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-THE HOUSI A How Wily Mar * Him Until Help W. R. OSE, in Cicve! The young mRa paused for a mo ment at the foot ct the steps and gave a quick glance at the house. Then he ascended to the porch and tried to open the door. Something prevented him - the key he carried didn't fit, or the door was bolted. He hesitated a moment as if un decided. Then he went around the house and tried the side door, and the rear door. Neither yielded to his effoits. Evidently determined to enter he went to the rear of the garage and brought forth a ladder. Placing this against the porch he as cended to the roof and a moment later had disappeared through a rear window. And Marjorie Lane saw all this from the house next door. Marjorie was alone in the house. Her mother was away on a visit, the maid was taking her afternoon out, and her father was at his office. Marjorie had been reading in the little reception hall, when the man's footsteps on the porch next door aroused her. She looked out and saw him. The house next door had been un tenanted for several weeks. The Stetsons had gone to New York on a visit. It was rumored they would stay. But their furnishings were still In the house. They were fine furnishings, too, as Marjorie knew. 'And here was a stranger, In mid-af ternoon, feloniously endeavoring to I enter the deserted home. Marjorie ran back when the stranger went round the house, and from a kitchen window hidden be 'hind the shade, saw him bring up the ladder and enter the window. The girl turned pale. This was the sort of felony that had become so common. The stranger had found that the house was untenanted and had chosen the most quiet time of the day for his nefarious work. No doubt be was in there now, picking over Mrs. Stetson's choicest treasures and selecting only the most valuable for his bundle of loot. What should she do? With a shock she remembered that the telephone was out of order. It ,had suddenly ceased to do duty at luncheon time. Her father, who had come home to please Marjorie, had tried to call his office and failed. "The phone is out of order," he told her. "I will call them up from the office and report it." marjorie gave another little start when she remembered this. It was entirely probable that the daring bousebreaker next door had deligpr ately cut off the service to serve his nefarious ends. A snipped wire would do it. A bad man who took such chances would know how to surround himself with safeguards. The house on the other side of the Lane home was empty, too. The Emmets were all away on a vaca tion trip-Mr. Emmet's vacaction. She could give no alarm there. Nor was it probable any outcry she raised in the street would bear prac tical results. She was quite sure that the only man within hearing dis tance would prove to be that very p bad individual who even now presum- t ably was sampling Mrs. Stetson's choicest household treasures. 1 Marjorie hesitated and wrung her s hands. There wasn't a weapon in the house, not even a stove poker stove pokers being unknown in a homes heated by natural gas. Besides, what would an entire ar senal avail her in the present di lemma? The man would presently e emerge with his bundle of plunder s and hurry away. He might go over c the back fence, or the side fence, or r across the roofs. To pursue him p 'with firearms seemed out of the ques- la tion--more especially as there were c no firearms available. Having iio other recourse Marjorie s determinedl to wait. She looked at the library clock. It was 4.15. At 5 o'clock her rather had promised to be home. They were go ing out to dinner. If the marauder would be sufficiently deliberate next door it was possible her father woulda return in time.K She was sure he would know justt what to do. He father was that sortt of man. If she could only call him b --and she looked pathetically at the useless phone. Then a step sounded on the next door porch. Marjorie ran back to the hall. The man was letting himself a out of the Stetson door, a He closed the door carefully and crossed the poreh. He was carrying something--a heavy suit case. As he went down the steps Mar jorie's heart fluttered wildly. She mustn't let him get away like this.t She opened the screen door and ass ott on the porch. The man had aeue the huse, going toward the a"nuSir' urried after him. "Sr- she cried. Hoe turned arourd suddenly--..and ji m hngld. te suit case softly Marjorie shrank back. Teman looked a little startled 'Dd you call me?" he asked. It was evident that he haapln tiful supply of nerve.