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i «1 "What did he say to that?" "That if I really accepted such theory it must be a great comf{ort "What‘s that fellow‘s name? ? "Ob, never mind: he graauated “l!: gear with all the honmors, so he wOn listurb your peace of mind. }"'llh‘"" Eew quite intsrested in bimâ€"listen® ms dissertations and beiped bhim ut in his researches." i% "Your fatber is a public Lenefactor. "He is in sympathy with young p°Oâ€" ple. I hear him shutting hbis 4c0v3, which means we are ready for a start." V.‘hen Everett was handing ROS® from the carriage, a gentlieman who had been loitering in the hotel parlDT came forward to meat the party. H¢ was delighted to greet his old friends, but it was very evident that this beauâ€" tiful girl absorbed his attention. He devetei himself to her for the rest of the day, ani warm‘!y arged her accep‘â€" ance of the invitaztion to Newport, deâ€" claring that if she would go he would a‘so. Rose was very quiet, but P°"~ fectly firm in her refusal. She offerâ€" ed neither reasons nor excuses, and to the amazement of Mrs. Evereit, he" fatber and grandmother deciined to :nâ€" terfers in the maiter. P sds sn en sn M Uovbancia * : stid "She has never been away from us _ said Mrs. Minturn, "not even for on® night." Everett watched the group with sup~ pressed delizht, but remained silent. Ha drove home with the Misturns n the moonlight, thus avoiding & family dispute, which be thorougy despised. T . TT _ _ .nack _ ‘She can do as she pleases," Mr. Mintarn. id "Another saneer." £10 UIoOYO 'uuuw TV RERE “'." ""'-Vâ€"f milv the moonlight, thus avoiding & !4! Â¥ dispute, which be thoroughy desp!=©C. "How much longer do you propOos® stayingt‘ asked Mr. Everett, t“".“g“ to his wife, ind glancing at the gir}s, who, armâ€"inâ€"arm, paced the lon§ ’lfll_l&. 5 a x«._1.. Vian® _ "Oh, we Isave bere on Monday. me! I was surse of taking that 'ith ns-’. ses PNT "Martha, I gave you credit for som® ; common sense. Why the devil should | the girl go to Newport? Isn‘t ‘a bird | in hand worth two in the bush? There; isn‘t a more attractive fellow than| Larry to be found anywhere, and 1‘! say it from positive observation and' without partiality, He has two stron& E)ints. he is manly and he is not egot« | ticalâ€"that is, not ofensively so. Illa‘ forsign experience has taugh‘ him that| mere youth doesn‘t incluce e; e:ylhing‘ worth knowing or haviag in this worid. You see, he is ‘hind in glove‘ with th:ee generalions. Well, so lar as I am copcecned, Martha, he‘ll be damned lucky if he marrias Miss Minturn. By jovel She‘s the pretiiest creature I‘ve seen for years1" "Pshaw! You men are all alikel One would think there was nothing in the "I‘shaw! You men are All wou‘!d think there was nochi world like phys‘ical bunty.': h 1 4 04 4 . TB 4. .200 5.00 decinhsmntiiierintnts 6 d ‘ "I wish there was more of it in the world, and particulariy in our family. I see no reason in your disappointment.: You sent the lad here, didn‘t you?" "I know I did." "And Minturn tells me that, so far as his judgment and experience can be depended upon, Larry is going to pass with fine results. Why don‘t you reâ€" joice in the prospact of having your desire? Three months ago, you were nearly crazy because the boy failed in his examination; and now | you are angzry because, boy like, be is finding inspiration in the society of an honest, warmâ€"hearted girl. Why, she has been doing me good all this afternoon. _ I haven‘t folt so young and lighiâ€"hearted for years." F poumige n u5 on aicle ~ ustt n o <touk . Sramk â€" MIMCHHE . c .7 °0 CCRERIA .L. opn t 2000 Cl head." l S veâ€"deâ€"leâ€"woâ€"oum bum." ‘ n "And I wish I could prolong the senâ€"| Larry was appri ching, his light ovâ€"| | sation, for my head has been gu'mg| ereoat on his shouldes, his bhat pushed l back on me for some time." | back, his eyes shining from meditaâ€"| "Betler stay here and make love to| tions of an agreeable order. \ Miss Minturn." \ "Hello! Ovt for a walk, father, or & ° "I wish I could! Perhaps you can|sleering draught of pure air?t‘ C persuade her to visit us in town, nuextl "Both. I suppose this is a healthy ; winter." R a . | place. How do you sleep here t" 1 "After toâ€"day‘s experience? She is| "Like a top!.I am o‘{ (the moment entirely too independent for my taste."