Freeborn County Standard from Albert Lea, Minnesota • 2

TO PLAY TETHER BALL DESIGNED AND WRITTEN ESPECIALLY OR THIS PAPER 4 A GAME TETHER BALL BUILDING A ROWBOAT RONT ELEVATION CONVENIENT NINE ROOM HOUSE? light ftntnX J2Xi ZfrX3 3 HOW A CLAIM PAID' no SIIHIII rail Veranda 4X3 Taror 2JC5 Chamber TX? ffiTcheri oxrf You bite not told me how uoa came to lesvs Interesting Utterances Before the Savings 'Bank Association' of New York State Any Bright Boy Capable of Handling Saw Plaue and Hammer Can Do It Easily Nursery in a Church Lincoln Park church at Cincinnati haa a gallery with a nursery supplied with cots easy chairs and other conveniences adjoining in hard oil finish cross panel doors The basement is seven feet 9 feet second story nine feet Leave the building broom clean and all ready for occupancy 7 GEO A KINTZ floors are maple Hall parlor sitting dining room floors are Georgia pine also the stairs including risers newel posts railing and balus trades The doors trim baseboards and all interior 'finish are of Georgia pine Pantry and closets are fitted up with drawers and shelves Sliding door pockets between parlor and sitting room are ceiled up White por celain lined sink in kitchen looring used for veranda porch and balcony floors will have the tongues and grooves leaded The stairs to base ment lead from the kitchen Down spouts flashing and gutters pre made of galvanized iron stairways one in' front and one in the rear The attic can be used 'for extra rooms if so desired The fireplaces in parlor and sitting room are fitted up with hardwood ornamented mantels The parlor and dining room have bay window effects with three large windows All chambers have large closets The floors are double throughout the house having felt paper between them The kitchen and pantry finishing lv was vain for Margaret to interpose The letterwas safely lodged in her sis ter's handA and with so significant a message that it had to be opened and read without delay Gayly excusing herself anck with a low reverence and comprehensive smile to the assembled party she ushered her sister into the long parlor and the curtain fell behind them There followed a few minutes of brisk conference upon thelanai the Marsdens pleading against the father and 'daughter for immediate return to the hotel there to claim the vacated rooms aboard the steamer In the eager discussion pro and con both young soldiers joined both saying and promising to follow by the Sedgwick In this family council despite the vivid interest Armstrong felt in the result neither Amy Lawrence nor himself took any part Side by side at the snowy railing over the breaking sea almost silent listeners Suddenly there came from the front again the sound of hoofs and wheels loud and distinct at the start then rapidly dying away with the increasing distance Miss Lawrence turned and looked inquiring ly into the eyes she well knew were fixed upon her Mrs Marsden hesitated one then stepped across the lanai peered into the parlor and en tered It was a minute before she re turned and in that minute the decisive vote was cast the carriage ordered I ought to have known how it would be if I left you a moment!" she cried despairingly on her reappear ance a little folded paper in her hand at least you must stay half an hour We can telephone direct to the dock and secure the staterooms if you must go on the Doric she con tinued lowering her voice are not going farther until Col rost comes Sirs Garrison explains that her sister was really too ill and too weak to come out here but she thought the drive might do her good She thought best to slip quietly away with her and bids me say good night to you So when next day the Doric sailed four new names appeared upon the pas senger list and the last men down the The studding are 2x4 joist 2x10 rafters 2x4 wall plates double 2x10 Hubble walls are 18 inches thick Chimneys showing abovethe roof are laid up with yellow brick and capped with a smooth sandstone cap" The side chiptney is supported with an iron brace The carving shown in the gable and on frieze board pt head of second story windowg will be of composition All glass in American room and swinging the long awk wardly modeled fabric to his broad shoulder started back just as a huge wave heaved suddenly under thevoun ter heeled the steamer far ove'r to port threw him off his balance and his foot catching at the bottom of her chair hurled him load and all straight at reclining form One instant and even her uplifted hands could not have saved her face but in that instant Armstrong had darted in caught the stumbling Briton on one arm and the full force of the shooting chair crash ing upon the other already