-a ln coYed,e sarjorie stammered. What moment's time?" she askedv o eraly ymes. ' he answered. ''se Marjorie realized that she wa-i an extremely unplasntdema. Now that she stopp edase an, wlemma. could she do With him?anywhat, she mustn't let him think she ss pected him. "You were looking at proDrrty' 'n this street recently, I think," she said. That might disarm him .BREAKER. jorie Detainec Came....3.... and Plain Dealqr. [nstantly she realized that this didn't ound well. She hastily amended it. "Did you find a house that suited rou?" It was evident that he had his sus picions. Marjorie realized this. She was doing awkwardly. And yet when ;he met his look, she couldn't help being confused. It was difficult to believe that he could be a house breaker. Then she realized that she bad never seen a housebreaker be ore. "If you haven't quite satisfied your elf about the house, will you come back and look at this one?" she said. rhen she hastily added, "From the )utside." He was looking at her curiously. Perhaps he thought her queer. She ouldn't blame him if he did. But f he thought her queer, he wouldn't eel suspicious. "I will be glad to oblige you," he ;aid. "Which house is it?" She pointed to the house from vhich she had just emerged. "This," she said. He certainly seemed surprised as ie stared up at the house. "Do you live here?" he asked. "Yes." she hastily answered 'Wouldn't you like to look at the )orch?" He hesitated, and she e-pected at Lny moment to see him take to his ieels. But, no, he held his ground. "Why, yes," he said, "if it will >lease 7ou." He spoke soothingly as if he want d to quiet her. And as he spoke he tscended the steps. She pointed to a chair. "Be seated, please," she said. LET THE HOME T HERE are absurd ideas and back side of a hous and manners in a most half the country towns, considered necessary to eO upon some dusty street or higI and bolted door; with parlors easy way from month to mon a will be living in some back c back doors. never at ease save 2 and as much a stranger to tl e likely engrosses the best half country parson. All thi's is a Stion,.as the worst ones of the c SIt is true that every man Sportions of his house for the< v$ easy and familiar hospitalitie 4i the farmer, do not call for at a farmer invites his best fr'iend: leth him see to it then that hi! ? and most cheerful of his hous a to love it. and he, and his child so that it shall be the rallying a tions through all time. No se e of a cheery, sunlit home-room, Sand its flames upon the hear ai thought: and the flame upon t & dow, will pave a white path ( where tenderest fancies, like a Donald Grant Mitcheil. He gave her r. quick glarnce, and lacing the suit case on the floor of 2e porch. seated himself. "You are not alone here?" he said iquiringly, and there was a touch of licitude in his tone.. Marjorie was frightened. "Oh, no. no," she cried, "my friends re very near." He nodded. "That makes a difference," he said. She felt that it did make a differ nce, a great difference to the Lane verware. And even as this thought rossed her mind, the point of the, cker in which the man sat hap ened to strike the suit case and the ter again gave forth its musical link. Marjorie wanted to cry out, but re rained herself. "How do you like this house?" she astily asked. "The house? Oh, yes. Why, the ouse is well enough. And you say is in the market?" Marjorie fancied he spoke to her s he might to a little child. And she could take no offense at* bis. At all odds she must keep him bere until help came and he could e secured. "Yes, it is in the market." she said. And it is a very good house, too. 'he-next time you come I will show ou the inside. It is fully as good s the outside. The porch is pleas nt, don't you think?" He looked about him critically. "It seems to be a very good porch," e said, but his gaze rested on the. irl. She was seated on a low chair close > the steps-quite prepared to flee own them and raise a wild alarm if e attempted any threatening move. "Yes," she answered' "it is even etter than it looks." "May I ask." he inquired, and she; anced his voice grew suddenly gen le. "if you are related to the own r?"' "I am his daughter," Mii-jorie romptly admitted. He seemed impressed. "And-pardon me-do they leave ou alone in the house?" Marjorie flushed. No. no," she quickly replied. Not really alone. There is always he phony, you know." Hie nlodded. But just n1ow. the phone is out of Mla: jori" sav'a ]inie gasp. Then, e