| my head touches the pillow." ) "The liberty is in the air here. Upon| "So? How delightfull Do you atâ€" § my word, I feel as if 1 were going to| tribute it to the air especially?" : sleep toâ€"night! Why, Martha 1 haven‘t} . "Weil, vutâ€"door exercise has someâ€" had a real night‘s rest for weeks! â€") thing to do with it, and freedom _ from || mnot for weeks. Just imagine asound anxiety still more. You see, I am| dreamlaess sleep!" \feeling that I understand myself and" "Oh, you think too much about| my subject. There is a great deal in ; stocks." | knowing what you need and bhow to "Perhaps I do." | obtain it." "Why don‘t you forget them for a| "I aquite agree with you." while and enjoy what is about you."‘ "Am I walking too fast for you?" "I wish I could. I think I‘ll walk| "No. By~the way Larry, are yoU towards the hill there; the night air is | all right in regard to money ? Any like a tonis." 4 ‘\deht.s that should be paid? You know "You‘ll meet Larry on bis return.} it is cheaper to pay as you go." Perhaps hbe‘ll confide in you. L would} "I owe some money, yes. But no one like to know if he is serious, Or only | troubles me. You are good for it, you baving a harmiess Hir':atlm_l." ‘g(-e. If 1 go to college next year, I‘ "Martha, I don‘t believe in harmless| am going to have things in better flirtations. They leave callous spots| shape. I‘ll pay my honest indebtedness behind. Dou‘t you think we had bet-‘ first." ter leave this matter to the young peoâ€"| _ "Now, I‘m not finding fault, my boy. ple? Thers are some blossoms that it| I have been through college." doesn‘t do to touch. There are a (ow‘ "I know it; you are too easy with sacred things left in this world, Iam| me." thaink{u! to believe. . This is one of| "Let me be the best judge of that, tham. Now we won‘t meddle orlLarry. _You must realize :t.hztg.’ your "Yes, you them. _ Now Mr. Everett started on hbis walk, slowly and at first absorbed in thought. Then the beauty of the night tbegan to _ possess his senses. The â€" air was fragrant with newâ€"mown bay, the breeze cooled his brow; he raised his bat and let it fan his bead. "The great moon seemed closer to earth th}n usual SW w VOl) cwere es ts Emt PeC Oe C e s Ci e the tiny wildâ€"flowers exhaled . sweet odors as he passed. He found himself kalting to bend and examine them and recall their names. A field of honeyâ€" laden red clover brought up to him vivid recollections of his childbood. He leaned on the fence and indulged in retrospect. He was & child again, playing on the {;:ag of the old Battery Park, gaAâ€" ring clover heads for his nurse to tie in wreaths and bunches. She alâ€" ways wanted long siems for the purâ€" :so. He laughed out as he thought of r stout figure seated on the bench ker red bandana wound over her bair, Rber large gold earâ€"rings swingianc. her & 1+ ___122 24 warn mur Euns w CCE i l o og P WCT teeth shining as she directed and warn ed bhim. ‘The walk close to the sea wall was his choice. She would hol© ans hand &md ‘et bhim touch the great seem to have lost your CHAPTER VL lay, Dear that girl “s'n posts and swing the heavy chains wWIlA| £OFTO08 C880 . 2/% 2"".0 a amod the other. To lean against thoese chains strength,. This is to be a good finanâ€"} ( was his delight; there he watched the, cier." water as the waves swept in and ro-‘ "And you have no real comfortâ€"*" T ceded. He had the sound of their lapâ€", "Well, it is the penalty for being pings in his ears, and the sharp noise‘ ambitious."* of the katydids, that he could bhear yet: "But how will it end?" never see,. Then came a vision of his‘ "God knows!