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I IHAIHAVIHii ^*K7r A, m ?v / r Cepjrtcbt IRC bx I CHAPTER XVIII. Continued. Utterly depressed in spirit, ana wun t an aching heart, I limped back to the Gilaey House, wondering whether tbe dear girl whom I loved was already the wife of the flippant English cleric I had despised. That might be; nay, I thought it not improbable. Or If not yet, doubtless It was to be. My mind was so busy that I did not notice tbe long distance that I had walked. Five hours' walking, with but little rest, and no refreshment, immediately following the inactivity inseparable from a sea voyage is aot to be undertaken with Impunity, and wben I reached the tiilsey House 1 was so footsore and faint that tbe lift attendant inquired If 1 was ill. 1 answered that I bad + * ?J (!>) mv orer-iaugucu uijku, auu vu><.><u^ ?/ room, I thre^f myself. an I was, on to the bed. After I had lain there about au hour a waiter came to my door and informed me there was a gentleman below who desired to see me. "A gentleman," I echoed, starting to my feet' "Why, nobody knows me In New York. What is bis name?" I "Mr. Samuel Truman." **8how him upstairs at once." I said; but the command .was unnecessary, for the next instant my uncle entered the room. "80 I hare found you at last," said uncle Sam, seising my hand and shaking it vigorously. "I protest, you are the only man 1 would spend half a day in searching for. 1 called here 1?? than an hnnr a'fter von went out. and supposing jou bad goue to look at the city, I have been driving about New York ever since in tbe hope of meeting you. May 1 ask why it is you bare come bere? Has anything aerioue happened at Holdenburst?1 mean, beyond what 1 already know f??but stay; you look ill. 1 trust jour father is not dead." "My father waw well eight days ago." I replied; "and 1 believe be is so still. Aa tor myself, I have not been very well since you left England, and having decided on a trip round the world, 1 have made New York my first halting place 1 am pleased to see you, and hope my aunt and Miss Marsh are as well as you appear to be." "Quite so thanks; quite so. But wby ia It you have not come to my bouse? From your valliint defense of me in that little affair, I concluded there m nn between uh. Was I wrong?" "No, uncle, jou wore not wrong; but 1 was diffident of facing you and my aunt and"?1 added after some hesitation?"Misa Marsh, after that wretched business; still, I should have called on you to-morrow if I could have screwed up my courage sufficiently for it." "Weil, you are a hypersensitive, good hearted young cuss, and 1 am tremendously pleased to see you. Put on jour hat and come along; my carriage is waiting. I will order your luggage to be sent on at once." "No, no," 1 cried, catching hold of hla arm to prevent him touching the electric push; "I am not well enough to come now. Allow me to stay here to-night and I will come to your house Jn the morning." "As you please, my boy. But what is It ails jou? Upset by the voyage, , 1 suppose." "Xe*; tnat anu a long woik xoaay bare quite played me oat How did you know I was here?" "I saw your name In the passenger list of tba Umbrla within an hour after her arrival, and from inquiries among the. backmen near where the vessel lies. I learned that a person of your description had been driven to the ' Gllsey House. I then came here, and was told you had gone out. Since then 1 have been driving about, looking for you'at basard. And this is the afternoon 1 particularly promised to take Connie out!" 1 aJk ft 1 1 UU BUI -i ) UU U1UU I UU BU, 1 aid. "And Connie yet more 10," added ay ancle. "Could iibe not go out alone?" I inquired. "Hardly. You see it was like this. Price (persevering fellow. Price!) bad obtained a half consent from Con that she would go with him this afternoon for a drive; and she, relying on me to extricate her from the engagement, hat got left, thanks to you." "And so the Rev. Evan Price," I aaid, affecting only a languid interest in words which caused my cheek to flush and tilled me with joy and hope; "and so the Rev. Bvai Price is still In New York. When is be going to take up bis new duties in LondonV" "Never, I think," replied