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The kinc \_^honi ^ ' A NOYEE; OF AMERICAN LIFI ' w y} BY MAUKiu<c. Copyright, I8?2 and 1693 CHAPTER XL ' CONTINUED. Pauline felt some vague but troublesome stir 0/ excitement in her heart when Colonel Loring came to-remind her of the promised dance. It was as if she feared him and yet felt drawn toward him; as if some mystery in his nature or character posseseed a fascination, while at the same time it suggested dark doubts. There is a lure in veiled and shadowy things; we cannot resist the influence of those elusive elements which, in some way, like fine films of connection, set us in communication with the unusual, the strange, the romantic. It is especially dangerous for a young girl to come within the reach of such an influence when a strong-willed and handsome man is at the base of it. -The snake and the bird, th'o fascination of a deadly thing?we all know how nature lends to fatal venom the tender glow of a precious elixir. T.Avinff lrfla an inh?rAHtincr V^ulUllCl JUU><"6 ' ra talker. He had traveled in many lands. His mind was stored with recollections of adventare, of perils by land and sea, and these he could set in contrast with pleasant experiences of social life in many a gay city of the old world," He was in the early prime of manhood, strong, in perfect health, and he had, when he wished, a way of sendiig his vigor throngh his firm, positive voice into every word he spoke. In his presence, . with his hand clasping hers now and again dnring ! the old-fashioned dance, Pauline felt [ that she was acting a part in a romance, and the sensation lifted the color into her cheeks and lips. "When the dance ended, Colonel Loring slipped her arm throngh his and led her throngh a broad, garlanded doorway into the conservav tory. \ "It is delicionsly cool here. Let ns take a turn or two up and down this charming aisle. This is like Mexico/' he said, touching a vigorous tactus. "I can almost feel the winds of the plains." "Life here must seem very dull and ^ame to you after all your stirring adventures," she suggested, looking up with frank interest into his face. 4,No? It is delightful, l am enjoying every moment of it. I wish I oould forget my whole past and begin anew from this moment." There was a ring of infinite regret in his words, along with something wistful, that thrilled Pauline's heart. She was about to speak with all the outright sympathy of her impulsive nature; she was going to enter straightway into the spirit of his mood; her words wero already at her lips, and her eyes were upturned to his with an expression of earnestness and deep , interest, whsn, just at the angle of the way between some tall vases, they came upon Fairfax standing quite still with folded arms. His eyes met Pauline's as she turned them quickly from Loring'e face. Then the two men exchanged glances which con-! V?ye& no sign of pleasure. A deadly hatred, indeed, which had been kept hidden by DOtli, snowed itself ominously, as Loring, with head high and a sinister smile on his lips, passed on, taking Pauline with him. She felt in some indirect way the change that passed gver the dark face of the man whose arm she was touching, and something in the manner of Fairfax affected her unpleasantly. At the moment she did not examine, or, in fact, fully realize her impression; but later, when Lieutenant Ballancne was telling her that in a day or two he was going away to report to General Jackson at some place in the interior, nnd when she saw how piqued and almost savage he looked as he glanced at Parker who was dancing again with Mademoiselle de Sezannes, she suddenly understood or half understood what was happening, save that it was impossible to connect herself with it. These men, she surmised, were, all fnnr nf t.hfim. rAftdv tr> nnarrel ahnnt Mademoiselle de Sezaunea, aud the thought at once suggested a duel or two. . In those days duels were of almost daily and nightly occurrence in New Orleans and at the famous dueling grounds of the surrounding country. Consequently death on the sword's point or at the pistol's mouth was not bo shocking to think of as it is now. The Creole girl of our story's time could not fairly understand the philosophy of itj but still she recognized the importance of what was called "iho only method by which insulted honor may be defended and purified," or as another old writer states it: "the swiftest, tho fairest and the most.'satis-. factory mode of settling matters of deadly concern between gentlemen." The party at Chateau d'Or was likely to bo pleasantly remembered; but it was also, as we shall see, the generating point for some disagreeable developments and some strange and sinister complications. "it has been delightful, charming," exclaimed Mrs. Vernon, flinging hereelf iuto Pauline's arms after the last guest had gone. "Every one was happy?and how lovely tho whole House was; auu you were so ueuuuful; dear, so very, very beautiful!" Pahline