his distrust. Now that they had gone she should know every ignoble suspicion; and, whether she cared for him or not, she would comfort him for the nurt they.a had bfen US him. The Hallowe'en frolic - was on. Through the long hall, lighted to pleas­ ant dusk by real Jack-o'-lanterns, stray couples strolled, with subdued m«r- murs and soft laughter. In the big white and gold parlor, in the dining room, billiard room, and in the tropic jungle of the immense palm garden tne party had bestowed itself in congenial groups, ever intersecting and forming anew. Little flutters of high laughter now and then told of tests that were kjeing made with roasting chestnnts, apple parings, the white of an eeg igppecl into water, or the before an open window. <TO BE CONTINUED.) ~ " ' " • / . FRENCH MINE HERO'S MEDAL STORY OF THE RESCUE FROM THE cOTmRiRRKs jtnrjfes ; Only Won the PlaudHs of the World, But the Commen­ dation of His Own Lit- * < He ten, The scene of the* following romance Is the Courrieres mine, the time near­ ly thrue weeks after the terrible dis­ aster. A mingled, crowd--gendarmes, fren­ zied women, and enraged miners-- stood at the mouths of the various pit shafts. Suddenly a great cry arose from Pit 2. More survivors had been dis­ covered. Everyone rushed to the THEN ON A SUDDEN. GREAT JOT FIX .ED ALL HEARTS. mouth of the shaft, where, from the cage staggered 13 men and boys, each supported by a comrade. Amongst them was Ninny, the man who had lt-d these worn-out men to safety, and Pruvost, his gallant sec­ ond. This is what had happened: Ninny and Carlier, the foreman of his gang, ^ere at work in the Cour­ rieres mine. Suddenly a loud, but deadened thud resounded in the dark passages. The place was filled with poisonous gases. "The mine has blown up," each man whispeied, and paled in the dark­ ness. Ninny now took the lead. At the bottom of an incline the lights of their lanterns shone upon a thick, yellowish fog. Noises filled the air. The sound of axes fell plainly on their ears. Six men joined the lit* tie party. A day passed. One by one the lamps flickered out, until the men were left in darkness. Time now merged into one continuous night. When their watches ran down they knew that another 24 hours had passed. Death lay around them. They felt it in the air. Despair was in every heart, save in Ninny's. He alone spoke of rescue, and urged the men not to give up hope. Thus time went on. Food and water the miners found in plenty. Bread was in the knapsacks of the men that had per­ ished. Then one day the sound of rolling trucks came to them. "The mine is not destroyed entirely," each thought, and each took hope. 1 For of course the trucks could not roll by themselves, and the sound must mean that their comrades were working to effect a rescue. It was Ninny, always Ninny, who cheered and put new heart -into his comrades. - "Courage, mes braves!" he would cr^; "only have a little more patience, and we are certain to be saved. Think of the gallant fellows working to res­ cue us. They will never give in - till we are safe." But for all that, as the days passed, here and there a miner began to lose hope. "It is more than a fortnight now since we were entombed, Ninny," one would say. "I fear we shali never see our wives "and children again. It makes me sad when I think that probably my little Lucienne will never run to meet her father again." "You speak like a coward," Ninny would reply angrily. "You do not de­ serve to see your Lucienne any more." Nineteen days had now passed. Then on a sudden, great joy filled all hearts. Men were advancing towards them. They were saved. Ninny had led them to safety. A happy wife sat at Ninny's'bedside. Near him, in the same ward, lay Pruvost. On the breast of each man gleamed the Cross of the Legion of Honor, pinned there that morning by the French Minister of works. A little boy approached the bed on which Ninny lay--Ninny, the hero, whose name was seen in every news­ paper in the world. For a minute the child gazed rapturously at the medal. "You must have been a good boy at school, dear papa," he burst forth at length, "to win such a pretty medal as that ^ 1 GOVERNMENT SEED DISTRIBUTION HOW PACKETS ARE PUT UP THAT CONGRESSMEN SEND OUT. Something About This Feature of the Government's Generosity Which Is Subject to Severe Criticism. The distribution of vegetable and floWer seeds on congressional orders is the largest single business which the agriclutural department has to handle. Th« total number of packets put up aivd. mailed during 4he>, fiscal year 1905 was 55,773,400. Thes^ were assembled into packages of -fire pack­ ets each, making 7,110,680 packages. The seed purchased to fill all these packets W.MS enough to fill 28 cars of 30,000 pounds per car. The work of packetlng begins about November 1 of each year and is completed be­ fore the end of the April following, the greater part of the work being done in a little more than four and a half moaths of this period. If we con­ sider lhe work to extend over six month* 500 packets are put up every minute of every working day of eight hours during that time. During much of the time as many as 1,000 packets per minute are put up. The secretary of agriculture has pointed out that, while it is his duty to carry on the distribution in ac­ cordance with the wishes of congress, the money expended for vegetable and floWer seeds could probably be more profitably used for the introduction of now and rare seeds, such as grains, forage crops, cotton, tobacco and the like.