my uncle. "At present be is farming that Job with a deputy, while-be is editing The Investors' Guide, a financial daily paper which I have established here chiefly for bis benefit. It's run on a plan of my own. and I feed it with tips; but it's a poor rag. Price is a clever, putting reiiow enough; but be can't conceal him band?and that, you know, la everything in fluance. How* ever, be don't complain, (or tbe Guide produces him more dollars tban bis eburcb paid bim pence." MI wiau't aware tbat Mr. Price bad any literary ability." "Well, be baau't mucb. I believe; bat if he had, be couldn't employ it to afly appreciable extent on a financial paper. Tbe investors' Guide certainly affords a wide field for flights of tbe imagination; bat then, you know, such flights must be confined within tbe narrowest possible limits, and expressed with consummate art, if they ar# to be effective. 'Journalism of every kind is rather flat just now. in consequent of a dearth of events of tbe first class?wars, earthquakes, pestilence. panics and the like. Perluos iic&talHalfl "' ' *'" * wfr ^=r' ' ? ALTER BLOOMFIELD ttiuT Bok?k?'* Sour. you have noticed fur yourself what a fine crop of big gooseberries was raised during the summer, and how sportive tbe sea serpent has been." "No; I can't say that I bare. I was never a very diligent reader of newspapers; but I remember an article which appeared recently in one of our English reviews attacking the whole class of literature to which journals such as yours belong. The motives which the writers attributed to stock brokers and the press representatives were very bad. Surely, the law doesn't permit such people to rob the public 7" "Certainly not; that is a privilege which the law reserves for Itself." "Does Mr. Price find bis new duties congenial?" I Inquired. "You will pardon the question, but really they muit differ so extremely from his life at Holdeuhurst Minor that 1 am curious to know." "He appears well satisfied," replied uncle 8am; "and his former calling causes His editorials to De received vy people outside the financial rings with a trustfulness not always warranted by results." "I dare ssy he is justified by tbe change In bis sphere of action." "No doubt; be Is a moral acrobat, and can stand upon his honor." I had forgotten that in New York there is only a brief twilight and was surprised by sudden darkness. My ancle rose to leave, and I accompanied him as far as the street. It had been arranged between us that 1 was to call at his office in the Mills Building -? ,A K ?!.? nnwt (lav vhon 1 urns ill 1VVUVU UIV UVAV UK^ , T, Mv M to accompany blm to bis boose in Ttirty-forth street Greatly elated by what I bad beard, which assured me the girl of my beart was not yet won by my rival. I re-cnetered tbe hotel, consumed an unreasonably lai'ge quantity of buckwheat cakes and coffee, nud then retired for tbe nigbt. v CHAPTER XIX. VB8. AAXIT1L TBUMAX uAt HOME," "Of course you did not expect to find so many people here," remarked uucle Sam, as be Introduced me to Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvesont Wollaston, of Boston. "No. indeed I did not uncle.** V.J that tfk-ri n V was A Uiu a v* gviivu m??** ? Mrs. Truman's first 'At Home' since ber return from Saratoga. This is Mr. Increase Mather; and these are bis partners, Mr. Union Voorbees and Mr. Austin Gilmer." 1 bowed, ahd the next instant there entered Miss EUy Kennedy. Miss Bertha Kallmann, and Mr. Dennis O'Connor, to all of whom I waa introduced by my uncle. "This is Mr. Ellis Thomas; and these ladies. Miss Paulina Jackson and Miss In ex Juarres"?the last a superb beauty of the Spanish type, with jet black hair and dark flashing eyes. Already my uncle's guests numbered some seventy persons, and I was wondering how many more would come when Miss Hattle Christison and Mr. Rosenberg were announced. "Ah."' exclaimed uncle Sam. as soon as he caught sight of the latter; "this is my very special ana most uear friend, Aaron Rosenberg. Ernest, my nephew, permit me to recommend that yon make this gentleman's qualities ytrar daily study; bat aharpen your wits before you trade with him. Should you prevail against him, there will remain bat one merchant