~P‘ll die in harness, and | t fair young mother, in scarf and bonâ€" some stranger will wind up the conâ€"| , net and sweeping skirts, opening the cern." heavy iron gate and advancing with _ "Well, it isn‘t just! Let me talk to| ® smiling face to meet bim. It was 80 mother and coax her into setlling down I strange: bo could almost teel her here and letting you have & Dite j ; touch ber kisses, hor influence. Yet time." C nearly jhalf a century had passed since | "Larry, you can have carteâ€"blanche then. How real, how lovely were these to buy here if you can persuade your 1 memoriesl It was like returning to mother into leaving her _ NeW York | 1 enchanted ground to recall them, He bouse. Why, my dear fellow, she bas| j remembered old Castle Garden when dreams that would astonish you. You | , concerts and fsirs were held there. Ha know Moilie has not much beauty. Now used to climb on the seats, and look‘ your mother hopes to buy rank for |â€" through round glasses fixed in ths hor." l: ‘cireular wall, What wondrous scenes â€" "I hope not We 1 wore before bim! Ho could not urder=‘ "So do I, but I can read the signs stand why it was that when he weat‘ of the times, With nothing to do, waâ€" . outside io look for these strange plaâ€" men become restless, dissatis/ied, amâ€"| ces ani peopis be saw only the bay, bitious," be sighed. "Your mother| bosts and sky that he was quite {@~ doesn‘t regard me." t miliar with. Child as he was, his moâ€"| "You have some rights, father. Let ther had taken him to hesr J°007 us put our heads tegether and try to Lind sing there. He recalled the s©@e0®; obtain them.‘" a tall, fair womsn, standing alone on‘ _ "You are very good, dear boy. I fear the great stago, a sweet, high vYO!C® it is too late in the day. You 888, I f'.d-_u; tha air with melody. M# 82W . have my pet schemes."‘ agaia the crowdsd boxes, heard the: "gut father, what do you want with | Atumalts of appolause, He, came out all this wealth? We can‘t eat it, or| from the lights aonrd the beited air in‘0 grink it or wear it. The effort to |the starry uight, where the lines 0f) amass it is waa.r'mg. you out." carriages and the _ burning torch®s| "yes, it eats into a man‘s brain."‘ . ons es se dead. io. s g "It‘s all a mistake! Father, think a "' Everett roused. h“,n”“” and PMT~‘ out a sensible change of method. _ 1| | sugd his .“f"‘;k- L don‘t uncerstand‘ wigh you could have beard Mrs. Minâ€" “‘;‘ he 3""1""’ l‘“‘{“?"- Mi,' youth bas‘ turn taiking about you. She remembers 1 pochals s back to me, the effect, {)’“}‘"1 you ever since you were born. She was poss, Ol me':h'r:g the Minturnsâ€"the a8~) gescribing you to us this evening. You | sociation of ideas, no doubt. HoweYâ€"| were the loveliest baby and little felâ€" + er, my head is cm;t't.un'y better; th2) jow she ever saw. Do you remember | tension is relieved. | when unics people lived quite near the He resched the fence that enc!losed| pairery and seut their children there r‘n twoâ€"story cottag> within a pretty | to' play?" " 1| filowerâ€"garden, and bad a view of a| "Perfectly." | room in which a man, evidently belated j "Great seott I* ) cat eating his suoper, and a _ WOMm2N| Myy. Everett laughod beartily. 4\ Uotened to hi« adventures and PUTS®4| "It does seem abeurd, I admit; but 10 Baiet CA smcs i en " _ Mr. Evereti roused hbhimse!l{ and pure isuei bis walk. "L don‘t understand it," he said to himse!f. "My youth has | a‘l come back to me;, the effect, I supâ€" | pose, of meeting the Minturnsâ€"the asâ€" | sociation of ideas, no doubt., Howevâ€" | er, my head is cartain‘y better; the tension is relieved." H[e resched the fence that encloged a twoâ€"story cottags within a pretty ‘flm-:er-garden_ ard bad a view of a | room in which a man, evidently belated He resched the fence that encios@d a twoâ€"story cottage within a pretty fiowerâ€"garden, ard bad a view of a room in which a man, evidently belated sat eating his suoper, and a womsn Uistoned to bhis adventures and nursed a baly. In the stillness the voices were distinct: "Wall, Jobn, we can manage 04A twenâ€" tvâ€"livs doilars a month very well inâ€" deed. You needn‘t be one bit downâ€" hearied." 