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CHAPTER X.
Continued.
I was born in England In the year of
Christ, 1600, that year being the fortyttrst
of the reign of the virgin Queen
Elizabeth. In my brother's house,
where I at present live?which Is to
My. In the manor bouBe of Holdenburst,
by 8L Edmund's Bury. In the
County of Suffolk?and am the young?
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Trueman and Barbara, bis wife. The
two manors of Holdenhurst, bestowed
on my family by the eighth Henry,
would hare supported the dignity of
a baronet; but my father, unlike his
predecessors, sought for no public employment.
and viewed with Indifference
the acquisition of the highest bonon
by men of meaner birth, living In
peace and content upon his paternal
acres at a stirring period when the
fate of his country trembled In the bal
ance. Both my parents unv jjg uieu at
an early age. my brother succeeded to
' the estate and treated me with extraordinary
liberality, permitting me to
hare with him equally in all that he
had?except the anxieties and vexations
which accompany the possession
of property, and those he generously
kept for himself. When ho took to
himself a wife my brother abated
othing of bis kindness to me. but I
was deprived of much of his company.
This event took place in 1620. the
twenty-flfth of my brother's life and
of mine the twentieth.
Now it so chanced that immediately
m toon after the marriage of my
brother I conceived a very violent and
all-absorbing passion for a certain
uld. who. even at the time I was so
wised, I coold not bnt acknowledge
possessed nothing uncommon In beauty.
talent or fortune. Nevertheless, for
some reason which remains unknown
to me to this day I loved her with an
Intensity of devotion which might be
equalled, but could never be exceeded.
My suit was well received, and one
day. la response to my request that
she woutyl become my wife she sent
me s missive, couched In loving terms,
wherein she professed herself very
willing to accord with my wish, subscribed.
"Tour loving wife that is to
t?." The messenger who brought this
gratifying epistle could hardly have
returned to her ere I received another
letter from the same source. It ran
thus, or nearly thos: "Think of me no
more?try to forget me. Do not -write
or come to me 1 can never be your
wife," and appended was the signature
of she whom I bad preferred before
all women. I knew not what to
nuke of this, so paused, thinking one
of us must be mad, and endeavoring
to decide who was that one. but 1
Called. Then followed the only occasion
In my life when I went where I
had been definitely told X was not
wanted. I sought my promised wife,
found her and talked with her. but
she would not acquaint me with the
eause of her perjury, contenting herself
with the assertion that It must be
so. X left her. not hating her?I could
not bring myself to that?but with a
cynical, albeit Illogical, contempt for
all women?contempt which I retained
for many years after the Intense feeling
I one* bad In this matter had died
out Shafts propelled by the envious
fates against the young and rigorous
do not often probe deeply, bat for the
most part fall to the ground blunted.
Not many months had elapsed ere I
begun to consider myself fortunate In
luring escaped an alliance which 1
had recently contemplated with so
much satisfaction, perceiving that a
woman who will dccelre one man will
as readily deceive two or more men;
so that when soon afterward 1 learned
of her marriage to another my only
motion was sympathy for the man
who had won her lore?that la. cupposing
that she had any lore in her nature.
or. baring it suffered it to control
her in her choice of s husband.
Bat contempt forwomen had become
ingrained with me. 1 recognised them
as maternal necessities, but could not
regard as serious anything any woman
might say; at the same time holding
it right and proper to employ any
means for their subjugation to my desires.
I sm aware that my conduct
lllnirlmil that nf thfl innrrr.
pbal debtor who robbed Peter to pay
Paul but sucb it was. and it muit be
Boted aa well aa other circumstances
of my career.