worthy of your prowess; and him you shall know by His boras, tan ana crmem. "You flatter me mucb, Mr. Truman." said the gentleman referred to, bowing very low; "and yourself yet more, for I notice tbat in all our transactions yoa invariably come off best" Further discussion of this matter was prevented by the entry of anotlier party of ladies and gentlemen; and my uncle's drawing room, one of the most commodious and richly furnished salons 1 have seen, soon contained as many persons as It would comfortably accommodate. "Dear Ernest,** ssld aunt Getrude, laying her hand gently upon my shoulder, MI am so sorry that 1 have all of these people here to-day; but I had no thonght of seeing you until It was too late to postpone my 'At Home.' Where have you been all day? Your uncle told me that you were to meet him down town at 10 o'clock." "Yes; I met bin at bis office by appointment, and he showed me over me null cuuumg auu mc uwv> ?change, and Introduced me to some of his Wall street friends. After that we lunched at Delmonlco's." ! Here my aunt bad to leare me to attend to another guest who manifested a disposition to speak with her. I rrmiiwl tho rnnm tft whprp the Rev. Mr. Price? stood talking with Miss Marsb?with whom I had not had more than two or three minutes' conversation. and tbst of a formal sort, immediately on my arrival?but be adroitly placed his tall, broad figure so as to exclude her from my view, at the same time showing her with much appar' ent Interest some jewel be held in his hand, so that my purpose was for the present defeated. "Come here. Ernest," my uncle called out; and I at once went to where he was sitting with Mr. Rosenberg and Mr. Dennis uconaor, ine inree apparently being engaged in some close argument. "What do yoa think we were talking about?' "Can't say," I replied; "some matter of business, no doubt." "Now there you are wrong. It Is ouly on rare occasions we speak of business out of tbe street?I meau Wall street. No; we were discussing Shakespeare?whether any one of his plays is so much better than the rest as to entitle it to be considered bis Masterpiece; and If so, what particular Dlav deserves such distinction." I 0 "Too mutt remember," mid Mr. Ro? en berg;, "that I know Shakespeare (lily In Schlegel's translation." "And that I have not read a line af Shakespeare for about tirenty-one years." added uncle Sam. ** 'Hamlet' ia his finest play," I ventured to observe. "Good; that is what I Raid." quoth Mr. Rosenberg triumphantly. "Well, I don't think so," said uncle Sam energetically, "and am inclined to accept Hamlet's definition of himself, that be was a dull, muddy-mettled rascal who didn't know big own mind, or who bad very little mind to know. The -whole play is nothing more than an ingenious sermon against the lazy habit of taking an afternoon nap. with interesting examples of the evils which arose oat of a particular Instance." "You have seen 'Hamlet* per- j formed?" I Inquired, astonished at my uncle's extraordinary opinion. "Oh, yes, several times; by Irving in London. Barnay in Berlin and Booth In New York. And some yean ago I saw it performed by a company of strolling player* in a mining town lu Colorado. The performance was given in a barn, and In the Interval between the firat and second acts Hamlet and Ophelia danced to a jig-like melody played on a tin whistle by the King. while Poloniuu and the Queen sold ! whisky to the audience." "How horrible," I exel "d, with i undisguised disgust "It . .Id po*itiveljr make me 111 to see .. ? finest production of human genius 4.. .-sented in such a fashion." "Do you regard 'Hamlet' as the Quest > production of human genius?" asked i uncle Sam. "Undoubtedly. And for the second best production of human genius 1 ! should turn to another play by the same hand." "Well, I'm glad to find you've the courage of your opinions; sometimes i I've felt disposed to kick you for your Invariable agreement with my remarks. Now I think Timon of Athene Shakespeare's greatest play." " 'Timon of Athene!' why. It Jr not: much read, and seldom or never per- : formed. Surely you are jesting, un- ! cle. Wby do you prefer it'r" "Because it teaches a lesson wmcn many men upend tbe greater