1Ir. Everett halted involuntarily. | "But, Mattis, he won‘t allow me an hour in the week to work here." "We eon got the work done, Jonn. Tather is able to help me. aad so long as we are all well there is nolhing to fret about. Biess bim‘s little beart! Now laugh at pava. He musta‘t gramâ€" ble with such a jolly boy to come bome to evory sight." T 3 . & x._.% "Matite, you‘ve lots of pluck. 1 didn‘t know how to tell you that the mill was closed and all hands id‘le." "I guessed it, Jobn. But you have founl work, and semething good may happen for the others." & EC y Noi t 20 . evdke n ie "I hope so. let me NAVO M WMADTU you clear up." There was arattle of dishes, then a man whistlied a lively air, and Mr. Fverett wa‘ked on in meditation. Lookâ€" ing back, ho noticed at an upper winâ€" dow of tha little house an elderly man who lsaned oa the sill and eolemnly smoked a nipe. "The father,"‘ thought Mr. Everett. "Twentyvâ€"‘iva doliars a month â€"six and a quarter a weekâ€" to support four humsn beingsI" His way lod through fields of golden grain ready for the harvest, and, while stopping to enjoy the sight, he heard lfootsxfops and a voung voice singing. "Titaria l Litoria! AREC® "Let me be the best judge of that, Larry. XYou must realize that your welfare is my chief interest in life. No one stands as near to you as I do, for this reason; I have experienced your desires. It is not so very long since I was a young fellow myself." "I like to think of you as young ‘still, father. Mrs. Minturn was speaking about you. ®ne says you look so wgll‘.": ert is like a boy." ‘ "He is a jolly fellow!" "I suppose they lead a tranquil ex« istence here. No worries and exciteâ€" ments to keep the brain in a whirl from morning till night and from night until morning. I tell you, Larry, it I don‘t get some rest soon, something will give way. It must! Nature can‘t stand this strain !" _ _ > Uait t SDePIRU ERIR® MRA CCC "Father, why don‘t you buy a place just here, settle down among these sinâ€" cere people, who have always known you, and enjoy life®" "Impossible! I huve too much busiâ€" ness to direct, too many interests deâ€" pending on my attention to it." "Haven‘t you enough to retire upon!t" "Probably, if it were properly nursed. My dear boy, what would your mother and Mollie say to such a proposition® ‘Why, they would think they were burâ€" l:.odumin.pupeuhm’.mym TORONTO retu tn the ufixfii}fieixt. Robâ€" Let me have him while chains with not bhappy unless surrounded by. people who take similar views of existence.| They live to see and be seenâ€" to vie: with their friends in laying out money | on the merest luxuries. They don‘t cars where I get the money, so long as MY | checks are cashed. They must have‘ amusement and change, constant vyarâ€": iety. To be honest with you, LAITY, J am nothing but a moneyâ€"making maâ€" i chine in buman guise. I join clubs, but | I sit in them thinking on!y of money | â€"how to get it; how to distribute it ; so as to water all ‘my plants, &8 it | were; and keeping them alive and viâ€" ‘gorous taxes all my ingenuity _ and strength. This is to be & good finan« cier." % "And you have no real comfortâ€"" "Well, it is the penalty for being ! ambitious." "But how will it end?" \ _ "God knows! TI‘ll die in harness, and some stranger will wind up the conâ€" cern." © _ "Well, it isn‘t just! Let me talk to â€"mother and coax her into sellling down here and letting you have & nice time." t m hoi "She descrited the LIICâ€"WOTIRS 1M UIZ Garden." "Yos: fancy a garden where the Meâ€" trovolitan Hctel stands! There were benches, and the exhibition came first. Thon we went into the theatre. There was a tightâ€"rope performance given beâ€" fore the play. I tell you those were groat eveniags to a chiid; and Mrs. Minturn always thought of lne."' Fud td t 4 d o0 01 t . 