returned her mother's vehement embrace, and they were standing thus linked in each other's arms when Mr. Vernon approached aud eucircled both with his beur-Iike hug. Standing there, the group was a striking one. It was a liviug tableau of love as intense as it was strange and beautiful. There were the effect of high refinement in it and a delicate tenderness; but there was also something if but a hint of the uu&ovcrned aud the untrained. CHAPTER XII. CDfcONEL LORIXG AXP PAULINE. Fairfax went homa from the party at Chateau d'Or feelinjc that it had ; of^. EY ISLAND sj E DURING THE WAR OF 1812. J ? < - , * wv ? : THOMPSON. hy Robert Bonner'? Bona. been an nnfortunate affair for him, and yet he ooald not have explained with any, degree of jxactitude why it had been bo. The adventnre with the hunchback lingered in his memory as something picturesquely (sinister and pathetic; then Colonel Loring arose before him vhiohever way he ^turned his mind, with the growing certainity that he was identical with Pierre Ram eau, the robber; ?but above and beyond all, Fairfax was annoyed with himself, because he had let the evening go by without paying any special attention to Pauline. He felt humiliated that he should i have frittered away so much time with the wound on his hand which, after all, seemed so small a thing, while men like Parker and Lieutenant "RatlonnVia warA hnldlv Rfiizinff UDOn I every advantage offered them for cultivating the good will of Mrs. Vernon and her daughter. He recognized himself as one of those imaginative, self-conscious youths who dream that the smallest matter affecting thom is of prime importance to the rest of mankind. He could not resist the impulse to laugh in a bitter way at the turn affairs had taken with him. Like a small boy, he had made faces over a sore finger, while the most important crisis (as he now felt) of his whole life had drawn past him. Fairfax realized in a way how little right he had to connect Pauline with any love-dream of his own. He had never spoken a word of love to her, and this seemed inexplicable to him now. Why had he not? Perhaps he\ had been foolishly sure of his standing in her regard; he had taken too much for wanted. v | Reflections like these, while they made him uneasy, as is one who con- j sciously walks upon treacherous' ground, led him to resolve that Pauline should hear his plea and give him his answer at the first opportune moment. Toung men often make these resolves and almost as frequently, perhaps, recede from them when the crucial moment comes. It is love that makes them brave, and it is love as well that makes them oowards. The summer went by?as summers do in that beautiful gulf-coast climate ?with days that burned through the noon and softened down to delioious coolness toward nightfall, and nights whose dreamy splendor made the Creole city, with all its gayety, its intrigue, its excitements, a place of in describable allurements^ In tke autumn the English fleet was making ready to swing round the gult-coast. Colonel! Nichols had arrived at Pensacola, and acting for the 'British Government, had set on foot a scheme by which he hoped to stir up the.Indians to renewed hostilities and at the same time induce the white population of Louisiana to revolt against the United States Government. Lieutenant Ballanche went away to join General Jackson,.to whom he reported the situation in the New Orleans district, aud did not return until about the first days in December. Colonel Loring also disappeared, going, it was understood, on a mission conneoted with some scheme of his in Mississippi, while Parker, the shrewd and self-confident youth, had bidden his many friends' in New Orleans good-bye apd set onfc for his home in Tennessee about the firfct of August. % Fairfax had still another cause for discontent which he made the most of. Colonel Loring had resoued Pauline and Mrs. Vernon from imminent danger in the midst of a crowd of rioting sailors and boatmen. The ladies were in the Vernon carriage, nud just as it turned a street-corner they found themselves surrounded by a mob of men who were fighting with staves, knives, pistols, cutlasses and whatever weapons they could command. Aside from the actufil danger of the situation; the brutal fury of the combatants; the atroeious profanity and sickening sounds of slashing and stabbing and shooting; the bewilder? ment and fright of the coachman, who presently abandoned his place to seek safety in flight,- and the wild rearing and plunging of the horses in the midst of the crowding and heedless mass of riders?the ladies had f?ood cause to faint at the mere thought of what brutality the scene implied, if they had been of the temperament dear to old romance. They called loudly for help, but who was likely to hear or to heed? Fairfax chanced to be near the outer fringe of the crowd and recognized Pauline's voice. He rushed to the spot, only to find that Colonel Loring bad already rendered all the service that was needed?had sprung, indeed, to the coachman's seat and was turning the horses down a narrow sidestreet. The eyes of tbe two met for an instant at this point, Loring giving to his glance an expression of triumph, as Fairfax thought, an^ Fairfax himself scowling so viciously that; although Pauline looked straight into his face, she did not recognize him at the time. Colonel Loring's promptness and nerve doubtless served tli9 ladies from death or great injury. Ho drove thfi carriage to Chateau d'Or aud received such thanks and such looks of gratitude as Fairfax would have j fought around the earth to win. "I don't see how you did it, and so ; easily, too!" said Mrs. Vernon, nft? they had euteved the parlor. Lo was still staudiug, hat in !