part of their lives in learning, and not a few fall to learn at all." "What lesson is that. Mr. Truman?" inquired Mr. Dennis O'Connor. , "That no matter how great have been the services of a man to his country, no matter bow exceptional and varied liis ability, if he be without money the world is either actively against bim or. what is worse, ignores bim utterly, i lu 'Timon of Athens' Shakespeare shows that notwithstanding the multiplicity of creeds professed by men tbe world over, money is tbe idol worshlped by the vast majority of mankind; and that, too, with a devotion unknown in tbe tabernacles of the hypocrites. Let bim who doubts my assertion study the faces of tbe people lu an audience and the trader* in a bourse, and, having compared tbeui, note which set betrays most earnestness of purpose." "You* observe other things besides prices current, Mr. Truman," remarked Mr. Rosenberg. "Too exclusive devotion to art is not conducive to success in it. 1 consider all that passes before me," rejoined uncle Sam. "If that is so, your protege. Price, will never become an American," said Mr. Austin Gilmer, who had been attentively listening to this conference. "Have you noticed, Trueman, bow desperately hard that fellows labors to imitate the accent and expressions of New Yorkers?" "Ob, yes. I have observed him," replied uncle Sam. "His efforts to Americanize himself fail as ridiculoux iy as tne enorxs 01 wuue auiithuu* to Anglicise themselves. Tbe trans- j formation, If it comes at ail, must come ( unsought, and is always of slow : growth." "I should know Mr. Price for an Englishman, if I met bim in the moon," j remarked Mr. Mather. "As for bis t efforts to Americanize himself, they are worth 90 little to him that they have altogether escaped my notice." "You are as heavy and dull as your Puritan ancestor," said Mr. Gilmt"*jU> Mr. Mather. To be continued. English OwMIibm. He new an important punuua vu London newspaper, and jet be was saying, and saying in all seriousness, in naive perplexity: "Now I can claim, without conceit, that I am more intellingent that the average of my fellow-Englishmen. I Otherwise I shouldn't have my present Doslfion. I frankly admit, though. that I'm not equal to the average American But why am I not? Where I ia tbe difference?" I What could one say to such meekneus? It was fortunate that he went on: "You say that you don't believe in this talk of English decadence, and you thiink we're as good men as our fathers. Perhaps tbe trouble is that we're just like our fathers." Then, indeed, he hit t be toe on tbe nail, and I agreed with bim as politely as possible. The world of the sons, however, is not tbe world of tbe fathers, and In nothing is the typical Amer? lean so sharply contrasted with tbe rest of tbe world as In this fact, that wbile be love* and admires on progenitors quite as deeply, if not quite so solemnly, as tbe rest of the world, lie bas a suspicion tbat tbe tools and methods bis father used are much more appropriate in the cabinet of relics tban in tbe shop which competition is eternally threatening to undermine and absorb. Because bis father thought thus and acted so is to tbe typical Englishman a most excellent reason for following suit. It in to tbe American a very fnnunn fnr trrlnir KOm?> other way.?Hanier's Weekly. Tall M?u ud laMDity. A London authority says tall hats cause insanity and blindness. Still there are uien who wear silk tiles and black mustaches who can see as far into an ordinary game of chance as any of us.?Minneapolis Times. There are always two sides to a I question, but tbe other side doesn't i interest us. - . I VHP tiriti WHIM IK IHt DM f: 1 * ^^MWHJb^7 * Hfi vWr ' / inftjl' *9I W - WL MAJOit-CJENKHAL COKBI rHS! II Ebb Sfceil's Strength H {[g Tbat It is Easily Broken is Not Doe to any Structural ?$ Weakness. IsmnsHti As fragile as au egg shell. ax easily broken as an egg shell. are two jki|>ular payings', based on erron<*ous oliwrrations. It is true that an egg shell TB8TINO TBK KOO BBELL'S STRENGTH. it quite easily broken. but this is Dot because of nny structural weakness in tbe composition of Its material, but !