With his usual kindly solicitude for
nay welfare my brother advised me to
travel, conceiving tbat familiar intercourse
wltb strange nations, and the
rievr of distant cities and wonders of
nature, was medicine suited to my
milady (for I had fallen into a meian
CDCIV HIOOU I, aou lO lUJl ruu tia<c ujv
a thousand pounds, and took great
pains to furnish me with letters of
recommendation to persons of consideration
abroal. The Earl of Arilngten.
whose estate lay contiguous to
ttie Holdenbursts, was cur friend, and
toeing high In the King's counsels it
was in his power to help us much. The
Earl generously lent his aid. and procured
for me letters to tl*e English
Ambassadors at Paris and Conntantl
noplc, and to the most considerable
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Ul^i VUdU11* m IUC ft UIVI|/U1 vtkivp v*
Europe, of which It is ouly necessary
that 1 should specify one?that nddretfed
to Signor Pietro Siiuona. shipowner.
of Venice. Thus provided I
bade a tender farewell to icy brother,
mud taking torse set out on my travels
unaccompanied by a sen-ant. In eight
days I reached Dover, having Journeyed
by way of London, quite safely
and without adventure. At Dover I
old my borse to an innkeeper, wbo at
4?t offered me a tenth of his value,
nod when I refused it threatened to
carry me before a justice of the iieace
and accuse me of having stolen the
horse. I told him be was an impudeut
rogue, and that If I bad the pleasure
?f aooearihg before a justice In his
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company I had influence In my pocket J
sufficient to hang him on the nearest t
gallows for so Insolently aspersing the '
character of an honorable gentleman,
whereon I polled oat of a satchel
which depended from my girdle a f
passport signed by King James, with .
His Majesty's seal attached. When j
be looked on this document the Innkeeper
turned pale and trembled, and f
without further ado told out from a c
long purse as much fooney as I had *
asked for the horse, and withal shared
with me a quart of choice canary at t
his own expense. r
After diligent inquiry I obtained an 0
introduction to the captain of a f
barque, who designed to presently (
proceed to Calais, and he contracted T
to transport me to France for twenty
shillings. It was two days before we n
set sail, and the barque was no sooner j
at sea than the wind proved contrary, t
and we beat about the coast of Thanet
In imminent peril for a day and a
night I was sore sick from the tur- (
bulence of the sea. and almost starred; d
for my inclination for food was but
small, and the only victual aboard g
musty biscuit and sour wine. After j
two days of dire misery I was carried
ashore, more dead than alive, at Dun- s
i kirque, where I recovered my wonted ^
I health very speedily, though I soon
came near to losing It again by a sur- v
feit of oysters and onions prepared for
me by a fishwife of that town. My j
clothes were torn and spoiled by the d
bufferings I had sustained In the
barque, so I bought me others of h
French make, which served excellently n
! for a long time, being exceeding ^
j strong, though such as would denote a g
French mariner rather than an Englisb
gentleman making the grand tour. t'
When I was perfectly recovered from
the ill effects of my voyage I bought a '
horse and set out for Paris, spending Q
my money with great economy on the
way. and carefoly avoiding such com- jj
pany as I judged might be dangerous ?
for the safety of my thousand pounds. T
into which I had dipped but sparingly .
as yet. and I doubt not my security .
had an additional warrant in the fact
that I was tall and muscular, at any ?
time prepared for combat with the
best man in France. In this manner c
did I journey across the continent of 3
Europe, staying many days in the fine
cities of Rouen, Paris. Dijon. Genera,
Turin, Milan. Verona and Padua, observing
all that la remarkable therein;
and so at last came to Venice, fair city
of the waters. Inasmuch as Venice is *'
beautiful beyond the power of words ^
to depict, and I had been traveling
with bat Drier rests ror seven mum us,
I purposed living among the Venetians j*
one whole summer at least, and so indeed
It fell out, at shall presently ap- 0
P?r. ?
I had always heard that Venice was tj
the most beautiful city of Italy, quite t]
fascinating the stranger, who reveled C{
in a constant succession of delightful ^
surprises as he paced her stately
squares and colonades or luxuriously fj
gilded over the surface of her wonderful
canals, with sky of unbroken b
azure above and historic palaces t]
around, and so indeed I found it.