> ; u. "Please sit down, Colonel Loivig, and tell us all about it. Mercy, how j my heart is still fluttering! How did ; you manage to get to us and tako us' out of that horrible place?" "It was uotbiug," he sai l, with his I cold, peculiar smile. "I merely turned j the horses and drove away. Any i little boy could have done th<; same." I "But, no; that were impossible, j i sir." Pauline urged. "Nobody but - ? M - ! i r m i you could have done what you. tHd? When that dark, little man sprang at your throat with the knife I thought he had stabbed you ; but you struok him with your hand and he fell quite as if he had been shot. Oh, it was dreadful, and you did not appear to care for it at all!" / Xioring's harrow, fascinating eyes gazed steadily into her face as be said: ,*'1 have been accustomed to dangers so mucb greater than that little affair could poseibly bring, that I hardly count myself a hero, Miss Vernon, for having piloted you out of a trifling annoyance. Pray do not think of it as a matter of any importance what* ever. I deem it a bit of good fortune for me that I can be at Chateau d'Or once more before I take my leave of New Orleans for a time." "And you are going away?" Mrs. Vernon inquired with quick interest, that shaded sharply into regret. "Going away from us?" "Yes?the war. I cannot rest idle while the country needs soldiers." Pauline thought he looked the very model of what a soldier ought to be. "And where shall you join the army ?" she asked. "I do not know yet; my place has not yet been assigned to me; but that matters little. A soldier's business is to obey orders and have no preferences." "Lieutenant Ballanchc is gone already, I believe; at least he bade us good-bye, and was expecting to go to the interior the next day." "Yes. the Government sent him to look after some outlaws over on the Mississippi border, I believe; he's likely to have some amusement before he accomplishes his errand, I should think." "You gentlemen have strange ideas of amusement. What entertainment do you see in fighting robbers?" interposed Mrs. Vernon in a deprecatory .tone, that yet had an admiration point in it. "Is it such great sport to kill and be killed?" "I- don't call it sport," he said, turning his gaze slowly from Panline to her mother, "but the oxcitement is a mighty tonio. When a man is banting a man, or is hunted by one, he feels, to the limit of possibility,the true meaning of self-reliance." "But it is terrible!" exclaimed Pauline. "It makeB men worse than beaBts of prey!" 7 Loiing laughed a slow, heavy laugh, hiB strong, mysterious face lighting up strangely. \ Mrs. Vernon and Pauline were sitting side by side upon a dark-tapestaied'sOfa. Pauline was toying with her mother's hand. ' "Isn't the whole of life terrible?" Loring demanded. "What, after all, is there to relieve it of its dark significance?" * The ladies looked disturbed. What *- - V-j ?:J 119 UUU emu woo ucyicootu^ cuuugu under the circumstances; but His voice, his manner and his inscrutable face made an impression singularly startling. It was one of those mo.ments that come to all of us, when hidden things of strange import are half revealed to what, for vwant of a better name, we call our inner con* sciousness. Pauline was aware of a sudden sympathy for this dark, weather-stained, scarred veteran who seemed to take such a jaundiced view of life. Her girl's heart went out to him as it might have done to a beautiful wounded animal. She felt the weight of his vast experience with evil pressing upon her with the effect of infinito pathos. She recalled what he had -- J 4A UA?