knu w. lIr(dark sust)i(ion w'as at ''Is it':' she weak:ly v - y ''s,'' he anlswe:r-. '1There' is a ~reak that affects the~ omlui:' block." "How dreadful," said Mlarjorie still nore weakly. But this would nlever ed her sincerity. At least he had a very singular way of lool:ing at her. She must continue the conversation and do her best to make it sound natural. "You are quite sure the air is not too chilly,for you?" said the bad man with still more solicitude. Marjorie stared. "I am very comfortable," she hasti ly answired. And then she flushed. She had never been more uncomfort able in all her two and twenty years. "Wh-why do you think I am un comfortable?" "I was afraid," the man replied, "that after a fever the atmosphere might be considered chilly." "Fever?" said Marjorie. "I've had no fever." She could see his pur pose now. He wanted her to go into the house-for a wrap, perhaps-and then he could hastily take flight. "And you have no fear of incipient grip?" he asked. "They say it often takes a very insidious form." He moved his rocker a little and again the suit case gave forth a clink ing sound. Marjorie started. "You are nervous," said the bad man. "I'm afraid you do wrong when you needlessly exert yourself.' I know that your father would not approve of it. Let me call again when you are rested." And he half arose. "No. no," said Marjorie hastily. "I'm very well, thank you, and not at all nervous." She tried to laugh to show her unconcern, but it was a weak effort. The bad man did not laugh. "You said something about the sale of this house," he remarked as if to steady her. "Oh. yes," she cried. "How do you like it?" "It looks like an attractive resi dence," he replied. "May I presume to ask the owner's reasons for selling -it is often customary in advertis ing homes, you know." "Yes." said Marjorie. "They us ually claim it is lack of health, don't they? Or change of business, or something like that?" "Something like that.' the bad man replied. Marjorie cudgeled her brains. "If my father sold this house I BE HOMELIKE11 float in regard to tue front, ?, which infect village morals )ase and unmeaning way. In and by half the farmers, it is retain a pretending front-side way, with tightly closed binds g only ventured upon in an un :h. The occupant, meantime, j )rner-slipping in and out at g in his most uninviting room, e blinded parlor, which very 4 if his house, as his visitor, the u s arrant a sham, and affecta- W ities. will wish to set aside certain g ffices of hospitality. But the w s of a country village, or of y exceptional stateliness; the g to his habitual living room;W living room be the sunniest e. So. his friends will come g, ren-to love it and cherish it, point of the household affec a so distant, but the memory ei with its pic.tures on the wall, * :h, shall haunt the voyager's ( se hearth, and the sunlit win- eg over the intervening waters, @ angels, shall come and go. think it would be because he wanted the money." "An excellent reason," said the bad man. "It is frank, too, and unan swerable." "I think it is,'" said Marjorie. "You see, living is much higher." "So I understand." "And clothes cost more--a great deal more. And help is dearer-and not nearly so satisfactory." "It sounds discouraging." "It is," "And your father wants to sell his home on this account?" "It is a good reason, isn't it?" He looked at her in silence. "I wonder if your telephone isn't in working order now?" he said in a curious way. "No, no," she cried. "I'm sure they haven't fixed it yet." She was determined not to give him the chance to escape. "I wish you would investigate," he said. "I will give you an excuse for going into the house. I am Quite thirsty. May I trouble you for a glass of water?" She shook her head. "I dislike to be discourteous," she said, "but the water is not at all what it should be. You may have noticed that prominent physicians have sev eral times declared that typhoid fever is directly traceable to impure drink ing water." He onened his eyes a little wider. "You actually refuse me a glass of water?" he said. "That seems extra ordinary." "Perhaps it does," replied Mar jorie, "but I assure you I am actu ated only by the very best motives." And she furtively glanced at the suspicious suit case. The bad man opened his eyes still wider. "I can't help thinking it seems strange," he said. And just then Marjorie gave a start and a wild light suddenly gleamed in her soft brown eyes. Her father was coming up the street. She watched the bad man narrowly