Here, therefore, I resolved to stay until
I had mastered the Italian tongue. '
of which at present I knew only inconsiderable
fragments, picked up j
haphazard since I had come to Italy,
and I rightly appreciated my want '
when I presented my letters to 8ignor '
S'mona, who spake no English. French 7
I could speak tolerably well before I
lpft England, thanks to Monsieur Fe
tlx Lamonte. who. when I was a pupil v
at King Edward's Grammar School. r'
Bury St. Edmund's, impressed upon n
me the irregularities of French verbs a
by the regularity of his floggings,
which were frequent and severe.
Touching this Monsieur Lamonte. 1
retain to this day a vivid recollection 0
of his skill in tying up birch rods (for
he would use none but those be had *
made himself), of the graceful curves
described by his right arm when he a
flogged any of his pupils, and of his
boast that he could produce by six ^
strokes a posteriori! agony as exqui- 2
site as an English master could pro- *
duce by a dosen. Though in bltternoss 8
of spirit I had often cursed Monsieur ,
Lamonte. I bad of late had cause to
think more charitably of him. for he ^
was a good teacher, and I now expe
rienced the convenience of his lessons
as mncb as I formerly did the lncon- (
venience of his methods of imparting
them. It was a great boon to me to
be able to converse with Slgnor Simona.
who was a good French scholar.
which would not have been the case .
If I had been ignorant of French. j
When first I beheld SJgnor Fietro
Slmona I was deeply impressed by bis
venerable aspect. Bis years then numbered
as many as mine do now. which a
Is to say seventy-one. but he appeared e
much older, his vitality being sapped 'J
by bis intense application to affairs of a
commerce in early manhood and mid- f
die age and by stress of recent sorrow. I
to say nothing of the Datural ravages j
of time. Nevertheless he exhibited f
traces of a nobility of features and s
Ktature wmcn an auenuaieu lace ana o
bowed back failed to obliterate. The c
moment of my introduction to him t
was a painful one. for be had just re- t
turned from celebrating the obsequies t
of his son. and his only remaining t
child, the young and beautiful Anita, s
was administering to her father such c
comfort as was possible in the circum- r
stances. I had entered the presence
of the old man and presented my letters
before I was acquainted with bin
unhappy condition, but so soon as 1 i
was Informed of It 1 sought to with- ii
draw until a more fitting occasion t
shou!d offer. The fair Anita, perceiv- t
ing that my businets might divert her (
father's thoughts from the object of
his grief, would not willingly suffer me
to depart; so I yielded to her solicita- ?i
tioii and remained. My host was a it
nan of extraordinary Intelligence. <T?
1*htfully frank and commanicatlrc
lotwlthstanding a qnlet dignity whlcl
isually accompanies a combination o
realth and intellectual power. Of li!
rrief be spake not, but I observed al
oo many evidences of it. After noro
onversation with bim on gen<-rr.l mni
ers It was easy for me to understan
iow this man bad from buruMe lx
winnings risen to be the most opulen
hipowner in Venice. When I a?ke
lis advice in respect of a house when
n to live during my sojourn In Veulc
he old man regarded me with mil
urprise. "I know of no other tha
his." he said; "who comes from Enj
aud with credentials such as your
oust be my guest." These worus ai
orded me great content, and in Signo
ilmona'f bouse I accordingly took u
cy abode.
November 13. ? A thorough master
if the Latin and French tongue
lclpod me greatly in acquiring tb
talian speech; sans such equipmec
doubt not I should have failed, fc
ay method of learning differed great!
rom what Is prescribed by the scbooli
ignorina Anita Simona was my ir
tructress. and ber lessons occupie
learly the whole of every day. Sh
old me the names of things, and coi
ected my errors of pronunciation, bo
f grammatical rules she spake not;
ear she had but scant knowledge o
hem herself. Though no Catholic,
rent with ber each morning to mas<
rbich pleased ber greatly, for she ha
superstitious horror of Protestant
tm. And here I may remark upo
he convenience of conforming to tb
cligious prejudices of the peopl
niong whom one may be cast; it i
ioth easy and politic, and may b
one by most travelers without strain.