> AM tVkA aroninw A! C TlOfa BU1U bU iiOl Uii vuv v* wmw ty, And new, as she looked at liim sitting there upright, muscular, suntanned, the picture of resolute, defiant health and vigor, she recognized in some way the Romance that mast lie behind him along the way he had come. VThe business of a soldier must be sad and saddening," she said, "and I do not wonder at your Tiew of life; only you might promise - yourself rest and happiness when the war is ended." Mrs. Vernon was called away jastr then to meet some friends whom a servant announced. As she arose to go, the made an apologetic gesture. "Excuse me, but pray do not go till I return," she said. Why she had spoken thus she oould not have explained, save by admitting tliat tie was a iascmaung xaau iu wuum she felt that she owed her life and her daughter's. Pauline mvoluutarily made a movemeat to clutch her mother's hand aad detain her. (to be continued.) righting Winter Flres> What Colonel Roosevelt said of his Rough Riders after the fight in tho trenches before Santiago, that it is the test of msu's nervo to have 'them roused up at 3 o'clock in the morniug, hungry aud cold, to fight an enemy attacking in the dark, and then havj them all run the uame way, forward, is true of tho firemen as well, and, 3ik9 the Rough Riders, they ucver failed when thj test came. Tho firemen goiug to the fr >ut at tho tap of the bell, no lesrf surely to grapple with lurking d ,iath than the men whj faced Mauser bull *ts, bat with ncno of the iacidents.of glorious war, the flag, tho hurrah, and all the things that fire a soldier's heart, to urge theu cm?clinging half naked with nnub fingers to the ladders as best they can whilo trying to put 011 their stiit* aud frozen garments?is onu cf tha sights that make one proud of being a man. To see them in adieu, dripping icicles from helmst aud coat, high up ou tho ladder, perhaps incused in solid ice and frozen to tho rungs, yet holding th 3 stream as I steady to its work as if the spray from , th-? nozzle did not fall upsn them i21 showers of stiugiug hail, is very api to make a man devoutly thankful that is i.i not his lot t > fight fires in whiter. It is only a couplo of winter* at thi burning uf a South street '\v. lehous*, two pipemen had to b.' clipped j'roiu their ladder with are?, mj |Lick was th.i urmur of j'jo that lia<l I formed 1.bout and upon them whilj thty worked.?Jacob A. lliis, in tha ; Century. Thohnir grows oonptdorabiy faslc* in .vintcr than 111 suninyr. There are at r;ro>:ut forty-live stars on the AueriiV.n rag .?wy 1 ooooooooooooooocooooooooog Sfhe Government's g | great Work F" ' I i g tfte farmers. 8 o 9 ft By Henry I.ooinla Nelson. O OOO90000OOOCOOQOOOOOOOOOGO It is not many years since the Department of Agriculture was a vers I small concern, but now it is in fact as in name a great and perhaps the ; most useful department of the govI ernment, while at its head is a mem! b^r of the cabinet. What does this department do for the farmer? Working in an unfreI quented ;;art of Washington, or out in I the country in Maryland, or at the | various experimennt stations which are usually connected with agricultural colleges, are about 3000 people. Of the 2000 in Washington about one - ' ' ' I * I s . 'I > * ) * " ' ) 111 _..l.-^-MAIN BUILDING 0: . half are scicntific. men. There are .two large bureaus, twenty-two divisions, offices, or surveys. Of these seven are administrative, eight 'technical, an seven are purely scientific. -To these must be added the offices of the Weather Bureau, which include 154 observer stations, an<J fifty-two'' | stations along me coast ana on me Great Lakes. j.'he Bureau, of Animal Industry lias 152 technical stations engaged' in meat inspection and*quarantine work, and three laboratories where the diseases of ani~mals and their causes are investigated. . I \. This article would be uninteresting and therefore worthless if I should undertake t; describe technically the work doi-e by the department. I shall try to give the reader a general idea ' of what these practical and scientific | men are doing for the country, because after a visit to. the bureau in I Washington I was led to read a good ; deal of its literature, and to look in THE HYDROCYANIC OAS TREATMENT. to. .the subject, and it struck in J"that the work Is not only in every way worthy, but that its real value is hot widely understood, has been laughed, or smiled into oblivion, perhaps on account of the Jokes about the seeds and the "farmers" who distribute and I receive them. In the first place the department provide: aft opportunity to make farming as profitable as in the nature of things it can possibly be. It does this by Wording to the farmer who will avail himself of it full knowledge of the requirements of his art, of the conditions of the soil and climate of I Ills neignoornoou, anu or ^.ne crops I wliieh may be most profitably grown | on his farm. The department makes the necessary experiments for the j farmer, saving him both time and i money, and putting him that far ! ahead in the game which his father ' had to le.?.rn all about for himself. A distinguished economist told me not i I V MAKINd KSLARttEl) DRAWINGS FnOM LIKE. Ion/* ago that it \va< hardly possible to overestimate the jrocti thai the experiment. stations had orked in the business of farming. It was this statement that put me; 0:1 my 111ouirv. These exnerimeut-iBtutiouL'. by tbe-way, recehe money from the o+o+oc?n llttlp m.irp than >mlf no much as they receive from the general Government. As is to be expectIN THE BOTANICAL GARDEN. ed, the farmers at first entertained a very contemptuous idea of the scientists in charge of the stations, but they are now coming to depend upon them, and to go to them for advice. Their confidence was firdt gained by S r ' t ^ *** Vs. I V v> '*/'<* . 