1 8080A i ndh on Pnd "She described meeting you when a lad on your way to school, wilth your books under your arm. You were s0 haindsome. Shbe used to stop the carâ€" riaze, and felt so bappy when â€" you would drive a little way with her." "Yes, I romomler. I went to Proâ€" fessor Antbon‘s Grammar School then. Union Square was the centre, and Fourâ€" teenth street was the Sunday proâ€" menade." > 1 . sys Dsnls w um EEEC ETT "She says that in those days a man with ons bundred doliars was point ed out as a wondetr." "It wouldn‘t buy a house and â€"lot now. One can hardly realize the grow(th of the city, the increase of wealth. It | tz;kes away one‘s breath just to think of it." "To you helieve people are any hapâ€" nier now, whea they deraand so much more in the way of luxury?" "I think that at my age my father was a very much bhappier man than 1\ am toâ€"usy. He lived with his family about him, and they were contented with ordinary_â€" domestic pleasures. I hive a hundred thousand, where he bhad ten thousand ; but, my boy, the whole secret lies in the fact that the sure possession of wealth brings amâ€" bition. That opens new worlds to us. We want to conquer them. But hapâ€" piness vanishes. The hollow attractions 'of the outside world appear 80 beauâ€" | tiful that we losefour little bit of the | real bone of comfort while grasping | after the shadow. I often think of the | possibilities of an oldâ€"fashioned home. THB LATEST THING IN PICTURESâ€"His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in a Hansom Oah But, Larry, you may have moral strengih sufficient to stem this tide of luxury and insincerity. It is not so much the waste of money that I reâ€" gretâ€"that can be replaced ; it is the frittering away of one‘s affections on on Tha do not want them, while strength." _â€"*"I think so. A shallow waters." The Expected Trouble Has Begunâ€" The Chis | "~ tral Garrisonâ€"The Khyber Fteld Force. | !D The troubles that were expected on te the northwest frontier of India hbhave already broken out. The Nawab of Die, \ B a tribal chief who is subsidized by the | 4 British Government to keep open the | road between the Indian frontier and d Chitral, has been attacked by a neighâ€" ldi boring tribe, the Bajauris, In the | 4 fighting already reported there has | Â¥ been considerable loss on both sides. \f‘ The cause of the trouble is said to be Li |\ the batred the Nawab has incurred on \ ‘accounl‘ of his adhesion to the British | 1 ‘ Government from the tribes who reâ€" |® sent the British vecupation of Malâ€" | * ‘akand and Chakdara. 0 _ The Hadda Muilab, who figured proâ€" | ! ‘ minsutly in the Mobhmund campaign of | 4 & last season, and the Mad Fakir, a new \l leader, are said to be beating up the 1 : hills for fighting men to oppose him,ll and more fighting is expected. It is" | feared the troubles may spread to the p ,pSwat Valley, in which case British }T ) | troops would have to be sent into tbe‘i country. If, however, the Chitral road is not blocked a forward moveâ€" c| ment may be avoided. [| Whe after effects of the Tirah camâ€" â€"| paign are said to be telling seriously s | on the health of the troops that were s | engaged in it. As one paper 8ay8, 1 | "the recent froutier expeditions have â€"| worn our best troops to rags," and reâ€" r| cruiting among the naiives has in conâ€" e | sequence been seriously affected. The | e | situation is consequently causing conâ€" | siderable anxiety to the Government’g whose great desire is to see the peace | of the country bordering on the Chlt-] ral road preserved. ‘ it | _ It is significant that some of the | former advocates of the forward policy ‘s | are now suggesting that terms should ‘e | be made with the tribes w ho were lateâ€" ie | Iy the object of attack, and the Britâ€" ish garrisons withdraw inside the fronâ€" rev! tier, It is even hinted that the Britâ€" re | ish garrison at Chitral, which has q5 | been the cause of all the troubles durâ€" \,| ing the past two years, may be withâ€" B A Wew meler in cdvatia im ON THE BRITISH INDIAN FRONTIER. M i s M e oCC mm Bs s nc drawn shortly. The opinion prevails in India that the Government has no choice between a renewal of the forâ€" ward movement and a radical change of its recent policy toward the fronâ€" tier tribes, the results of which have been so unsatisfaciory and so costly to the Indian treasury. 