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% I I. I ' ' ' _ ISSUED SEMI-WEEKLY. ______ L h. okist'S sons Publishers. J % ^amilg gewsgnfer: Jfor tht |romotion of the political, Social, g.gricuUnral, and Commtccial Jnttrests of Hit gn^lt. j TgB M?o?Towy5rni'cro?.A"c'" ESTABLISHED 1855." YORKYILLE, 9. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1904. JSTQ.90. f -Nfl f| LITTLE I A ROMANCE OF THI GREAT LORD HAWKE" J CYRUS TOWN Author of "Commodore Paul Jones," W J of the & ? . Copyright, 1901, br D. Ap CHAPTER XIII. GRAFTON COMER BACK TO THE ROSE. THE two servants, In obedience to her orders, left her alone with the wounded man. He bad not recovered consciousness, and save for a few feeble moans, while they were working over his more serious wounds, he bad given no evidence of life. She had not given any thought to cleansing his face until the bandaging and necessary work had been done. But now she sat down beside him, and dipping the cloth in the water tenderly wiped the earth stains from his cheek and the coagu lated blood.from the slight wound in his forehead. ^ As his features were thus disclosed to her In the dim light she suddenly stopped and bent over him in great surprise. Her heart almost stopped beating. Was it he? Could It be? She was not sure. It was so dark in the alcove behind the draperies of the bed, and the hangings were not drawn fjom before the window. Setting the basin down, she ran to the window and tore open the curtains. The midday sunlight streamed into the chamber and lighted the corner where the bed stood. She turned and threw back the hangings with a nervous hand. The light fell full upon his face. With a low cry she recog- ' nized him. It was Grafton, Sir Philip, her knight of old! Oh, thank God for it! Come back to her after all these j years?yet in this way, in such a plight! 8he stood in silence after that first exclamation and gazed upon him, her heart, her soul in her eyes. At first she forgot the Intervening years, she fcrgot the uniform he wore, she forgot he was an enemy; she remembered only that he had come back to her. His memory had been in her heart since 4hoee childish days. She had thought of him, dreamed of ' him, longed for him, ay! if tlie truth Were admitted?she bad loved him. Love! < But could she love the enemy of France! Could a de Roban mate with one of the hated English! She must put him out of her heart. Could she Merciful heavens, what idle thoughts were these! He was dying befcre her eyes. She leaned over him and called him, softly, tenderly, passionately. He did not stir, and he had told her in olden times that she might summon him from the grave and he would come at the sound of her voice. She spoke to him again and again, but he did not heed. There was a prie-dieu near the head of the bed. She turned and sank to her knees before it, prayed earnestly for him with such fervor and intensity as did not usually find place in her maidenly petitions. Then she came back to the bedside and stood looking at him, despair in her heart lest he 1 should die, slip away, and make no ^ sign. But there was nothing she could 1 do, so she schooled herself to wait, ' and while she waited she studied him. Suddenly her thoughts took another ' turn. The shirt in which Jean-Renaud j had dressed Grafton was left slightly open at the neck on account of the bandage. The chain and the locket had been pushed aside and the locket 1 lay on the pillow by the side of his ' face nearest her. Whose face was in ( the locket? her heart queried anxiously. Men did not usually wear lockets , unless they loved. Ah! she snatched it up eagerly. In any event, she would not have been a woman if she had ! nnt Aarnpstlv rlpsirpd to look in it. 1 but now?the possibilities consumed . her. , "I wonder who it may be?" she murmured to herself. '"Tis a pretty case." She peered impatiently, anxiously, jealously at It, turning it over and over in her hand. It fascinated her; she would have given worlds to look, and yet she could not bring herself to open it. "Well, 'tis none of my affair, at any rate," she said at last, dropping it upon the pillow, but with great reluctance, "'tis nothing to me, and he is nothing. He can never be anything but a memory of my childhood. Pity," she went on, relentlessly striving to deceive her heart by stimulating an indifference to her feelings, "that, so gallant a man should be laid low by such a mischance. Jean-Renaud says the shot struck him in the back?in the back?I wonder?but no, I know he is brave, and, besides, he is a friend of de Vitre's, and de Vitre is no coward, nor would he choose his friends from such." She broke away again in thought. "O God, how quiet he lies! Will he ever awaken from that deadly stupor, I wonder? I would the doctor were here! Poor Sir Philip, I?I?I don't want you to die!" She laid her hand softly on his brow and he quivered under her touch. To her at that moment, she told herself, he was only the friend of her girlhood, her knight of the old tower, a comrade, wounded, helpless, dependent, suffering. It was a lie, she knew? and the Rohans never lied. What was the use of deceiving her; no matter what was in the locket, no matter whether he had forgotten her or no, whether he was false or true, she loved bim! "I love you! I love you!" she murmured. It was the truth at last The gates n*" > FRANCE n 2 DAYS WHEN "THE WAS KING OF THE SEA SEND BRADY < "R juben James," "For the Freedom e?," etc. J plet in k Co., New York. were open and the floods were out. She took his head in her hands and bent low over him. Why keep