4- -4-- ^ ? y /jwlo F THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. . the protection which they obtained from the stations against frauds and impositions in commercial fertilizers, land now the stations look after the farmers' interests in respect of nursery stock, dairy products, and feed'Ing-stuffs, and aid them materially, in fighting Injurious insects. In addition to these police duties the men at the stations are e* gaged in making original investigations In agricultural problems, ana* the results are published in farmers' bulletins' and in the form of pamphlets. An ider. of the work done Dy.the whole department and of its value? for its work is well done?may be obtained by ail7 enumeration of some of I the subjects which have been Investigated and on which publications have Wen " issued. Tlie division' of vegetable physiology and pathology has studied the , disease of shade and ornamental trees, and has instructed those who plant and care for such trees in the cjyises of and. remedies for the diseases. It has taught fruit growers how to care for and improve the orange, pineapple and other fruits. It has discovered the secret of propagating the fig. It has fdund remedies for diseases of truck crops, cotton, wheat, corn aiyi other cereals. A good deal of work is done in investigating the character and conditions^ including the proper habitat, of piants that are #ot usually grown here. It has thus been found that jute can profitably be raised in the South, and flax on Puget Sound. The. department furnishes farmers with information as to the r-hnrnrtpr of weeds sent bv them for identification, and it issues warnings to State exper.'ment stations and to local authorities of the presence of dangerous weeds in their localities. It also makes tests of seeds and publishes the information gained by the experiments. It ; spreads abroad information as to grasses, grains, poisonous plants, roots and fruits. It makes thorough examination of soils for agricultural purposes, ascertains their tex^ire, and issues a bulletin showing graphically the differences in important types of land. The same bulle{Jn "shows that most of our agricultural crops are adapted to soils of certain texture, differing greatly for the various crops." Bulletins are also issued showing the moisture maintained by these crops, and the M?-I? mwMl T :,10J)KI,LIX(i OK FKUITK AN'D VEGETABLES. differences between adjacent soils. The department tells the farmer the character of his land, the kind of crop ht'st mhipted to it and to the climate, is constantly experimenting to discover new crops for him, furnishes' \ ? ? I ' r him with seeds, tells him the nature of the enemies that will attack his crops, warns him. of th?ir actual presence, and instructs him as to the remedies to be applied. It also separ lues nis uiseaseu cattle.from bis healthy cattle; stamps the ^att?r so that they bring a higher prl<fe fc?road than competing cattle bring; Informs him of the character of the foreign demand for farm products, and adfises him as to the best manner of packing his fruit for shipment. The value of the work of the forestry division cannot be overestimated. It has done much to ptimulate a widespread inforest in the subject of forest preservation, and has accomplished an admirable work in decreasing the'number of forest fires. Tie department also instructs the farmer in the art of making good roads, and excites jbl desire for them by spreading abroad a knowledge of their great economic value to all who have heavy loads to haul to' market or the railway station. ' V ? ' v t '^0 *i' i ni \ v V ^ Av, ~0' % =rT ^r-ii WASHINGTON, D. 0. ?? ThA work Is done by the Govern: ment for the benefit of those who annually provide from sixty-five to seventy per cent, of the materials for our export trade, and as if to emphasize the fact that the expenditure of the $3,000,000 is partly in aid of commerce, the Weather Bureau, whose warnings of the approash of coast storms have saved millions of dollars' worth of property and thousands of lives, is attached to the Department of Agriculture. There is no doubt that the American farmer Is the most intelligent farmer in the world. Statistics of farm mortgages and farm holdings show that he is the most prosperous, and his Government does more than any other Government-to help its agriculturist to s'*illful, wise, and profitable cultivation, and to point out to him the most advantageous methods of distribution. T?ai? nil thn ti?V?JaV? f !o /^annrf. vi tu* t?c ?vi a nuivu lUio uc|/ai i' ment has done the government has thus far extended less than ?32,000,000. 