My days in Venice passed with grea
wlftness. as days of pleasure alway
o. Slgnor Simona was a merchac
rlnce, and his marble palace was
tcrebouse of works of art broupht b;
is captains from all the countries o
be world. His kindness to me wa
ery marked, and tbat of bis daugbte
et more so. After many weeks o
ally expeditions to examine tbe woe
ers of Venice, in all of wbicb I wa
ccompanied by tbe daughter of m;
ost. tbe beautiful Anita showed 1]
lany ways tbat she bad fallen in lov
ritb me; and tbis circumstance occa
ioned me mucb disquiet. If I bu
alked with any otber ..oman, or res
red to express admiration of a cot
time worn by one of tbe Dogaressa'
laids ber pearly teetb would dencl
nd ber dark eyes flash. It was i
reat difficulty, and hastened my de
arture from Venice, with strange coo
equences disastrous to herself,
rould not love ber In dishonorabl
asbion for tbe sake of ber father, m;
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OSt; nor wouiu j marrj u-.*r, iui * uu<
reviously resolved to measure tb
aitb of all women by the perfidy o
ne, and my unreasonable distrust wa
yet unabated.
To be continued.
A Dog at the Wedding.
Guests at an uptown wedding, wbicl
ccurred a few days ago. will not foi
ct It soon, because of an lnclden
'bleb occurred at tbe time. On ac
sunt of tbe recent deatb of a relatlv<
ae wedding was a quiet one, no
>ore than fifty persons being assem
ied in tbe cburcb when tbe first notei
f Lohengrin's "Wedding March" toll
f tbe approach of tbe prospectivi
ride and groom. There were no at
?ndants, but as tbe couple moved uj
ae aisle, what was the surprise an<
L'nsternatlon of those seated to se
alklcg sedately behind them a smal
luck terrier, belonging to the bride'i
imily. Paying no attention to cover
[Torts of several of tbe guests to coa:
im aside, "Jack" quietly followed t<
ae chancel, and there remained whlJ
je ceremony was jerformed. B?
oming tired of standing, "Jack" sa
own until tbe bride and groom turn*
> leave the church, when be follower
aeni down the aisle as quietly as be
ire. If be bad attended rehearsal i
?w evenings before no more careful
r could be have performed his self
uposed duties of best man.
"Jack" had followed the bride's cal
rbea it left tbe bouse, and when 1
cached the church he had escape
ctice until he was well down tb
Ulc.?Philadelphia Ledger.
Too Toug For HU Position.
MA good many years ago." said a]
ld-time railroad man to the crowd a
be roundhouse, "a young college 'kid
ras made superintendent of a roa<
a t'cnnsyivama. nt* tnew wuieiuuii
boat theoretical railroading, bat wa
cry shy on tbe practical part of 11
>ne day be was standing in tbe yardi
nd noticed tbat a yard engine wa
liifting cars back and fortb, and b
ent for tbe yardmaster.
" 'Say." said tbe superintendent
nrbat's tbe reason yon have to cbas
bose cars back and fortb all tbe time
,'our men certainly have somethin
sore than that to do. 1 want you t
>ut tbe cars In tbe trains as fast a
hey come in, ?nd let tbem stay there
"Tbe yardmaster didn't make an;
xplanaiion. He couldn't. Tbat st
erintendent is now a high officer on
Vestern road, and often laughs wbe:
tiling the story."?Cleveland Plain
)ea!er.
Original Horn* of Golf.
The Scotsman contends tbat golf i
Scotch sport to which poetical refei
nee was made in Adamson's Muse
rbrenodie. published in Perth as Ion
go us 1U38. Tbe terms used in tb
j?ort are for the most part Scotcl
tut tbe Dutch assert that it was lire
tlayed in Holland on tbe ice. and in
ere 1C.3S the Dutch poet Breuero dt
cribed bow "the poller. with ioe-*pur
, 1 utfinilK rp.'itlv to finite with n.sht-:
lub weighted with lend, or bin Scol
Isb cletk of leaded liox." But wliil
bis uiny Ik? tbe curlies' poetical rel
reuce to tbe game it does not. shot
bat Holland is tbe original bouie o
:olf. Tbe reference to tbe "Scotlis
leek" seems at first sight to poin
ut~er to Scotland.?Baltimore Suu.