4 f Lo UHOC AREIMIME PACITCCCE,S In connection with the reopening of the Kyber Pass a special force has been organized, styled the Khyber Field Force, which is to be maintained at fuil war strength. The commander of it is invested with political as well as military authority.~ The force is equipped in all respects as if for war service and takes the field immediately no date being fixed for its withdrawal. The general impression is that it is reailly the advance guard of an army intended to enter thd Afghanistan in case of war. HOURS OF BIRTH AND DEATH, At what time of day do the greatâ€" est number of persons die, and when are they boro? E. Raseri, an Italiani physician, has obtained interesiing staâ€" tistics on this subject from records of‘ some 30,000 births and deaths. The{ majority of persons die between two: and seven o‘clock in the afternoon, and‘ the greatest number of births occurred between one and eight o‘clock in theI morning. According to the Italian,‘ the early hours of the afterncon are tho‘ least fatal, while the greatest percenâ€" tage of births occur early in the mornâ€" ing. At the bours of the day when the most deaths occur, the births are less frequent, and vice versa,. The |sin(;;ular influence of the seasons on ) birth and death is thus repeated by ‘ the bhours of day. It is well known that mortality is greatest in summer and that the birth rate is highest in :‘ winter. To Be Continued. A channel is more than ]"fifi:fifi@_mmm PARTY Terrible Battle With yOR "* * ware In Which Handreds of Thom Were Killed Thrilling Story of the Fight in a Smail SwampY Island O the Isth» in the cool inviting patio of the HYQ" tel Inglaterra. The young men were scions of the ‘Britiah Nobility, named Harry Forbes and Frank Winters. The commodious ‘ suits of the young men concealed splenâ€" did physiques, hardened by roaming !dispositions, which led them into all | quarters of the globe in search of adâ€" tventure and sport that could not be | found within the confines of the tight |little island. BHTTTe One tropical day, when a fierce sun was beating down upon the pictures que city of Panama, two youné men were iounging in wicker chairs under the spreading branches of a guaYyt tree 1e; BPE :/ sine« natup of the MJ They bhad come to ly for the purpose : extermination of t! which the rivers of TLTTL AHL...hstaducd They bhad come to the isthmus simpâ€" : ly for the purpose of assisting in the | extermination of the alligators, with | which the rivers of that narrow neck |! of land teem. Between puffs at their : indispensable pipes, they laid out & | general outline of the plans of an alâ€" ligator hunt which they intended to follow on the succeeding day. They had secured the services of a half dozâ€" en stalwart peons inured to the threatâ€" ‘en'mg dangers of the swamps that line the rivers,. The peons were trustworâ€" thy fellows, and could be depended upâ€" ‘\ on in any emergency requiring nerve and quick wit, They were to be useâ€" ful in poling the cumbersome canoe up the rivers and branches, in which caâ€" pacity they cannot be excelled. \ The next morning bright and early \ the young adventurers repaired to the ‘Nachina Wharf, where they found the | canoe and the peons waiting. The latâ€" § ter had carried down the necessary parâ€" ‘ aphernalia for the bunt. _ Boih men \were armed with Winchester repeatâ€" ers, of 45 caliber, & £un which is |most effective in ending the existence i‘!Of a grinning gator. The sail was run | up end the canoe skimmed lightly miS. OoVER THE WHITECAPS To an island about three miles disâ€" tant from Panamsa. The air was clear, cool and sweet, and the exuberant veâ€" getation of the coast on the left fairâ€" ly sparkled with radiant â€" prilliance, and extended its luxuriance right t.