pierced by ilipino lead When a moment later she emerged safe and unscratched from the con fused heap of men and furniture it was to cut off instantly the stutter and stammer of poor Shafto's apologies to bid him go instantly for the doc tor and with face the color of death to turn quickly to Armstrong The blow had burst Aopen the half healed wound and the blood was streaming to the deck Hardly Kind have no money Miss Irma my wit is my fortune you care poverf liegende Blaetter Ceylon is the some of the largest spe cies of spider that has yet been made the subject of entomological investiga tion This web spinning monster lives in the most mountainous districts of that rugged island and places his trap a gossamer snare of airy light ness but a huge net of yellow silk from five to ten feet in diameter across the chasms and fissures in rocks Creatures The supporting guys of this gigantic net which in all cases is almost strong enough for a hammock are from five to 20 feet in length (as conditions and circumstances may require) made of a series of twisted webs the whole be ing of the diameter of a lead pencil As might be imagined this gigantic silken trap is not set for mosquitoes flies and pestiferous gnats but for birds gaudy moths and elegantly paint ed butterflies some of the latter hav ing a spread of wing equal to that of a robin or a bluejay Some extra fine skeletons of small birds lizards snakes etc have been found in those webs with every vestige of flesh picked from them The own er and maker of these queer silk traps is a spider with a body averaging 4 inches in width aind six inchesin length and with legs nine to 12 inches from body to terminal clam An Alaska Miner Tells of 'One Way of Getting Money Without annins It Out j' are more ways of making money off of a claim than panning it said an Alaska miner who had some luck with his pick and shovel instance I knew a man of means in the Dawson district who had a claim which had failed to be as profitable as expected ind hfe know just what to do with it' to get his money back until he had devoted consider able thought to it "And it was simple enough' when he knew how He quiet ly went to the gold commissioner and announced' he wished to pay his ten per cent royalty on the product of his claim for a year which was $60 000 'commissioner accepted the $6000 and him the usual receipt stating on 'Its face what it for whh the number of the location' etc Then he patiently like little lamb and one day inthe course of human events an Englishman came along looking for a good thing for some peo ple Who had money to spend He asked Mr Blank among other things what he had to sell and the smooth gent told him he exactly but he would show him his goods They looked over several claims that were practically unworked and then ima casual way Mr Blank showed the Eng lishman his receipt for royalty on claim so and so you he said with a wink a man paying royalty on any more than he can possi bly The was tight on to that little game of course and he sized up the $6000 receipt looked over the claim In general way and ended buying it for Washing top Star color for all the trimmings Roof to be an olive green All hardware is of a1 neat and dura ble kind The entire basement flooi is cemented The laundry coal rooms fruit room and' furnace room are in the basement AU material through out is to be of its best respective kind The plastering is two coat work All the interior Georgia pine is furnished All doors are height ol first story They were nearing home again Day and nlght(for nearly a week the' good ship had borne them steadily onward over a of deepest blue calm and un ruffled as the light that shone in eyes Hours of each twenty four Arm strong had been the constant compan ion at first of the trio then of the two forMr Prime had found1 a kindred spirit in a veteran merchant homeward bound from China then of one alone for Miss Prime had found another interest and favor in the eyes of a young tourist paying his first visit to our shores and so it happened that before the voyage all too brief was half over Amy Law rence and Armstrong walked the spa cious deckfor hours alone or satin shel tered nooks 'i gazing out upon the sea The soft summer breezes of the first few days had given place to keener chillier air The fog ahead told of the close proximity of the arallones Heavier wraps had replaced the soft fabrics of the Hawaiian saunterings Rut warmth and gladness coupled with a strange new shyness in his presence were glowing in her fresh young heart One day she had said to him: have not told me how you came to leave there just and it was a momentbe fore he answered 1 was the doing