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A Mao'* Age.
The great majority of men who bav
>r.ssed forty are old or young accord
ng to tbeir belief. Tbose who thinl
hemselves old are old; those wh
bink themselves young are young. .'bicago
Inter-Ocean.
Taving experiments are to be mad
a Havana with vitrified bricks, gran
ie squares and sandstone blocks.
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f. ! ? "v Y tbe courtesy of The Century
s j I J we are enabled to reproduce
f. I I ) one of tin* most Interesting
T 1 { articles upon the very pertip
; nent question of tlie extermination of
i tbe mosquito which has appeared in
y print for some time. The Century has j
.? ?r> W.n nn InlnMCt In fills lllirMIT
e tant matter, having published in difit
ferent numbers several articles tbere?r
' on. one from the pen of Dr. L. O. IIowy
ard. the Entomologist of the Departs.
ment of Agriculture, who is a renowned
i* , authority upon mosquitoes. The article,
d which we reproduce, is entitled "A Came
paign Against theMosquito," written by
' Henry Clay Weeks, und it is prefaced
it by a statement from I?r. Howard, who
I summarizes the efforts which are being
f made all over the country to relieve
I . communities from so aunoying aud
dnng*rou6 a pest. Dr. Howard, In part,
d says:
t- ( "It is my Arm opinion that, wide
1 spread as the Interest in mosqulto-exe
: termination seems to be at present, it
e ; Is not a temporary interest, but tie
8 beginning of a great and intelligent
c crusade. New Jersey, a State
j which has suffered a great economic
t I loss from the abundance of mosquitoes,
8 Is giving attention to the matter not
t , only in isolated communities as coma
munity work, but also by State action.
y the Legislature having passed a bill
f to promote Investigations, but. unfors
tunately, without an appropriation,
r Last summer tlie towns of Summit and
t South Orange carried on community)
i- work which is to be continued this!
8 summer. Tbe cities of Elizabeth,,
y | Newark and Jersey City are. I believe. I
a j to do some drainape work with this end;
e j In view. The Board of Health
i* of New Orleans has taken up the matt
' ter. and is doing intelligent and satisi
factory work. Nashville. Tenn.; Koine,
i* j Ga.: Talladega. Ala.; Winchester and
j Norfolk, Ya.. and a number of other
b 1 places are looking into the matter with
a . a view to immediate effort, and smaller
> [ communities all over the country,
i* j North. South. East and West, either
I have the matter under consideration
e j or are already beginning work."
f | OPERATIONS AT OYSTER BAT, L. X.
? : BY BCyftT CLAY WKEXH.
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f With no claim to be acting under
other than well-known principles of
engineering and insect-destruction, putting
forth nothing as new in tic-Id or
laboratory, there ha* been going forward
to a demonstration, on Long
li I Island. since January. 1001. the more*
ment of which this article is the subt
I"-*.
w The purpose is to describe what is!
9 probably the first attempt by a column- j
^ | nity to exterminate mosquitoes on a
, large scale in this country. The |
B Outer Island work was the outcome
! of a hurried reconnaissance of a terri&
tory of al*>ut thirty square miles made
: by the writer during three days in Oc.
tober. 1000. at the request of some resi?
j dents who bad previously invited l>r.
I Howard to visit the region and state
? 1 whether, in his view, relief was jh>s!
Bible. His opinion was strongly fa'
! Torable. But the whole terri|
tory was not then ripe for action, ana
1 ' there was an opportunitr of molding
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OTm* tAT, LANG tSLAJOl.