and waited his first desperate move. Her father came nearer and nearer -he was ascending the steps, he was on the p)orch! Then a most extraordinary thing happened before Marjorie could cry "Why, hello, Compton," cried her father, cordially. "How are you?" And he held out his hand and the bad man shook It. Marjorie gasped. "This is very neighborly," said her father. "I suppose Compton told you dear, that he had bought the Stetson huse next door, and is to live there wvith his mother, And you are very As he disappeared Marjorie turned quickly to the stranger. "I-I took you for a housebreak er," shc hoarsely whispered. "! saw you climbing through the window. I saw you bring out that." And she pointed at the suit case. "You cant blame me. You certainly acted the part." The stranger laughed. Now that he 'was no longer a bad man he seemed a very attractive youth. "And I took you for an irresponsi ble-mentally weak., you know. And you certainly played the role in a life like manner." Marjorie f,-owned. "What's in that suit case?" "Door trimmings, locks and hinges. I'm having them changed." And the contents tinkled merrily as he pushed the case with his foot. "Say," whispered Marjorie. "Well?" "Don't you dare betray me to my father." "About the house?" "About anything." "Well, I'll think it over. In the meantime you are in my power-and don't forget it." "Housebreaker!" she hissed. "Irresponsible," he returned and rubbed his head and stared vacantly. Whereat they both laughed, and were still laughing when Marjorie's father came back. INSECTS THAT DEVOUR 'FORTUNES. * *SSeSSSSSeeseSSe@SeSOSeSSe Between the first of last January and the thirty-first of next December the farmers of the United States will have lost $795,100,000. Speaking from figures gathered by the National Bureau of Entymology. Reginald Wright Kauffman, in one of those searchlight articles which have made Hampton's Magazine so much talked about, says, in that magazine, that insects annually destroy food products valued at a sum sufficient to maintain the entire Federal Government. There is a loss of $200,000,000 in cereals, he says; $53,000,000 in hay; $60,000,000 in cotton; $5,300,000 in tobacco, and $53,000,000 in truck crops. Sugar loses $5,000,000, and the rest of the vast loss is about even ly distributed among the other prod ucts of the farm. You think that a heavy toll? Then, says Mr. Kauffman, you do not know the amount of destruction which a single Insect can effect in the pursuit of its living. The Hessian fly, for example, has far outclassed the busy bee as a model of industry, for in the instance of this insect alone the dam age done to grain in America, since we began to keep account of it, has amounted to considerably over $20, 000,000. Far better, however, is the record of the cotton leaf worm which, though It is less troublesome than of old-and for that you may thank birds- still exacts a yearly tribute of from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. This and other insects make the cot ton losses aggregate $60,000,000 and make you, madam, pay more than you used to for your batistes and lawns, On the other hand, insect eggs which the birds upon your hat would ordinarily destroy, are, when depositedl in grains, hatched among the stored products and cost us $100,. 000,000 a year. WORDS OF WISDOM,. Life~ is made uip principally of an E.cipations and regrets. Some men make more noise doing a day~s work than other men do in organizing a billion-dollar trust. You can't tell about a woman. Even the lady lion tamer would prob ably yell for help if she should see a mouse. When I see a woman kissing her dog in preference to her husband, I can't help feeling sorry- arn th dog. Money talks, but a woman can gen erally get in the last word. Heroism is ephemeral. Even the man who dies for his country is none the less a dead one. The average man is apt to wish he had all the money he has lost trying to make a lot. All the world may love a lover' ex ept the particular object of a fel low's affections. When one girl throws a fellow over, another is always waiting to drop him a line. Adam was once caught napping, and ever since it has been possible for a woman to pull the wdol over a man's eyes. When a doctor tells his iatient not to drink champagne he probably wants to be sure of getting his money. --From "Musings of a Gentle Cynic,'' in the New York Times. Bells Instead of Horns. A Chicago citizen who has evident ly been scared frequently by the loud "honk" of automobile horns as he scudded across streets, has written to he Tribune to suggest "that automo iles be made to carry sleigh bells, the same as horses are required to wear in sleighing time." This, he thinks "would give continual warning to pe :estrians." He adds, by way of linching his plan and commending it to motorists: "Riding would be more enjoyable accompanied by a nice toned set of bells. There would no oubt be quite a strife among manu facturers to s:ee who could turn out the finest ton: d machine as a selling point."