- Th'e large quantities of seed needed make It Impossible to use the rare varieties even if there were a sufficient number of new and valuable varieties of vegetable seeds each year to fill the requirements. The number of really new and desirable varieties of vegetables that appear each year is extremely small, and the seedsmen of to-day are so thoroughly awake to the importance of introduc­ ing novelties that any new variety quickly finds its way into the trade. It is only the standard varieties of vegetable and flower seeds, therefore, that can be used In the general fre$ distribution. These are in more or less regular supply in the trade, and while the stocks vary in quality it Is not difficult for those who understand the business and who know the sources of supply to secure each year first-class seeds at reasonable prices. The first step in arranging for a new annual distribution is to prepare suitable combinations to send into the different sections of the United States. For convenience the country is di­ vided into four sections: and in or­ der to send as wide a range of de­ sirable sorts as possible into each sec­ tion a number of combinations are made up, each of five kinds of vege­ table seed, and each is so planned that it shall contain a good assort­ ment. « These combinations are made up with much care and are.the founda­ tion ot our work. Tho number of senators, representatives and dele­ gates in congress in each section be­ ing known, this number is multiplied by 12.000, the number of packages cons to uting a "quota," and the result shows the aggregate number of pack­ ages of all combinations needed for that section. The various combina- tion* in a section are made equal in numksr, or nearly so, and when all the combinations are made the sum­ mer if packet* of?each kind-speeded can be readily determined. This in­ formation is necessary before buying can begin, so that all the seeds bought may be purchased with a definite pur­ pose. The seed needed is secured in one of two ways; (1) It is bought out­ right, the seeds being on hand at the time of purchase, or (2) it is con­ tracted for, the department agreeing to pay a fixed sum^for all seed of satisfactory quality delivered up to a given amount. All seedB offered are considered by a special committee which consults with the seed experts of the bureau of plant industry and TnK TACKING l tOOM WHERE THE SEEDS ARK PUT UP. recommends purchases in accordance with the following considerations: (1) The known quality of the stocks offered. (2) The reputation of the firm mak­ ing the offer. (3) The price, calculated upon de­ livery at Washington, D. C. The price, though important, iij never the first consideration; good seeds must be secured at a fair price, and "the best value" is the watchword in the work. The packetlng of the seed is done by contract. Proper Treatment of Waxed Floors. In France, where waxed oak floors have been in use perhaps from time immemorial, nothing but pure beeswax is used on them. The oak floors In the palaces of Versailles and the Louvre are so highly polished that the furniture Is reflected in them; yet these floors were laid more than 200 years ago, in some cases, and hav& been in use ever since, and nothing but pure beeswax has ever bee^ap- plied to them. ^ - MAKING CEMENT CISTERNS Nsw Method of Construction Which 'Has Numerous Advantages Over Old Style. Cisterns are now built of concrete, which has numerous advantages over the old style. As now built the cis­ tern is a large jug, without seam or joint, and all in one piece. Cistern making of concrete is a new branch IMPROVED SCAFFOLDING. A Novel Form Which Is Particularly ~ | Adapted for Use On Roofs ^ 7 «f ^Buildings. / ' A iilii form of scaffoldftii" cently been invented, which is par­ ticularly adapted for use on roofs of buildings. It will be found very con­ venient when repairing chimneys or doing other work on a roof, as it may be easily bandied or placed la position, and when not in use it caa be compactly folded for storage or transportation. The Scientific Amer­ ican describes the invention as fol­ lows: The scaffolding conprises a pair of bars, each consisting of two sections, which are hinged together. In use the bars are passed over the ridge of the roof, with the sections resting against opposite sides, as shown by Fig, II. in the accompany­ ing engraving. The sections. It will be noticed", are provided with under­ cut or T-shaped notches, which ar» adapted for engaging links or loops used in supporting brackets. The up­ per or horizontal member of each. CEMENT CISTERN FORM COMPLETE. of work which the concrete constructor can profitably add to his cement walks, foundations and hollow blocks. A patent has been granted on a set of adjustable forms, which enable the cistern to be made of any size desired. The cistern can be built up one sec­ tion at a time where there is seepage or danger of cave-In. In buiding, a 4-inch floor of concrete is first laid, then the forms are set and a thin concrete poured all around, and tamped. The proportions recommend­ ed a*e: *One part cement, two parts 1 AILS OF THE 8ECTIoi®i sand and four parts crushed stone. Or, if gravel is used: One part cem­ ent, six parts gravel. The forms re­ main in place three or four days, then are removed, and the Interior of the cistern given a cement wash or a coat of cement mortar. For the wash use a clean cement with two per cent waterproof compound. For mortar: One part cement, two parts sand and two per cent, waterproof compound Such a cistern should last indefinitely Fig. 2 shows how the arch and neck are built up; Fig. 3 how fonas are braced and scaffolds placed. WHAT IS A TURBINE"? Engineer Explains It by Saying It Is Like a Series of Paper Wind Mills. "Turbines," especially in the case of "turbine steamers," have been very conspicuous In engineering matters of late yearB, yet there are probably few