They sent me back from the front because the wound did not properly heal and then ordered a sea voyage until it did but I turn back at once from San ran I She was silent a few seconds This was unlooked for and unwelcdme news "I she said least Gov heard Dr rank say it would be four months before you could use that She plucked at the fringe of the heavy shawl he had wrapped about her as she reclined in the low steamer chair but the white lids veiled her eyes I answered Armstrong you see I do not have to use it much at any time I'm all right other wise and there will soon be need of she anxiously inquired her eyes one moment uplift ing Those fellows have no idea of Another interval of silence The long lazy rolling swell of the Pacific had OPtN Vitvj midship section mold of pine boards Get out the stem and apron and the stern board and the plank for the sides Hold stem midship section mold and stern board iu position by a light batten nailed to them at the gunwale line Then spring the planks of tlTe sides around the midship section mold and fasten them strongly with strong galvanized iron nails an jnch apart first boring a small hole with a gimlet bit for the purpose Complete the planking of the sides Turn the boat over and plank her across the floor herwhole length Turn her back again and put the frames keelson thwarts ew amtaeurs pluck up courage to build a boat Yet were they to do so they would find the difficulties they dread vanish very quickly The tools should consist of a jack and smooth ing plane a tenon saw a rule square hammer and nails brad awl and gim let with a couple of chisels The con struction of a board skiff or of any of its kindred craft "a flatboat dory sharpy flat iron boat or bateau is a simple matter The sharpy is one of the best boats for rowing on account of its a PLANS of: IRST AND SECOND LOORS' stage already on the rise" were young fellows in white uni fornZwho turned as they sprang to the dock and waved their jaunty caps you in ten days at shouted the shorter of the two gazing upward nnd backward at the quartette on the promenade deck beg a thousand pardons" he added hastily as he bumped against some slender ob ject and wheeling about to pick up a flimsy white fan he found himself face to face with Witchie Garrison ker chief waving beaming smiling throw ing kisses innumerable to the party he had so laielyleft The hot blood rushed to his foreheati an angry light to his eyes as she nodded blithely forbear forgivingly at him "Dear sh cried in her clear penetrating treble could you be expected to see anyone after leaving her?" But arm was linked in his at the very instant and led him glowering away leaving her close' to the edge of the crowded dock smiling sweetness bless ing and bliss upon a silent and unre sponsive group and waving kerchief and kisses to them until far from shore the Doric pleaded out to sea Side View' weight light draft and sharp bow In fact it is the handiest form of board skiff in America not excepting the dory which however it very closely resembles the chief difference between these two rowing boats being that one is adapted for comparatively' smooth water whereas the dory is used on the open ocean and is deeper and has more sheer In construction the sharpy is simplicity itself and is the easiest and cheapest boat in the country to make irst draw the vessel on paper to a scale of one inch to the foot Take off the shape of the midship section that is to say the section at the widest part of the boat Make a temporary changed during the day to an abrupt and tumultuous upheaval that tossed the Doric like a cork and made locomo tion a problem" The rising wind andea sent the spray whirling from her bows and young man cast ing about for a dry corner had depos ited his fair charge bn a bench along the forward deck house and was scout ing up and down for steamer chairs Armstrong had drawn his close to that in which Miss Lawrence reclined her knitted i steamer cap pulled well for ward over her brow His feet were braced against a stanchion His eyes were intent upon her sweet face He had no thought for other men even those in similar plight His gaze though unhampered by the high peak of his forage cap comprehended noth ing beyond the rounded outline of that sofpehek Her eyes well nigh hidden by her shrouding saw the searching son of Albion and told her his need The best of women will find excuse for interruption at such mo ments when sure of the devotion of the man wholsitsswith a fateful question quiveringjon his lips and even when she longs to hear those very words will find means to defer them as a kitten dallies with a captured mouse orachild saves to the very last the