-New York Tribune. English Coffee. The American opinion of coffee as understood in the English home is not high, and how the coffee of the English lodgings is esteemed may be understood from the following trav eer's tale. It was his first morning in London "apartments," and his landlady came up with the brea.kfast, and as he began the meal opened a slight conversation. "It looks like rain," she said. "It does," replied the American; "but it smells rather like coffee." London Chronicle. renano was inventerd early in the THE SMELL OF THE RAIN. All Nature Senses It and Echoes Wel. come With Outstretched Arms. Sweeter than any perfume ever dis tilled by the chemist, sweeter than roses or cape jessamines, or the scent of a ripe grape, sweeter than new mown hay or a baby's breath, sweeter than fresh linen and milady's washed hair, is the smell of the rain. It is the b:'eath to the nostrils, ex hilaration to the lung. elixir to the blood, and wine to the brain. The dusty earth inhales it and is pulsing again with potential life: the flowers that were panting are rovived, and the very leaves of the trees absorb it as incense and are lifted up. Hun gry, iretful, parched and complain ing, man opens'his mouth and gulps it down like a gormand. The fading and wilting cotton blos som welcomes it as a message of new life, and the naked of all the world rejoice In the hope of replenished wardrobes. The growling, groveling beasts of the stock exchange, intent upon the dust and drought and want of grim prospect, sniff it and are abashed and tame. Miasmas of pri vation and distress fade away from it, as the fogs before the surtiine, and mellow wholesomeness possesses the fields and permeates the habita tions of men. The grass of the plains, brown and withered and dry as stubble, senses it as the blind and deaf are aware. of the unseen and unheard approach of friends, and it steals over the land as the perfumed herald of an unfor getting Providence. The very sparrows of the ground twit.ter their delight, the songsters of the forest acclaim it with a more liquid melody, and the mother bird on her nest whispers rejoicings to the brood beneath her wing. The bee that hung despairingly to the honey comb flies straight to the clover field. It springs up like a new born pres ence; it comes down like a benedic tion. An unseen censer is swung in the air; a silent baptism is cele brated; the prayer that was uttered haltingly and half-faithlessly is an swered, and a resurrection Is realized. What skeptical, Impatient and un worthy creatures we are; what mal contents and murmurers! And how short-sighted is our view of creation and reproduction and the eternal scheme of life! Six thousand years have taught us little, though we know so. much of the current day and hour. A lifetime of bounty, centuries of progress, and the recurring cycles of a perpetual universe are vain to impress our poor understanding with the truth of the unfailing and the everlasting. What know we of the recessions and precessions, the actions and the reactions, the energies and the restings of this old-young earth's large life? How unmindful we are of the deep, big truths which nature has been exhibiting all these years and generations and eons of the up ward and advancing march! A little irial. a little hardship, and we are undone, though the storehouse is full and the fat years are certain to re turn for the fruitful ground will not belie Itself. But the smell of the rain-one whiff of it and all repinings are done, and the way Is shining again, and we are after the butterfliles as eager and as heedless as before. Men are but children of a larger growth, and their ears are dried and their hurts are healed by little kisses which they straightway forget.