(‘> It L1 uss L2.a6a the edge of the biue and OTYSLM» |, water. Then the party crossed over to Flaâ€" | mingo Isiand, which is small and fairâ€" ly overrun with humming birds, iguâ€" anas and sunakes, The stop there was enlivened by a peon killing a large tree snake over 13 feet in length. Havâ€" ing exhausted the beauties of Flamingo the canoe set sail for another of the interminable islands that dot the dimâ€" pled surface of the bay. A very differâ€" ent spectacle was now before them. There was a large bulk used as a lodgâ€" ing hbouse for the Chinamen â€" employâ€" ed by the Pacific Mail Company. Off the island was anchored H.MS. Peliâ€" can. By a prearranged plan 10 of the officers and ensigns joined the origiâ€" nal crowd. The sailors bad equipped the small launch of the cruiser that took in tow the lumbering canoe of the young Englishmen. The officers, besides carrying Reâ€" mingtons, were armed with revolvers, i’l‘heso small weapons, as it turned out were quite indispensable, and cerâ€" ‘ta'mly saved some of the party from ia borrible death. Before arriving at & the bar at the mouth of the Rio Eucio ‘a good 20 miles had to be covered, L‘which was done without noteworthy | incident. The river narrowed â€" graâ€" | dually, its banks clothed with gorgeâ€" ‘|\ ous tropical vegetation and indented ‘Y OF ENGLISHMEN HUNTING ALLIGATORS IN PANAMA. Hom PE S m cy E by little black walers, which seemed to be the abods of myriads of solemn cranes and flamingoes,. The bunters heard the strange cries of brilliant plumaged birds, and passed close enâ€" ough to see the humming hi{ds ‘(_hrt.- MOS Li adisy en n P . BM T OP PR MoSe@is‘ UE PeC ade q ce e ing like scintillating rays of light in the foliage. An occasional alligator could be seen basking in the mud of the banks. When fired at the unâ€" gainly reptiles would plunge into the river with a tremendous sp]aah, and a few minutes later an ugly snout would protrude out of‘ t_he‘murky rivâ€" er and give a snort of defiance, As the boats ascended the ‘gators became more and more plentiful, and some of them were 20 feet in length â€"veritâ€" able monsters. ‘The river was not more than 39 feet wide. The hunters presently reached a 3 KIND OF OPEN POOL, With small streams and backwaters radiating in every direction. The air was heavy with tha sickening, bheavy smell of muck, which indicates the close proximity of the haunts of the saurian. Guidrd by the directions of & peon the boats turned up a small creek, and upon rounding a sharp bend the huniers were greeted with a wonâ€" derful spectacle. A vast stretch of mud was entirely covered with a ‘i\vâ€" ing mass of basking alligators. There| were hundreds of the repuisive reptiles, The place was literally paved with scaly saurians, big and little. A perâ€" son could have walked all over the isâ€" land witkout once touching the mud itself. In attempting to get closer to the vast herd, both boats grounded. The occupants were so excited that the grounding was considered a small thing. With one accord the men stood up and began pumping lead into the unconscious ‘gators. ~The scene that ensued is beyond the power of words to adequately describe. .. y Up to this time the hunters Aad not realized the gravity of their predicaâ€" ment in being aground. The fact dawned upon them that the boats were between the bhundreds of angry alliâ€" tors and the river behind, so that g order to escape the reptiles were compelled to pass them by some means, No sooner had every rifle been disâ€" charged than the whole hideous berd made a dash for safety, which was right over the boats. It was a quesâ€" tion of courage and promptness then. Death stared them in the face. ‘The 20 0000000 ewawp ie globe in search of adâ€" sport that could not be the confines of the tight ooeremccecammemeraremacemmec t â€" 7 barking gubs poured a deadly bail at lead into the advancing saurians. Ts ~k inss hnntars. the br‘w lead into the 2°%""""" °/ ns b the hborror