sweetest mor sel of her birthday cake Not ten min utes before when Hon Bertie Shafto had started impulsively toward the va cant chair by side a firm hand detained him and Miss Prime had hastily interposed on any ac count!" said she imperiously you And Mr Shafto adjusting his monocle had gazed long and fixedly and then transferring his gaze to her had said: eh yes It's not ours I sup pose you But now Amy Lawrence was beckon ing and he made a rush for the rail then worked his way aft hand over hand Every movable on deck was tak ing a sudden slant to starboard and the sea went hissing by almost on level with the deck as next she spoke a soldier needs both arms in battle and you Oh certainly Mr Shafto take that she added Armstrong glanced up suddenly that you Shafto? Yes take it by all Anything thought he rather than that they should come here The young Briton stepped easily past between them and the behind there was no Wonders of a Tati A tail is a wonderful thing The naturalist Cuvier says that there are more muscles in this curious appendage than are to be found in that part of the human anatomy which is most admired for its ingenious struc mamely the hand To the rat in fact its tail serves as a sort of hand by means of which the animal is en abled to crawl along narrow ledges or other difficult passages using it to balance with or to gain a hold It is prehensile like the tails of some mon keys By means of it the little beast can jump up heights otherwise inac cesible employing it as a projectile spring Drop Into Den of Lions Shocked by coming in contact with an electric light wire he was repairing at Broadway and Halsey streets Brooklyn the other day John Graver dropped directly into the den of lions on exhibition at the carnival The young man was rescued before the beasts touched him and revived by a physician Graver is 17 years old The wires upon which he was at work are strung across the lot where the carnival menagerie is located Ac cidentally he touched a live wire and felLthrough the opening at the top of the steel arena in which there are sev eral lions The beasts roared prob ably from fright Their noise attract ed the attention of the keepers who carried Graver' from the arena There are 6003 pieces in the modern high grade locomotive etc paint her The following specifications may be useful for a 20 foot sharpy rames oak lxl inches spaced 18 inches apart plank oL bottom white pine 1 inch thick put on in strips 6 inches apart plank of sides white pine iy4 inch thick puton in one or two widths stem oak with a crook Or knee at the bottom of the boat bedpiece ofcenter board well oak 6 inches wide by 2 inches thick headpieces oak three quarter inch by 2 inches plank of well pine iyt inches thick centerboard 7 feet long 3 feet wide 1 inches thick wash board 8 inches wide composed of light pine stuff 1 inch thick combing 2 inches high thwarts three in number a broad one at the stern skag 1 inches thick rudder 4 feet long and 8 inches wide fastenings galvanized iron riveted or clinched where pos sible Sweet in Orange Judd armer Illi Quiet Aiwrance finds very little real poetry in print remarked the young woman answered Mr Bardly Scrips as he pushed his hair back from his brow the old story with me If man wants to be sure something is well done he must do it Washington Star THIS nine room house is nicely planned and has an artistic ex It can be erected for $2500 upon a stone foundation The size of the parlor is 12x15 feet sitting room 12x12 feet dining room 12x13 feet kitchen 10x14 feet hall 8x9 feet pantry 5x6 feet: veranda 6xS feet bedrooms 8x9 feet and 6 x8 feet and chambers12xl3 feet 9x 13 feet and 9x9 feet There are: two I MAXIMS OR BOYS Alkrays ask your parents what Is best for you to do Begin an active business life with noble ends in view Care for those about you who are poor and in distress Don't take undue advantage when power to oppress Endeavor to gain knowledge of the natural laws of health orget nor your honor while striving for great wealth Give only what able you can do nothing more Have respect for the aged ones be they rich or poor Indulge not in intoxicants nor in lan guage profane lust dealings are more profitable than underhanded gain Kindness ofttimes purchases more than glittering gold Lay something by while young for your needs when old More money spent than earned will al ways keep you poor No amount of self praise ever gets be yond your door Obey your superiors 'twill bring honor to your name Profit by the examples of all good men know? to fame Question well the motives of all workers without pay Resolve to do your duty no matter what others say State the facts or indulge in lies