-Fort Worth Record. Largest Animal in the World. What is claimed as the largest ani mal in the world is represented by a colossal skeleton in the museum of Christ Church, New Zealand. This is the remains of a lai-ge specimen of the blue whale stranded on thq coast of, that country, This whale is p)robably the largest of all living animals. The length of the skeleton is eighty-seven feet, and the head alone is twenty one feet. The weight of the bones is estimated at nine tons. This gigantic whale gets its name of blue whale from the dark bluish gray of its up per surface. The tinge of yellow on its lower part has led to the name "sulphur bottom," ,by which It is known on the western side..of the At lantic, It is otherwise known as Sib bald's roqual (Balenopterasibbaldil). The chief food of this gigantic ani mal is a small marine crustacean (Thysanopoda inermis), known to 1 the whalers as "kril." Another spe cies of the same shrimplike group has been obtained in thousands from - the stomachs of mackerel caught on the Cornish coast, The nearly re lated oppossum shrimps found in enormous numbers in the Greenland seas form the chief food of the com mon whale. Some of the thysano-1 poda are phosphorescent and contrib ute to the liminosity of the sea.-- 1 London Globe. I Lost, Stolen or Strayed. A story is told of a certain man liv ing in a New England village who lostt a horse one day, and failing to find . him he went down to the public1 square and offered a reward of $5 t to whoever could bring him back, AJ half-witted fellow who heard the offer 1 volunteered to discover the where- .1 abouts of the horse. and sure enough s he returned in half an hour leading < him by his bridle. The owner wasi surprised at the ease with which his;r half-witted friend had found the beast, and, on passing the $5 to him, I he said: ."Tell me, how did you find 2 the horse'?" To which the man re- f plied: "Waal. I thought to myself. where would I go if I was a hoss, and 2 ! went there, and he had. "--London Telegralib. W1here Linmburger Comes From. ( The United States, it seems, can ' and does make just as good limburger! I as the province in Belgium where it I originated, says .the New York Globe.| This is how we do It: A piece of a J calf's stomach is set away in a warm i place in a can of whole milk. In I about forty minutes the curdled mess E Is pounded and then the whey pressed out. Afterward forms are filled and r further drainage permitted, Salt is c rubbed on the outside until it becomes j slippery; then the cheese is set away I in the cellar to ripen for a month or two, and the grmsrn do the rest.- I 2 3,346,106 CORDS OF WOOD [N 2,118,947 TONS OF PULP Mills Paid $28,000,000 For Raw Material, Including Mill Waste ---Spruce, Hemlock and Poplar Two hundred and fifty-one pulp nills in the United States used 3, 346,106 cords of wood and made 2, 118,947 tons of pulp last year. Spruce .as always been the leading pulp wood, and it furnished 64 per cent. >f the total quantity used. The rapid levelopment of the wood pulp indus ry in the last ten years has ren 'iered the domestic supply of spruce nsufficient to meet the demands upon t. and consequently importdtions from Canada have been heavy. In 1908 our pulp mills consumed nearly 1.500,000 cords of imported spruce, making the imports of spruce nearly 45 per cent. of the domestic supply. Next to spruce, the most impor tant pulp wood is hemlock, of which 569,173 cords were converted into pulp last year. All the hemlock used was of domestic origin, and most of it was produced in the lake States and Pennsylvania. Although now used in less quantity than spruce and hem lock. poplar has long been a standard pulp wood. A small quantity of pop lar is imported, but by far the larger portion of the more than 300,000 cords used last year was cut from domestic timber. Spruce, hemlock and poplar made up 90 per cent. of the total quantity of pulp wood used. The remainder was supplied by many species, the most important of which were pine, cottonwood and balsam. The wood used by the pulp mills last year cost them a little more than $28.000,000, or an average of $S.38 a cord, against an average of $8.21 in 1907. The most costly wood used was imported spruce. with an average value of $10.60 a cord. The average for domestic spruce was $8.76 a cord and for poplar $8.04 a cord. The cheapest wood that was used in large quantity was hemlock, the cost being $6.02 a cord. Owing to the uncer tain business conditions the total con sumption of pulp wood in 1908 was nearly 16 per cent. less than in 1907, but this did not prevent an increase in the price of wood. The high price of wood is keeping the manufactur ers constantly on the outlook for cheaper raw material,and one of the most encouraging developments has been the