4The first appropriation for the agricultural department was of $1000, and was made In 1S39. Three years THE SPRAYING-MACHINE. afterwards there was another appropriation of a like amount. Two years after that Congress appropriated $2000. By 1837 the annual expenditure had reached ?75,000, but It fell again and then rose, but it did not exceed $500,000 until 18S5, and the occasion of the increase for that year was the establishment of the Bureau of Animal Industry. In 18SS the appropriation exceeded $1,000,000. but in that year the Weather Bureau was transferred from the Signal Corps to the department. The Government is uow spending about $3,000,000 a year on its farm- 1 ers, but included in this sum is about $2,000,000 tor the Weather Bureau, the Bureau of Animal Industry, and the experiment stations. These lAst perform as valuable service?nerhans the most valuable ser vice rendered to agriculture by the j I department. The above interesting article and ; the cuts which accompany it are re- ! produced from Harper's Weekly. RtiMian Marrlnjje Cnntoin. When a Russian Princess marries ! nfter the wedding dinner and ball it is the privilege of the marshals and ministers to see the couple to the nup- I tinl chamber. And after a becoming i interval it is the duty of the prince tc come out and distribute precious mor j sols of his partner's garters to th< j haughty and exclusive crowd whc ' have been waiting. Each little bit j bears the royal crown and tbe priu j cess's initial in embroidery. A complete set of Mafcking siegf I postage stamps has been sold at a Lou i don auctiou for .S1H" and two sets oi J Mafeking paper money for -S11 U. I.ots of men are honest only he | cause it is the best policy. > , f ???????* CHICACO HAS TWO WILD DOCSj Said to Be the Only One* on TbU Contl* nent?Natives of Aaatralia. ' I Cautiously creeping from their darkened kennels to snatch a bit of food from the floor of the iron cageq when no one is near, and darting bacl$ like a flash at every strange noise anc| sight, two dingo dogs, or wild dogs of _ . likttiiiiiiiii;, Disaf? IB W1S?^0S OP AU8TBALIA, lietxalia, fcave . begun the daily, ; routine of their eafeer behind bars In! the I^Mdlh -Pai#Sk). They are th?^^ only 1i$> dingo 'do*on the /\Wri'<?an } m ip^^d irect ly tJ^banJn^l';^bave been found iu the fflroeensjaim quailernary strata of |>Vl^tO)OTraPBlch proves the animal to ?jbe ggGpilne wolf. He immigrated mow. Jnitead of creating havoc find damage by gnawing holes in the Valuable bags and grips this particular, s mouse does a valuable service to the ' I lirm by spending its time in catching? [j, the flies that f are unwise enough to . come with reach. Every evening after y the store has been closed and the; clerks have gone home a crowd gatW ers on the pavement outside and watches the little fellow capture the unwary flies. It is a wonderful per- 'tin formanee, and so quick of movement and keen of eye is the mouse that t a fly rarely escapes that it springs for. ' % i The mouse's mode is simple and ef-> ** fectual. From a crouching attitude It . waits until a fly comes close enough; '; then it straightens up on its hind legs, $ the two front paws like tiny hands, . are thrust upward, and the unwary. fly is clutched and brbught down. A/- ; i toi1 tlm + m ahoa aa^a 4-Iia fl tt o n/) f * * | iv& umi tiijc iuvuov caia lut auv* _t < ' then fjets ready to catch another.? , Philadelphia Record. v Stowaway Bride*. t) Stowaway brides are not as rare at 1 the Barge Office as one would believe. - It Is quite easy for a girl to slip aboard : an outgoing steamer and stow herself in one of the bunk* below decks, lying r quietly there till welUat^ea. A case v ; happened a little while ago, the girl'">j coming to mee\ her fiance here. As ? both were poor, the former resorted to this perilous expedient to accomplisli the desired end. One would think that such a heroic endeavor would deserve a bctte;1 reception, but j on arriving, having been worked very i hard on shipboard for passage, worn and worried almost to distraction, the h ! maiden was so changed by her ordeal !#>* love that when her betrothed met -? ! her he refused to marry her. A few | days later, while being taken back to the ship for deportation, she leaped i into the bay. Rescued gallantly, she lingered a prisoner in the charity hos- r pital, but died some weeks later, liter; ally of a broken heart.?Ainslee's Mag- " ; azine. - / 15race For Berry-Pickers. When a small boy complains thatL^S | his back aches his elders are apt to I remark that little boy* do not have j backs, but Edgar C. Mendenhall, ( ^ J seems to have come to the conclusion j that even grown people have backs > }. ^^y~" i APPLIANCE TO STR!:X<:T!!i..\ TIT!; BACK. ^ - ? - - $ tu ache when tn.i j- iuMi t.? maintain a styopinj: position fur several hours at a time. In the illustration we 'T4 show his new hack hraee for the use of ?.*<?!i.rii-]?!i-k? rs. h -rry piekf vs. ore. ' Tht* entire device I> ii:;ht in construction and responds ?|ui'-kly to the different movements of wie body, and does not produce :i!i uncomfortable sensation when applied to or Umd to heat the l?r?dv.