* eause of its extremely tliin walls. Recent scientifically constructed tests, undertaken in a spirit of curiosity, hut continued in wonderment, demonstrated that a shell not more than mined) oue-inousauuiiis ?i un irnn In thickness has astonishing strength, comparable with the best of man's artificial product*. Albert E. Cray recently conducted a nuniiier of interesting experiments to demonstrate the strength of empty egg shells. He made records of the compressive strength and the resistance of externa] and internal pressure. The common parlor experiment of endeavoring to break ;I^J mtxn curl f llinrTO UV INTKHK1L I'KEH SURE. to egg by pressing upon it lengthwise, when Leld between tbo palms of the bands, exemplifies tbe first measure of its longitudinal resistance to pressure. As It is well known, it takes pretty strong bands to squash an egg held In this position. When tneehauienl means are sahtituted for manual ones tbe squashing pressure is readily measured,and wns found to lie from forty 1 to seventy-five pounds, the average Im>in? nearly fifty-five pounds. This. t?>o. with specimen taken at random. An empty pjrg shell was subjected to n teat by beinj: placed endwise on two robber cushions and made to supitort a box Into which shot wan slowly poured. Tbe nililwr pads protected the ANODHBIt SAMPLE UP A KKEAK BY IN TKKNAL PltEKflCKK. bell from thr hard contact, and this experiment demonstrated the strnctoral strength of the shell, (ireatcr Ingenuity had to be exercised in nul?mltting shells to internal presume, owing to the poor nature of the ben's FIELD SERVICE UNIFORM 0 jj&^ ' f #K - ,v jjiX^ Ura,1*& ;>$ >?& <>- &? ^>v . M%/i^SaK ' <X'/wmI IWWWKVME^^WW. : \ \.*r*<&m v f VJmBv < - ;<sj V. MAJOK-GENKRAL YOUNG. ope. It w.ik necessary to render the speciineu water-tight without increasing its structural strength. This was iin:illy accomplished with the aid of a toy halloou. wiiich was inserted into Ihe shell through one of the two small holes, and the inflation accomplished by hollow wire. A hydraulic gauge indicated the pressure at the moment the shell hroke. and eleven trials gave forty-four [Krtinds per square inch as the breaking pressure. Three specimens withstood pressure of sixty iKiunds or ih'iht. 'Dm* most wonderful development of strength was seen in ltic resistance to external pressure. Tbe averape eolliipsinp pressure of epp bIiHIh wub ">45 pounds. Jmnn J. Hill, thr Kail road M*cn?t*. James J. Hill is the Napoleon of tniiiKftortntion in the Northwest. Mr. Hill in one of the inoKt picturenque mid Interest inp tipure* tbnt have be?-u upturned by the prent industrial evolutlou of the I'nited States. He bns created empire* iu railroad*. but never * - ? ? -.1.1 l.l^t lias a worn iiceu niiu ut mill iii.n itHeels upon his absolute integrity In method. Before the war "Jim" Ilill used to Ik- a "mud" clerk on the Mississippi. hut a man with his brains was never destined to "cheek" shipments for a living. Mr. Hill left his desk and his bills of lading to go to the war and on his return engaged himself in the packet business. Through that line Uc matte nis way imo rauroauiug. A? an uphuilder of railroads Mr. Hill has no equal. The Hill linen ore the best testimonial to his constructive anil creative |?ower. Mr. Hill's fame had Iwen secure on past performance, hut if his present plans are carried out he will take rnnk with the greatest of industrial generals in history. A Kcllt of Waterloo Dnji. Reminiscent of the storm aud stress or >n|Mii?ontc nays is me unit mihi#: shot reiiroditml here. It nhows ouc of the lookout station* built by Napoleon ONE OF WAPOLEON'H WATCH-TOWKllS ON fu^ muutHM ""? " nt the time when be was contemplating I tic* invasion of Kngland. This i particular lookout ? which is in a very good state of preservetiQU?stands on the cliffs between Wimereux and A:ubleteuse. and on elenr days Kiiglaud ean Ih> distinctly seen with the naked eye. One ean imagine the watchers in those little towers gazing out across the sea towards the hated land whose vigdaut fleets aud hard-fighting armies were the main obstacles to the uulver pal success of the anus of the Kmperor.?The Wide World Mapizine. Wood intended to be made into pianos ri^iuire* lo Ih* kept forty years to he in perfect condition. t If THE UNITED STATES. H ; y: ftjggP||1'" $B jE^l gMHHK^^I V*: >1" $?. '%< ^ Jfig // Jb 3^ v v^ vSeH^^hHjH w jijHB ;&& ** KJBBwMB FIRST LIEUTENANT McKINLEY. THE FARM TROLLEY WAGON Hcrtdcu Vehicle For Lbe Cotntry Roods. The inventor!