" public sentiment or.*y iu a smr.ll part
., ' of tbe large area. namely, Center
L j Inland, in Oyster Bay Harbor.
| Cei:tor Island, of irregular shape,
' | about two miles long and half a mile
* ; wide, was peculiarly adapted for relief
j work, though there were conditions
** ! that made it a difficult held. It is
! connected with a ruinous breeding re-1
gion by a narrow strip of land, along
. which. as well as over the intervening
water, it was feared mosquitoes would
2 | Ik- horse. A large, sodden marsh rau
through the middle, wherein were nu-;
? ; merous marsh holes, always excellent
0 I
? breeding grounds. Shore jwuids were
. ! numerous, where high tides would
' J leave water behind harriers of sand.
j[! which water would lieecune brackish
# ; by rainfalls and seepage. As a wnole.
Q the ibhind was a rare breeding place. |
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aud its reputation for mosquitoes wasj
well earned.
e Of course the enemy is the same.;
i. though of great variety of specie*.
! lie?or rather she, for it is only the j
|n against
female that bites--seeks Mood wher?
ever it can lie found. She se?-ks water
for oviposition as industriously as da
the root? of a tree for nutrition, and
with a determination as Irresistible.
Her ingenuity almost tmfflcs human
skill, and one lias to meet her on thesame
grounds of persistence, giving
close attention to natural instincts,
times and conditions. It would be
VIEW OF TIIE PART OF TI
useless to attempt to enumerate the
strange places mosquitoes seek for
laying their eggs?from high-water
tanks and clogged roof-gutters to wells
a hundred feet deep: from a hole in ?
tree holding only a few spoonfuls of
water, discarded tinware, or the footprints
of animals. to a quiet pond of
many acres.
With the knowledge that water is
absolutely required for breeding, it involved
no great brilliancy to say that
water must lie denied the enemy. Her
breeding places must be abolished by
draining marshes or pools, and waterbarrels
and the like must be done away
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with. Knowing ar?o thnt in the larval
end pupal mate* (wigglersi air is required
for breathing, it wait equally
patent that if a thin film of oil was
plaeed on their breeding places, destruction
would result for want of air.:
It is the insistence of operations under'
these ideas that Insures success.
So the work bap confuted of the em-1
ployment.of drainage and petroleum.
Hut while that appears simple, it entails
careful planning and exactness
in execution. Drainage is the permanent
cure, petroleum the temporary
expedient, hut each is essential in its
sphere. The former must he employed
thoroughly, the latter slightly. It is
not netvssary. as some have intimated,
to consider the depth of a pond, hut
only its superficies. The film of fuelpetroleum
does the work.
Eight oil-stations were established
on the island, where one or two barrels
were placed on platforms in the
shade of trees, and at these the petroller
would fill his knapsack sprayer
and sally forth for the enemy. Ten
hurrcls were purchased, but only five
were required throughout the island,
and now that so many points are permanently
reclaimed by drainage and
the filling in of pool*, probably one
barrel, or at most two. will be suffi- ,
clcnt this sensou. Only five compK->*
tours of the island were found neces- |
sary from May 1 to Octot?er 1. though (
ti?required at ,
?>.v special
prints. As it was impossible I <
to <lo all tbe permanent work before! |
the breeding season liegan. botb rcme- |
dies wore worked co-ordinately. Tbifi ,
was done in order to bow best results, j
To leave any breeding places untrent- (
ed would bave tbrown discredit on (
tuccessful work at other points. i
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T MEADOW. AITKOACIIING THE 1
OSSIN'G. j
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Surveys were first taken for the :
work. to ascertain the entire |
:-nti Liiu iit 11' i In* worst jmiut. naiuviy.
<Srcat Meadow. m> v.h to plan the tiumber
ut ditches uicessary to hold tLi-J <
water in case of a heavy rainfall. Too
much excavation result* in a waste of
money: too little in a flooding of the
reclaimed area and Injury to crops.
Ix-vels were taken for the ditching,
and it was found that only one inch
of df-scent could lie had In sixty feet,
though this was sufficient, owing to
the great care in grading.