of the bhunters, the brutes 0L 88 + ~ the bot fire, the horror 0oL th® "*""/"""¢., pot fi did not seem to care for the hbot fire, notwithstanding that rembers of thew were already dead on t3e river bank. Hundreds and hundreds of the repulâ€" sive creatures were crawling down upâ€" , " CC qarlils mt uil. tnil. on o c the right hand side of 1he 99"*" " . or ten of the largest ‘gators lay in their death throes, lashing the reekâ€" ing mud with their tails and buriâ€" ing the st inking filth high in the air. t‘ . moanastars â€" Crawled Over om:r “lll- _ mA ing the stin198 *"*" |" " uy of The monsters crawled over on® anâ€" other in their burry to escape. There was a wilderness of snappin£ jaws and catapultic tails before the bunted hunters. The revolvere cam*® into a® tive play, and the spiteful barks of the weapons were mixed with the hboarse § weor *0""0a hrutes, It was P DERE ECCC CC hunters. The revolvere came {0" (._ tive play, and the spiteful barks of the weapons were mixed with the boarse roars of the maddened brutes. It was a perfect avalanche of alligators. At the critical moment an accident occurred which for the moment palsied the nerves and sme People Who Like to Try Everything That "‘omes aiong. 8 "You have beard of opivm Liends and all the other soâ€"called fiends who buy narcotics or poisons and dose themselves with them," said the drugâ€" )gi.lt, "but did you ever know there was a class of allâ€"around drug fiends." "I mean," continued the druggist, "the persons who make a bhabit of sampling all the new patent medicines as they come on the market, and also think up combinalions of their own. Every long established druggist has a score of such customers. It is like this. A man will come in, take a stroll around the store, looking at the spongâ€" es and tooth brushes in a vacant way, and then say, as if the thought had just occurred to him: ‘Say, I â€" bear there‘s a new remedy for the liver. I‘ve forgot the nameâ€"begins with a 6? 1 get down the bottle, he asks me if it is any good, and I reply that it has a great many testimonials, and he walks off with it, The nest week he comes in and buys a hbottle of someâ€" thing for the kidneys, and the next week a sovereign remedy fjor conâ€" sumption. _ & C XH "Now this man is on!ly one in twenâ€" ty or more, and some of them bring in the most remarkable homemade preâ€" scriptionsâ€"goodness knows where 'he‘ get themâ€"and Ifill them, although can‘t imagine what ailments they can be good for. Do L ever remonstrate witk these fiends? Not now; I used to talk to them mildly in my early days, but I only seat them to another store, so 1 quit. No I don‘t think it does them any particular harm. Like that an» cient king who fed on poisons until he got immune, these fiends are imperâ€" vious to drugs, and the only danger in the practice is that they may some day become really ill, and then ordinary remedies will have no effect on them. If the physician they call in bas no knowledge of their habit his prescripâ€" tions will have no more effect than se much water." the mud as the‘y m veRnteti ie L0 ht hand side 0 the boats nin® D 5y CA mos Gomoner MR in Ten tons of silkworms‘ eggs are reâ€" portsd by the British Consul at Baâ€" toum to have been brought into that port during 1897, representing a money value of £63,884. The cultivation of the mulberry and the silkworm is desâ€" tined to be one of the great industries of Northern Italy, The bears are said to be the greatest enemies of (he trees, which they break down to eat the fruit. Pedigree silkworms are much sought after. Some breeds are reâ€" nowned for quantity, others for qualâ€" \ity. and others for resistance to dis A despatch from Montreal says:â€" Hon. L. O. Taillon, exâ€"Prime Minister of Quebec, returned from a trip te England and France. He reports things in France as very unsettled, and believes that indications point to a re volution. BUY ALL THE MEDICINES. THE "PEDIGREE STILKWORM." 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