* wem to l?e striving faithfully to relieve the home of all th* > .?- VI lt-lllllt>f wllil-ll It >i:ik ill thp unfit I * " I been culled u|m?i to perform, and it it probable the day is not fur distant when pleasure drivers will l>e the onl> ones who will find use for this animal The latest idea along th<? Hue of horse less vehicles in the farmers' trolley road, which will make it possible foi the ruiser of produce to come to tows with hi* load. dispone of it and return home without the aid of his team, the electric current being made to do ail the laltor. through the medium of the apparatus shown in the illustration The inventor contemplate!? the in?tal latiou of private lines l?y the farmcrr in a certain locality. or the reiital of electric service from one of the suburban trolley companies which now cover the country around every large city As will be seen, an electric motor i* placed on the wagon, and power is ob tilinod from tin* vverbend wire, tuc connecting pole having a flexible adjustment to overcome all inequalities in the roadway. The horizontal por tiou of the conductor is divided and insulated, receiving the current from one wire and returning it to the othei .after it has passed through the niotot to drive the wagon. The reasou for using a return wire parallel with the power wire is to avoid possibility of shocks to the driver when standing beside the wagon and in contact with it, which might prove dancerous if the HOR<tP.I,KHH CARRIAGE FOR THE FARMER j return current passed to the earth after j use. By gearing the driving shaft low i very heavy loads could be transported j with comparatively little expense for ! current, and as there are no heavy j storage batteries or power generator# aboard there is plenty of room in the wagon for the loading of produce, etc. Daniel S. Bergin is the inventor. Where I'aln Most Hart*. Which part of the human body if the' most sensitive to pain? A sharp definition must be drawn here bet ween irritation and pain. Irri tation is not pain, but only a frequent j cause of it Thas, a crumb lodged in j the larynx near the vocal cords pro- ! duces violent irritation and prolonged ! coughing, which often results in uctuirl j puiu. Ho. too. a fly or speck of dust In the eye sets up violent Irritation and inflammation, followed by acute pit in. Of the surface of the body, the finger tips and the end of the tongue are most sensitive. For instance, a bum on the fingers is much more painful than one i>fi flic back would be. while one on tile j tongue would be more painful still. Deep wounds are not painful as a . rule, save as regards the surface in jury. Of fvairix not www*! by external; injuries. neuralgia of tlx- lifth nerve, the one which supplies tlx- skin of the head and face, is the most Intense. It has frequently driven jw???i?I?? rnad for the time lieing, and sufferer* have l**en known to cut and even burn the flesh in desperate attempts to relieve if. The rupture of the branches of the dental nerve in tooth drawing also causes agony so intense that it has been stated that no human being could endure It for wore than two wromla at a time.? I'rar^ou'M \Wkly. A llw'i llotnr. Some r?*el* of thread in a fa<ior.v at 1 Ifrumitou, Devonshire. have l?e?'U I <-ljo*et) uk a home by a military ln?e. iviii. h i? now actively eUKiiued tilling tlu'Ui witb huury. A CURIOSITY OF_NATURE Mew 7.f?ltnd Plant That Mart* Llf* ma aa (avert Ulcr. Oliver Kaiubrldge. a young Knglinh* man who has been tonriof the world md i* at pre?ent Maying in I/O* An* pele*. po.?*FK*o* a gtranpf furio in tb? shape of pome dried caterpillars. from faeh of which tbe fh?K>t of a young l?lant in growing. TIiIk interesting ?* ample of para*iti?m. a drawing of M'bitdi Ik Miown herewith. Ih from tbe Interior of New Zealand. and Mr. Kaiotiridge'g utory of the manner in whleh be obtained hi* Bpcriuicii* and of his awn observations regarding them is nu follows: While in the hot lake region one day my curiosity wan amuH by sotne i?ecuiiar caterpillars (he native* were carrying. 