A M|uad of about twenty-five men
was engaged for irany weeks on the
ditching and diking. Where no dikes
were required the soil from the ditches
was used In tilling the marsh-holes nn.l
streams, or was graded hack at the
edge of the uplands, leaving no holes
for water to settle In. 0
The p<*>ls formed perfect breeding
places, and the general sodden condition
of the marsh made ideal breeding
conditions. Early iu the season (before
May 1? the pools were found to be alive
with larvae, and unless one had absolute
confident* in the processes
of extermination, a glance Into one
of them would have destroved all hope
: ~ "y<r *
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IE DIKE ONCE A SAND-BAR.
of gucces*. While tlio excavation was
progressing. flic* i?etrolSers were set at
work, and by care and close supervision
scarcely an Insect pot to wing.
Of the few that did. it was found that
near them a little water surface had
l?een overlooked, which showed two
things: that mosquitoes do not fly far
from their native place, and that most
careful work its essential for complete
results.
The writer has l<ee:> informed that,
in other years, to drive along the borders
of this marsh was a perilous undertaking
for man and beast, but he
walked over it many times during
acid after the work, aad did not encounter
a pintle mosquito.
Another t-ource of great trouble had
heretofore been the brackish ponds
formed on the shore within barriers
of sand by extra high tides. In them.'
cases tin- plan was carried out of excavating
an opening, and allowing the
water to run off at low tide, which
would carry off n stream black with
larvae. In the finish of work at such
points an automatic tide-gate had to
In* inserted in the opening, which is
>et somewhat lw-low the level of the
bottom of the j?euils. A number of
these |tonds were so thoroughly dried
out that no breeding occurred in them,
and one could walk through the former
I eds and al?out their vicinity, where
formerly it was well-nigh impossible.
The automatic tide-gate lets out the
water as soon as the tide has fallen
below its level, and closes wl?en the
tide begin* to rise. so that in these
bore ponds. as well as !:> larger
marshes theinnerditches must be large
enough to holt] the water which has
collected between tides. without its
overflowing the laud. L>ikes are built
along the shore line to exclude the
.
HIE PETROLIEB AND AX OILBTATIOX.
tides. and the gates arc set in at the
ilike line.
The results of this skirmish hare
hecn very pronounced. to much so that
the committee having the work in
rharcc savs of it that "it was in every
ivar successful and pratifyinp. and
that althouph the season of liw?l was
unusually favorable to the breeding
;?f the*e pests. yet Center Island was
practically entirely relieved from mosjtiitoes.
and. for the first time, at almost
all hours of the day and cveniug.
ive# were able to enjoy the use of our
;>iaz?as and lawns without the annoyluce
of these posts. The results
ichieved by the use of fuel-|?etroleum
ivere simply remarkable. ami we were
istoiiisbed to tind how little Jt was
jeeessary to use to accomplish th?
e<uits> desired."
"A Man 1* Hrlnir."
A remarkable case of suicide is re.
from the State uf Victoria. A us
ralia.
Au ?>]?] Imperial foldier at Violet
Town, altir swallowing a largo quailIt}*
of strychnine. went to the local
lappole and hoisted tin* I'niun Jack to
jalf-mast.
ll\< littlo pirl. nothing the anion,
isked the reason. "A man is dying."
it* explained. Ere hf had time to ti:< a
white- the j?o:sou worked and he loll
lead.
A I'ln l>iJ It.
A Paris thief, while picking a lady # ;;
uirkt-t recently. pricked himself so se- '
rcrely with a plu that liapjH'iud to t>e |
u hir dress tlint he uttered a cry of
mill, which led :? his immediate nr- |
est. The Sinn of ?!?."?< iu casti nas :
rounJ ?|K>n him.
TLe surpccn is not always suj?cr- ;
:iliuu8 when he cuts his patients.
REARRANGING THE
FLAG'S STARS
A Historical and Symmetrical Plan to
Be Laid Before Congress.
For years the lark of nymmetry and
historical sipuilirnnce in '.hv arrange*
m?*nt of the stars on the blue fit-Id of
our National flag has been a subject of
comment among observing patriot*,
Fourteen yearn ago J It Stablnecker*
of Silverfon. Col., commenced working
out the Idea, bet never arrived at
' satisfactory solution until recently,
| when a design was evoked, and tb?
question of its adoption will be brought
I before Congrexs.
| President McKlnley examined the
i scheme and liecame mucb interested
in It. expressing a hope tbat tbe ebange
might be made during bis adminlstra*
tion, but some delay occurred in bar*
ing c bill introduced at tbe last Session.