up the deception any longer? And in any case he would not see or hear, he would never know. "I love you! I love you! I love you!" she said again and again. .16 v as aying peruapcs. wen, uciloj so. He could never be anything to her; those two had nothing in common but the memory of a past, and perhaps he had not even that?that locket? but at least she could love?dead or alive?forever. She bent nearer to him. Her hair?how he had praised it!?brushed his cheek; her eyes?how he had admired them!?gazed into his own, half-shut and dull. She drew still nearer. With a growing courage she kissed him. She laid her lips softly upon his forehead, then shrank back affrighted at what she had done. A burning flush suffused her cheek again. Aghast she withdrew a little from him and forced herself to sit down. So she watched him with eyes brimming, bosom heaving, heart beating, and with words of prayer and caress mingling in her soul. Presently he stirred slightly and opened his eyes, at first slowly, and then wider while he stared about him in bewilderment. As she saw this evidence of returning life her heart bounded with hope, but she shrank back farther in the shadow. He must nov. see her. He must not know. He could not?she was so changed, and he would never find out that they had met. He could go back to the lady of the locket. In a little while he lifted his unwcunded arm and felt eagerly for the little case hanging from the chain about his neck. His expression of anxiety gave place to one of relief as he found it Ah, she was right, then! How she hated that pictured woman, whoever she might be! He had forgotten her. He should never know. ona sieeiea ner ueari agaiuet. uiui, closed her lips, turned away her head, and made no sound. As his eyes roamed about the room wi?h an expression of vague wonder in them, he did not at first see her. When he did he recalled her face, but only as it had bent over him in that momentary return to consciousness on the doorstep, was it moments, or hours, or we<iks, ago? He stared at her In silence for a moment and then strove to rise. He fell back, however, with the pain from the effort A groan burst from his lips. "You are not to rise," she said quickly, stepping over to the bed and laying her hand upon him?how her heart responded to this living touch? "you are to lie perfectly quiet" She strove vainly to compose her voice in spite of her agitation. She clinched her hand resolutely, deter- 1 mined not to betray herself. She 1 keut her head slightly turned away. 1 [f he looked at her as of old, if he pleaded with her, she felt that she j 'oiild not withstand him. "Yes," she added, in respo ise to the 1 lock of inquiry in his face, "you are 1 In Quebec. A soldier brought you. You fell at my door." "The battle?" he whispered. "Fortune was with you this time, ; monsieur," she answered sadly, "and my countrymen were defeated." "Thank you, mademoiselle," replied ' Grafton, "but I must go." "But you are a prisoner. We still hold the city." "But the trouble to you," murmured Grafton, "this trespass on your hospitality?1?" "You are a friend of Monsieur de Vitre." "De Vitre!" he exclaimed. "Do you know him?" "Yes, he is a prisoner in the Chateau St. Louis now." "A prisoner?" he asked in weak astonishment. "Why, I left him " 'But you must not talk any more," she said again. "Ah, here is the doctor!" she cried, as she heard steps on Ihe stairs, and the old surgeon, followed by JeamRenaud and Josette, entered the room. The two servants recognized Grafton at once, but Anne laid a warning finger on her lips and they kept silence. "What?what?mademoiselle! Have you turned your nouse into a nospiial?" cried the doctor. "Where is the patient?" tie bustled over to the side of the bed and looked keenly at the young man before him. "Where is the wound, Sir Englishman? Ah, in the shoulder!" His deft hands were busy with the bandages meanwhile. "And monsieur has been shot in the back " "I was not running away, sir, I would have you know!" protested Giafton, with unusual vigor. "Why, no, of course not!" said the doctor soothingly. "I was captured by your cavalry, monsieur, and probably shot by a stray bullet from our own line." "Quite so, and the bullet has made a nice hole clean through your shoulder. If you lie quiet for a few days, a week or so, I think all will be well with you. Now the cut in the arm. Ah, 'tis not serious either!" The doctor skillfully rebandaged the wounds after applying a healing dressing, and then complimented mademoiselle for the skill with which she had tied the original bandages. Leaving some medicine to keep down any Inflammation or fever, and giving some directions as to the diet of the invalid ?directions which were wonderfully simplified by a great scarcity of food, for the town was practically In a state of starvation?the doctor prepared to leave. "No, no, mademoiselle," he said, as she pressed him to remain, "I have no time. The city is full of wounded and dying. Every one is pressed into I service." "Can I not be taken- away, monsieur?" "No, no! On no account! You must lie quite still!?I will look in on him to-morrow, mademoiselle," said the doctor, turning to leave the room. "Adieu." "Are you dissatisfied with your quarters, monsieur??but you have not told me your name," asked Anne. "I am Philip Grafton, captain in his Drllonnln rrvolpatv'g n#VV ftnd Vflll are " -' "I am?Alixe de Couedic, monsieur, at your service." She gave him a secondary title in her family, and one of her many baptismal names which he bad never heard. "Ah, you remind me!?but noMademoiselle de Couedic? Yet, 'tis a Breton name. Know you the family of de Rohan, mademoiselle?" "They come from Brest and Finlsterre, monsieur. We are from Morbihan." There was a little silence in the room, and both were thinking of the old chateau and that halcyon night. He looked again at her. Strange! Yet it could not be! De Couedic? He did not know the name, and yet "You were speaking of Monsieur de Vitre a moment since, mademoiselle," Anally said Grafton. She noticed his voice was visibly stronger under the doctor's strengthening cordial, and that he looked better already. "Yes, Monsieur Grafton, he was at my door when you fell, dressed in the uniform of your country. He was recognized. 