Teach those who are ignorant take les sons from the wise Unless you make the effort noth ing you can do Virtue is? its own a maxim trite and true Wealth cannot purchase happiness in this world of strife 'Xcept used to glorify the One who gave you life Yield all unimportant things for lawsuits do not pay Zealously 'observe these nothing more to say Jack Timmons in Cincinnati Commercial Tribune double thick except where showing ornamental glass and front vestibule door which is plate The narrow siding is placed over the fence flooring 'sheathing haring felt paper between siding and sheath ing Cedar shingles are used for all roofs and are dipped in creosote stain be fore they are laid The painting on the exterior is three coat The fifiishing coat1 will look'well if pea green color is used for body white I GoxTixt eb Hoofs wheels and flashing lights were again at the entrance gate even as Mrs rank sparkling with animation distributing her gay tfod iumor over the silent semicircleud denT exclaimed if 1 only know you were here I have provided the one thing to make our reunion complete! If I were not going on at daybreak I should do it Then hoofs and wheels and lights had come to a stop at the front of the house and in measured martial tread a footsteps were heard upon the lanai Then all of a sudden with a cry of joy Witchie burst "in again: do I shall do Said I not 1 was the fairv queen? Behold me summon mr subjects from the ends of the obedi ent And waving her parasol as she would a wand gayly pirouetting as she had that night in the tent at old Camp Merritt she dancedr forward: ye the trumpets slaves! Hail to the chief! See the conquering hero contes! Enter Brevet Brig Gen Stan lev Armstrong! though his arm is any thing but Bowing gravely to the sprite in front of him vaguely to the group in the shaded light at the edge of the lanai and joyously to the little hostess as almost hysterically she sprang forward and clasped his hands the colonel of the Primeval Dudes stood revealed before them Armstrong! How when did you get here? What does this mean? Is your arm quite well again? Why didn't you let qs know you were com were the questions rained upon him by Mrs Marsden immediately fol lowed by the somewhat illogical state ment that she Was actually breathless with surprise I answer in their he smiling down at her flushed and joy ous face the Sedgwick This aft ernoon That I wished to see you Do ing quite well Because I didn't know mvself until two days before we sailed Then as he stood peering beyond her she would have turned him to her other guests had not Mrs Garrison made in stant and impulsive rush upon him fairy queen or fairy godmother I claim first she gayly cried tidings of my liege lord and where is hers my fairy she demanded waving in front of him her filmy parasol and pirouetting with al most girlish grace tCapt Garrison was looking fairly well the 4ay 1 he answered briefly Col rost left for Hong Kong" only a few hours before in hopes as we understand of finding Mrs I rost at Yokohama Permit he added with grave courtesy hare but little time as I transfer to the Doric to A shade spread over the radiant face one instant but was as quickly swept awar I have not met your he finished tunjingto Airs Marsden as he spoke and quietly pass ing Mrs Garrison in so doing The next moment he was shaking hands with the entire party coming last of all to Amy Lawrence told me your being he said looking straight into her clear beautiful eyes 1 thought might find you at Mrs She was our best friend when we were in Hono lulu told me too that you de sired to go by the Doric but feared she would be he continued turn ing to Mr Prime is one vacant stateroom now Its occupants have de cided to stay over and visit the islandsThere will be I think another" And drawing a letter from an inner pocket he calmly turned to Nita now shrink ing almost fearfully behind her sister 'The colonel gave this to me to hand to you Mrs rost on the of your being here He will arrive by Ef week's steamer and pardon me it is something I think you should see at once as a change in your plans may be A LITTLE NONSENSE A man never gets old or enough not to have some pnae in tne mischief of his Chicago Democrat The Cornfeti Philosopher 1 the joke is on said the Cornfed Philosopher not let it stay there Laugh it lIndianapolis Press Traveler the famous al pine horn is it? Does it always make such a horrible only when you blow in Der Dorf barbier Mrs Peck know very well Henry that a woman of few JHenry my dear but the few are shamefully 0 TimesDemocrat deaf mute guide seems to be very well posted on the institution" said the visitor indeed re plied the