It was a work requiring more
thought and sfudy than at first np*
I pears. With a given number of Atari,
I to get a design tbat would commemo*
; rate the greatest number of events In
! tbe history of the country and yet se!
cure a' symmetrical and artistic effect,
was the tusk Mr. Stablnecker set for
himself.
Tbe centre group of thirteen start
represents in bis (lag tbe thirteen original
States at tbe close of tbe Revolt!*
I tion or at tlk* time of tbe adoption of
; the Constitution. Tbe outer circle of
! twenty-three stain represents the
j St a ten acluiltt?Ml between that time and
I the close of the Civil War. The great
i seal of the United Stated la representi
cd by the contre group of thirteen and
; the encircling wreath of twenty-three.
I It is intruded that the?e three great
! ulin 11 nnt Im> rhunsnl The
tirst event brought tb? flag into ex* H
Istence; tbe tbe admission ofH
i twenty-three more State* and tbe Civil
I War made tbe lift of the nation doubly K
i secciv; tbe tbird tbe representation B
I of tbe great seal of tbe United States B
| if regarded us appropriate. B
Tbe star* outside tbe circle of B
( twenty-three represent tbe States ad- B
j milted info tbe I'ulon after tbe clottB
! of tbe Civil War in 18CT? to tbe 8panii>b B
, war in 1&>8. This places two in eacb B
' of tbe four eorners and one midway B
: on one side, and gives tbe entire mem* B
' bership of Statehood at tbe present H
time. H
| Am New liexieo. Arizona. Oklahoma Hj
'and Indian Territory come In their B
stars may lie placed in the extreme B
corner* outside the grou|>s of two. thus B
forming a triangle. If tbe time comet, H|
pays tbe Denver Post. when Alaska H
or Hawaii deidrew admission as a State. B
stars may be plnred midway on eacb B
side of the Held, in line with tbe B
groups of two at the corners, making B
a second wreath, and no: detracting H
from tbe symmetry of the arrange- B
ment. 96
New Fly Catcher. gj
It seems somewhut cruel to make a BE
flower bolder au instrument or tfeatD, M
hut since tlu' housekeeper will kill tho
flics any way. why not make the fly* H
trap bh attractive as possible. Ordl- j|
narily fly traps are unsightly aud ob- H
jecticnable objects to Lave uihiu the
dinner table, as they expose the dead K
| and dying flies to the sight of those
seated at the table. In view of tbis
objectionable feature the Invention we H
show iu the picture has been desigued
| to provide a trap which, while arranged
for effectively enticing and en|
trapping the flies, is also constructed
to form a flower bolder and to present
a mat and attractive api>earance. andHj
at the same time to conceal the fllee^B
after they have entered the device. TheBn
up|M'r portion of the trap is in the^H
form of n vase, to contain cut flowers
for the decoration of the table. aud^H
the guests uiay uot even suspect JtS^f
real use. but the under portion has an
entrance through which the flic* galn^f
ac cess to the bait which i* susjm tided U
.'nsidt. The Illustration shows an in-^R
V'LOWP.K nol.PCK AND IXSrCTTBAr.^^BH
iut sla'll. wIiit lt ban au o|M-uing at tbt^HI
*?i|? tl.n'ii^l) wbiib tin- llii-s crawl.
< tiding tlx !? ? to tin cutter. in wblct^^B
-kIk imImI I lie |K?iM>ii?i?s liijuiil u liicl^^H
kill* lite iiisrcts. To ck'an tbv Iti^Hn
ti t ior the out?>r >liv!l ia:i i!< tat
* luiuilii' I I... Iril, : 11 j I IlltoU'illf ft In
lili.M-il cut iitul tftillid. Tbv iuvcu:^
Uj JoM'pli tlerfi-rt. SM