people outside the ranks of en­ gineers who know what a turbine is. "The best Idea I can give of it," said an engineer, "is to liken it to those paper windmills which spin on the end of a stick, and which are sold to children on the streets. A turbine, in fact, is like a series of these re volving wheels fixed one behind the other, only Instead of being turned by the wind, it is revolved by jets of steam. "The turbine wheels turn on a shaft inside #t cylinder, in the interior of which are fixed a number of station­ ary blades which project into the space between cach wheel. The pur- • % ' < lii ;f7i -M M IMPROVED SCAFFOLDING. bracket consists of a bar with per­ forations in its under side, and the vertical member of the bracket car­ ries a pin at its upper end, which is adapted to engage one or other of these perforations, according to the pitch of the roof. The method of linking the bracket bars to the notched bars is clearly illustrated hi Fig. III. When the "brackets are in position a scaffolding plank is sup­ ported on them. In some instances it may be necessary to use the bars at tEeir full length on one side of a roof; that is, to reach from• the peak of the roof to the glitter. In such a case hooks are used, which are con­ nected to the bar by a loop, and these hooks are adapted to engage the peak of the roof, as indicated in Fig. I. As the notches in the bars are of T- form, it is obvious that the bars may be used either end up. Mr. John Emberson, White Plains, N. Y., is the inventor of this improved scaffolding. A SMALL GASOLINE BURNER INTERIOR VI •••. \ V O F T l HBINE TUBE. pose of these blades is to catch the steam and direct it on to the wheels at an angle where it will exert the most force. "As the steam enters the cylinder it is caught by the stationary blades and deflected to the blades of the first wheel, which are set turning. The strain then passes to the next, until alf the wheels are set whirling and the ship is driven through the wa­ ter." In order to make the matter clearer, wa give an illustration of a small ^turbine, the revolving blades being, in white and the stationary ope* gray* ;• ;i;V- He Had His Revenge, Employer (turfiing over leaves of ledger, to clerk)--John, you are very careless; see how this writing is blot­ ted. John (nervously)--That--that war a fly, sir; it walked across the page and-- Employer (turning over another page)--But what is this blot--eurely a fly couldn't do that?" John--That is the fly, sir; I killed it.--Royal Magazine. Gol^vto America. Within three^weeks nearly 30 tons of gold specie have been transferred from England to America. It Got In. Kind L&dy--So the angels brought you another little brother last night ? Small Boy--Yes, go! durn It! It's too blame hot these nights to keep the winders shut--CleTelantJ Leader, An Appreciative Listener. An anecdote is told of Sir Henry Roscoe. During one of his scientific lectures he was ̂ pleased at the rapt and apparently intelligent attention of a woman in the audience. After­ ward she expressed her appreciation, but added: "There is one thing, though, which is not quite clear. Is the celebration inside or outside thf skull?" / * How a Most Serviceable One Can ^ Made Out of Inexpensive Materials. I have found a small gasoline bum* . ^ er, like the one illustrated, very 3,1 - ful for melting -babbitt and lead, writes a corre­ spondent of" Pop­ lar Mechanics. An old coffee flask. A, is sol­ dered to a piece of one-eighth inch pipe, B, about two feet long. This Is screwed Into a one-eighth inch elbow, C, which holds .a o n e - e i g h t h i n c h by three - inch nipple, D. A one-eighth Inch coupling, E, con­ nects this to a one-eighth inch needle valve, F, which holds a piece of one-eighth Inch pipe, G, ten inches long, bent as shown, and covered at the end by a one- eighth inch cap, H, with a one-thirty- second inch hole drilled through the upper side. In making this device be sure ts have all the joints 4creWed up tight, and a good soldered joint between the flask and vertical pipe, as a small leak might result in an explosion. v • Burning Cartridges in Fire. > "In a recent test made at the sug­ gestion and expense of the various manufacturers of cartridges," says Amateur Work "it was demonstrated that cartridges can be burned in a fire without danger to those standing near. As the shell of the cartridge is not confined, the force of the ex­ ploding powder tears the shell opes Instead of throwing the bullet, and these pieces of light shell will net produce serious injuries. The car­ tridges explode only one at a time In­ stead of simultaneously, so that it is a continual popping instead of a large explosion. In the test, firemen were able to work within 20 feet of where the cartridges were burning vithoafc danger or inconvenience." A Good Cement. » g o o d c e n i e n t f o r s w i t c h b o a r d r e ­ pairs, where iron has to be fastened to marble, is said to consist of 39 parts plaster parls. 10 parts iron fill­ ings, and half part of sal-ammoniae; It is mixed5 with vinegar to a fluid paste for use and made freshly, for It solidifies if allowed to stand, ^§| Both Waste Time. Sorae people make mountains out of molehills, and ethers just put up a urn , * • > -• " Power of Good Acting. Acting is a real art. It trades wiUk our souls by the art of illusion. Im the tKlater we caa live over again our own lives, suffer even the torments of the damned, and that even after a dinner and a motor waiting fat 1 side.--Observer. London. Causes of Earaehfe - Earache may b* caused by a bad tooth, the pain being transmitted, er by a foreign body in the ear, or hjr rheumatism. Warm fomentations of poppy heads or poultices will afford reUet' <,&? r' - -