1 naked them what they were, and my Interest wan Intensified upon learning that they were what is generally known as the vegetable caterpillar. It wan about nine miles from Itotorna. the wonderland, that the natives obtained tbene specimens Their idea was to tent them In the utewpot. and they laughed at me outright when I paid them fifty cents each for tbem and told them that I had never veeu anything no remarks Die. For fully a radius of 100 miles from Rotorua tbe country i* poor and In many place* wretchedly barren, a condition caused by the poisonous pane* emitted from the various hot springs and geysers. Upon arriving at tbe spot where the Maoris obtained the specimens. I pitched tent aud made a wry careful microscopic study of tbe caterpillars I had bought. They were dry and hardened as if sucked clean of iheir Juices, and had growing from them the slender stem of a vine that measured from two and a half to four inches in length. Now the problem for me to solve was how this vine got located in the caterpillar. I made a careful search and was rewarded with three s|iecimens, each in I 1 VEGETABLE CATCRTILLABS. slisii tly different fringe*. I first notbitf a little stem. resomHIug that of tbe gpecimen* I had bought from tbe native*. showing some ibree or foot inches above tbe ground, and. carefully removing the dirt with my knife, found the poor little caterpillar*, stiff and hard, about two initios Peneatn iim Kurfa**. The thought first struck mc that, as I made my linds only under the great Kata. a parasitical vino, it would a pood idea to examine thin for a so lulion of the mystery. I found that the Mi'dx of the plant were extremelj email and <*overed with tbe sbarpent of prickles. Crawling about on tbe vine I found large numbers of the cater pillar*. It occurred to me tbat tb< ease must l>e a parallel to that of th? insect-eating plants which set trap* in leaves or stems. The caterpillar* feodiug upon tbe vine, of tbe leave# of which tb?-y are very fond, are Ilk?'iy to pet one of the sharp-pointed need# caught under tbe skin. where it take* root in the juices of tbe animal's body. The point at which the seed more usually penetrates seems to be Just at | 11)0 nunc Wlitre iue ac?i?tr umu mi;tion Joins the rest of the IkxIj-. The irritation caused by the worklug In of the sword-armed food is so great that the caterpillars probably drop off the vine and bury themselves in (he ground in the lit tempt to escape their tonnenter. The seed, however, taken root, and iu growing absorbs the nourishment afforded by the animal's body. When the vine rises above the ground it continue* its parasitic career. thin time preying upon vegetable matter. Reaching out for some convenient tree it twines itself about this, encircling the trunk and spreading out over the branches, thrusting rootlet* into the bark, every few inches, as it grows, until it finally kills this second victim also. In the meantime It has itself grown, in trunk and branches, to (tie proportions or a tree. n Tb? Typewriter In Vetnd*. H Truly tIn* march of civilization sndl Invention afford* strange contrast* to- H day. The following quaint photograph J in ??t me by a secretary of Sir Harry fl Johnston. His Majesty's CommissionerH in I'ttnuda. surrounded by native** amlH at work on a Remington typewriter. H The following is taken from one of PirH Hurry Johnston's re|>orts: Mr "In the thirst of the people for edii-H cation." he nys, "it in surprising what! a number of uien, boys and even woiu-H en have been taught to read and writeH in the miKMon schools. Several of th?*H chiefs use typewriter*; iu fact, uearlyH all the official documents that pass lu-H twwii the regentk and myself iu Ugl l.utrandi and Kwahili languages ^BSH matly typewritten hy * rhief or MM-n-tary. The Chief of Torn, on tbe border* of the Congo Kree State, |kh??e>w* a typewriter, hIho."?London Tatkr. fcffjpttan K. j. The key# u*ed liy the ancient Kiryptinn# were books which panned through the door from the outside nuil^H r:iught tin boltn. so as to shoot theui^H boiue or draw them bark as required. E9 Tin* worms output or coal lu I'JUU^h was 7G7.0W?.UUU tuUd. _ _ .... ..