superintendent has everything at his Bal timore American The Cheerful Idiot no use in a stingy man trying to run for the shoe clerk boarder to faid the Cheerful Id iot wouli be the very man to save the Indianapolis Press almost skills to moaned: the lady in the street car I get a seat pretty soon I shall And it was only the next day that she stood up two hours and a half while she had a dress fitted But then a different thing Boston Transcript HOW CITIES HANDLE GARBAGE It I a Ppilr Gme Among Sekoob boys Well as College Men Just at Present The illustration Shows a game ol! tether ball in full progress To give the best results the pole should be about 16 feet long As two feet must be buried to make jit stand firmly 14 feet will be above ground Two rackets are necessary one for each player If you possess tennis rack ets they may be used if not rackets cut from a pine board will do quite as well The cord to which the ball is at tached should be 11 feet long asten the ball to the cord by means of a small net If there is some member of the opposite sex whom you can interest in tether ball (and the game isquite sa well suited for girls as boys) he cant probably crochet a net for very little trouble but if this kindly aid cannot be secured a strong and Remember in my youth there was a certain gentleman who was suspected of being a millionaire Whatis the pos session of a million dollars now let us say' within the precincts of this cham ber of commerce? Respectable pov These words werei uttered by Col Thomas Wentworth Higginson of Boston in his address on Aristoc racy of the before the Savings Bank association of the state of New York The bankers who handle $687 000000 savings of the people of this state held their seventh annual meet ing in the rooms of the chamber of commerce Here are more of Col Hig ginson's utterances: of and aristoc racy of wealth have up to di vided the world between them The ar istocracy of birth has steadily lost pres tige for many years by year for the last century the assimilation of the aristocracy of birth with the aristocracy of wealth in the English house of lords has gone on steadily 'The change is distinct reah Air for Consumptives In the London hospital for consump tion the basis of treatment is rest in the 'open air' graduated' exercise and good feeding No window in the open air wards is ever closed and during the cold weather the consumptive pa tients are kept warm with extra clothing and artificial heat It is en couraging to note that practically all the early cases and 70 per cent of all cases improve considerably under the open air system A Pluee to Put women hov skirts to hold said the janiior philosopher wud hov to hov two soide pockets to kape thor bonds Chicago Daily News one alter the other Caulk her her and if you desire a sail rig durable fastening may be made as fol lows: Cut from a piece of canton flannel or chamois a disc ten inches long Make a large knot in the end of the cord Gather the flannel or chamois about the ball and knot Tie firmly by bind ing the edges of' the disc close to the cord above the knot Paint a black cir cle one inch wide six feet from the base of the pole Bore a hole three inches from the top of the pole push the end of the cord through and then knot it This makes much the best fastening To play: Toss up to see which player shall: have the choice of court! 'I he courts consist pf half the circle about the polei If the winner of the toss pre fer he may forfeit the choice of court and choose in which direction he will wind the ball After deciding this point the two players take position in their re spective courts (On no account must either make an bff ide play by tres passing into the court of an opponent) The player to whom has fallen the choice of direction flow begins the game by knocking the ball around the pole in either direction he may de sire His object is to continue the play un til the cord is entirely wound round the pole His play is to if pos sible interrupt this and start the ball in the opposite direction The last de cisive turn of the cord which brings the ball against the pole must be above the black ring mentioned If a player strike the crd above the ball and so winds it around his racket and stops it altogether his opponent is allowed a free serve Boston Globe MONSTER SPIDER WEB Many ine Skeletons of Birds and Llaards Have Been ound In Its Meahei IntereatInK Report from American Consuls on Methods Em jiloyed Abroad Some timeago the agricultural de partment became interested in the study of the disposal of garbage sew age etc in foreign cities and solicited the aid of the state department in ob taining information The' department