increased use of slab wood and other saw mill waste. This drift in the industry is clearly indicated by the fact that 193,224 cords of mill waste were reported as con sumed in pulp manufacture during 1907, while 252,896 cords, an in crease of 30 per cent., were used in 1908. These statements are based upon a preliminary report of the consump tion of the pulp wood in the United States in 1908 just issued by the Bureau of the Census. The Bureau of the Census and the Forest Service co-operate in the collection of an nual statistics of forest products, and this preliminary report will soon be followed by a bulletin, which will give detailed information upon the use of pulp wood last year in the various States, the cost for cord, the amount reduced by the mechanical, sulphite and soda processes and oth er facts of interest to the Industry. What if the World Stopped? Suppose that some mysterious pow ar, entirely mental or spiritual in its nature, and of a high order of intel lect, a mentality or soul absolutely acquainted with the human mind even down to minute details, should lesire to make an announcement, a statement to mankind in general, how would It proceed to attract attention? [ have thought of afew ways or meth ds which would attract the attention f man. Thus, suppose that at exact soon in the observatory in Washing ~on or Greenwich, all the telegraphic nstruments on earth should Instant y refuse to work. Let every wire on Land and in cables beneath the sea ~ease to act. Let every key come to 'est and every sounder be silent. Im igine this silence to continue five ulinutes. The attention of all tele ~raph people would be attracted and :hen that of newspaper men. Let ten ninutes pass, and businessmen would iear of the phenomenon. Let the rouble continue during an hour, then everybody living in cities might hear hat the telegraphs were lifeless. In ne year, perhaps, half of the human -ace would hear of the disturbance. -From Nautilus. Sewage Disposal in Europe. That the last word with reference o the treatment of sewage has not ret been said seems manifest from he processes adopted by and appar ntly growing in favor with many of he large European cities. Hamburg, Jologne, Dresden, Liverpool, Belfast, 3ristol, Hull and many smaller cities aave adopted the dilution system. The ewage is screened of all floating mat er and Is then turned Into the ad acent rivers, without chemical treat nent, and the result seems to be en Irely satisfactory. As the cities of lurope are older than our own It is ut natural that the question of the reatment and disposal of sewage hould have received longer and more areful study than has been given it a this country. In point of fact, Eu ope leads us in sewage purification satters, and, though the subject has y no means been exhausted abroad, Lmerican engineers can learn much rom the plans adopted for the treat ient of sewage by cities across the tlantic.--Newark News. Herbert Spencer. Herbert Spencer was a bachelor, eclaring that he "had no time to get aarried." Spencer never saw a loco aotive, but was construction engineer a his younger days for the London nd Birmingham Railway, and later n served in a similar capacity with he Birmingham and Gloucester Rail ran, It Is not true that Spencer was vei" i actual want, but his finances rere at times very low. The $7000 aised Ly friends in America was ac epted by Mr. Spencer "as a trust to e used for public ends." Farm ha9/ds for harvesting the rai and fuit crops of California Example of Careless Traveling. A, razor strap that followed E. W. Stephens..around the world after be irg lost at a dozen places on the way has just been returned to his home. in Columbia, Mo., frc., Mountain, Miss., with the usi1 age-due stamps attached. 7 phens has used the strap fo and has carried it on all his I %hen it was not on the way last hotel. The strap was l"I in Hongkong, and later rejoined the Stephens party In Calcutta. Mr. Ste phens :got his razors in extra keen trim and luxuriated in close shaves until he reached the Holy Land. The razor strap was again forgotten, this time at Jacob's Wel, near Shecham, but overtook Its owner at the Sea of Galilee. In Cairo the strap was lost again. but was recovered in Atheis. At several European hotels it was forgotten and made short Jumps, the hotels having forwarded it with the mails to the addresses left by the travelers. The strap has cost a doz en times Its original price in post. age.-Kansas City Star. 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