says Ahe St Louis Republic directed the consular officers of the United States to forward all information ob tainable Among the first to respond was the consul at Marseilles To a mind there was some thing very like in our words and for the one to whom cthe consul applied gayly responded: is one of the finest dishes of the place Well cooked and nicely pre pared as they do it in this country it is something very Writing from Santiago de Cuba Con sul Hyatt draws a lively picture of the unique way of disposing of matters in that place He writes that cat tle1 horses mules and large dogs are hauled to the suburbs and dumped by the roadside the same as garbage All other matter is thrown into the streets or on the roofs to be de voured by buzzards Before throwing a dead cat or dog into the street it is customary to tie a cord to the tail of the animal this insures having it hhuled away from the door as the children will play horse by dragging it around the streets and seldom de liver it again to the An uncanny tale comes from Consul owler that makes the reader fee He r'" cleanest cities in 1 China are Hang Chow and Ning Pox In the cen ter of these two cities I have myself seen dogs eating bodies of babies the rotting copses of cholera cases snakes slowly winding in and out many dogs slime dead cats in most hor rible filth on one side while across the way the glitter of gold pomp and lux ury such are the principles of a Chi nese street The garbage collector is the beggar or the starving Consul Ragsdale writes from Tien Tsin that animal food is compara tively costly and the mass of the people are poqr The methods are from house to house 'collection The work is done by private enterprise and the material deposited on vacant lots and 'In front of houses where the owners do not employ the collector Tin cans are much prized by the natives and are a regular article of commerce When beyond use as a bucket they are flat tened out and made into anything from a candlestick to a bathtub: the latter being used ohly for foreigners Broken glass is reheated and made into lamps1 and curios snuff bottles etc All of this material is collected by private enterprise and the sorting is done in any place most convenient to the col lector Household waste waters are thrown into' the empty pools at the side of the streets and eventually this water is used for street sprinkling The streets and the passers by are sprinkled by means of long handled ladles I street refuse collections are made by men and boys with a basket and a small long handled ladle or shov el The basketjiangs on the back from the left shoulder and great skill is shown by some collectors in scooping up everything and throwing it into the basket without loss This material is taken to some bright sunny and con venient locality mixed with two parts of street dust and made into cakes the size of an orange iThese cakes are sun dried and sold as fertilizers The most convenient place for a foreigner to study the' details of these methods is the stone bridge on Legation street It is a few hundred yards from the two foreign hotels and the rench German Japanese5 English Russian and American legations The bridge being thus centrally located with a wind swept stone floor exposed to the sun possesses all of the requirements of a first class fertilizer dryer It is in daily use Thet sewage system of Peking is certainly a combined system Everything combines in the streets No filters are used The supply of street sweepings exceeds the demand by about three inches in Honestly Opposed to Proare The Chinese have no doubt begun to realize the fact that foreigners are de termined to exploit their country and also' that they are too weakccessful ly to'resist this action and they are therefore reduced to putting obstruc tions in everybody's way In doing this most of them are doing their coun try a service and if they cannot keep out foreign civilization they should at least delay its entryas long as possible NE CANCER THEORY Sir Banks nn English Au thority Sngaentn That Hearty Eatlng Caunea the DUeaie 7 A number of theories have been ad vanced to explain the development of cancer Of late years many experts have inclined to the opinion that' it is caused by a microbe Repeated at tempts have been made to find theerm' and on more than one occasion the alleged discovery of it has been announced' Thus far however these claims have not been substantiated Another interesting suggestion re garding cancer has recently been of fered by an English authority Sir William Banks Sir William thinks that some of relation exists between cancer and hearty eating especially of meat He declares that it is the well nourished plump individual and not the weak ling that Is attacked by cancer Tin further support of the theory he urges the fact that cancer has been more prevalent since the era of cheaper food has put meat inthe dietary of the English working classes He' points out that of late the most marked in orease in the prevalence of cancer has taken place among men and he in sists that it is man not woman who has come to eat meat more abundant ly than of yore Again in England Condon and the immediate vicinity of the capital is the scene of the greatest luxury in the matter of food And also of the most cases of cancer in proportion to' population I To this notion which is 'not alto gether new it has sometimes been qb jected that vegetarians often suffer from the distressing disease here un ier consideration but Sir William Banks replies that after all cancer is not so common in Ireland as in England and thatit is almost un leard of in Egypt and other parts of Africa where a vegetable diet is the ihief if not the exclusive dependence if the people Both linerand transport turned back Without Stanley Armstrong Doric and Sedgwick sailed unheeded for the highest surgical authority of de partment pf California had remanded him' to quarters at the Palace and for bidden his' return td duty with an un healed wound He was sitting up again somewhatpallid and not too strong but with every promise said the of complete recovery within two months But not a month would Arm strong wait The Puebla was to start within the week and he had made up his mind said he They had been sitting about him the night this opinion was announced in theparlbr of the suite of rooms the Primeshad taken Billy Gray had gone with his father to the club Shatto had been' hanging about in the agonies of an first love Govj disap peared a moment and came back with tickets for the Columbia bidding Mil dred get her hat and gloves at once and whispering to Shafto that he had a seat forhim As the little mantel clock struck eight Amy Lawrence lifting up her eyes from the book she was trying hard to believe she meant to read saw that Armstrong was rising'from' his easy and "springing to his side laying her white hand on his ann she faltered: please! You know the stipulation 'was that you were not to stir? 4 But then her heart began uncontrollably The blood went surg ing to her brows for all of a sudden as through impulse irresistible her hand was seized in in both of his in fact and the deep voice that had pleaded at her behest for the cause of Billy Gray was now in impetuous flow of words that fell upon her ears like some strain of thrillin gmusie pleading at last his own Ever since thatidayin the radiant sunshine of the park she had learned to look up to him as a tower of strength a man of mark among his fellowsa man to be honored and obeyed" Ever since that Palace when she saw his glowing eyes fixed intently upon her and knew that he was following her ever move she had begun to realize the depth! of his interest in her Ever since that day when the China slipped from her moor ings with Witchie'Garrison' singling him out for lavish farewell favors she had wondered why it so annoyed and stung her Ever since the day she read the list of killed and wounded in the first fierce battling with the she knew it was the sight' of his not Billy that made her for the faint and dizzy and taught her the need of greaterself con trol Ever since that moonlit night up on the lanai when her heart leaped at the sudden sound of his voice she had realized what his coming meant to her and ever since that breezy day upon the broad Pacific with the sailors song of Land ho! ringing from the bows and he her wounded soldierTEafl sprung to shield her from the crash of hapless stumble and the deck was stained with th precious blood from that wound shed for her for who so revered him she had longed to hear say the words that alone could unlock the gates of maidenly reserve and let her tell him tell him with glad and grateful heart that the love he bore her was answered by her own Hovering over him only one minute her lips half parted her eyes still veiled her heart throbbing loud and fastwith sudden movement she threw herself upon her knees at the side of the low chair and her burning face ever so lightly was buried in the dark blue sleeve above thaj blessed wound THE END XiK A stirring Story of Amy Life in Tke psuppinea CoCTTijht 1S99 by Tenaysoa NefiJ SL Nk X' 1 I 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 yr if pH I Wr I 0 11 VjfW' II I kill Him hl Lu I I 'x ir 1 II i I I 9 wk nt A I SXii o' iags I I 7 lllll 'f fc A Chamber fled A '17 vr 1 the SvEru SIhM ESS Hl kt SMIII sunn I sn.