'Tls said that he piloted the English ships up the river, betraying his country. The mob wanted to hang him." "Good heavens!" cried Grafton. " 'Tis not possible! Here is a deadly mistake! Where did you say he was taken?" "To the Chateau St. Louis, monsieur." "I must go to him at once, mademoiselle!" he cried and in spite of the pain he tried to rise. tie is innocent: He refused to pilot the ships! They had a rope about his neck because he would not betray his country!" "Can this be true, monsieur?" "True!" he replied. "I was there? I saw it all!" "But that English uniform?" "He evidently tried to escape in it, i and succeeded. He is innocent of < everything he has been charged with, i and, so far from being a traitor, he is < a hero! He was in love with some i one in Quebec. He must have broken > away from the ship to come to Ah, he was at your door! You are the i lady, then! What a pity! No, do not i detain me! Retire, I beg of you, that I may rise and go to him! In the tern- , per in which they now are they will i hang him outright!" ( "No," answered the girl, rising her- ( self and gently forcing him back, "you must not go! You cannot! As you say, I am the woman he loves, monsieur, and I will go!" She forced herself to make the avowal. Every barrier she could im- i agine she would raise between herself and this young Englishman, now and of old the master of her heart He loved some one else and he was an enemy. She hated herself for loving him, but that she could not help. At least she could conceal it and separate herself from him. "Tell them, on the honor of an English sailor, that he is innocent! Let the governor come or send an officer , to me. I will convince him! Make ?v.rt'lA*v?^loftnA!" Ko rnnlioH UtVdlC| UiaUCUlUlOCltg. UV "I fly, monsieur." "One moment!" he cried, impetuously, catching her dress as she turned away. He must know. This woman's looks tortured him; why, he knew not "Tell me, Mademoiselle de Couedic, do you love him as well?" "Monsieur forgets himself!" she cried, imperiously, yet her heart stood still. Was he about to recognize her? Was it joy, or fear, that filled her soul? She continued hurriedly, her voice softening in spite of herself: "Release my dress, sir! But there, I forgive you. You are wounded, ill. I thank you for saving my friend. Au revoir. I go to save him, also." She left him a prey to a strange, jealous agony. Who was she? Why did she bring to mind the figure of the little girl in the white robe, the little girl with the great eyes, in the dark tower! to be continued. How Mexicans Test Egos.?It is a common sight in the plaza to behold a stall woman, who is selling two reals' worth of eggs, pick them up one by one, put one end and then the omer 10 ner lips ana nana mem u?ei to the customer, who repeats the same identical operation. To the inexperienced onlooker it seems as if they were tasting: the extremities of the egg. As a matter of fact they never touch the egg with the tongue. The idea of the performance is that when an egg is fresh one end is distinctly colder than the other. The end which has the air chamber is the warmer of the two. The human lips are exceedin ,'ly sensitive to heat and cold, and even the novice at this form of egg testing promptly becomes a capable judge. If both ends of the egg reveal the same temperature, that egg may be counted as bad, as it is a fairly good sign that the air chamber is broken and the contents spread equally within the shell.?Mexican Herald. ittiscfllanfous Reading., NATIONAL THANK8GIVING. President 8 eta Apart the TwentyFourth Day of November. President Roosevelt Issued his annual Thanksgiving: proclamation last Tuesday. It reads as follows: "It has pleased Almighty God to bring the Ameilcan people in safety and honor through another year, and, in accordance with the long unbroken custom handed down to us by our forefathers, the time has come when a special day shall be set apart In which to thank Him who holds all nations in the hollow of His hand for the mercies thus vouchsafed to us. During the century and a quarter of our national life we as a people have been blessed beyond all others, and for this we owe humble and heartfelt thanks to the Author of all Blessings. The year that has closed has been one of peace within our borders as well as between us and all other nations. The harvests have been abundant, and those who work, whether with hand or brain, are prospering greatly. Reward has waited upon honest effort. We have been enabled to do our duty to ourselves and to others. Never has there been a time when religious and charitable effort has been more evident. Much has been given to us and much will be expected from us. We speak of what has been done by this nation in no spirit of boastfulners or vain glory, but with full and reverent realization that our strength is as nothing unless we are helped from above. Hitherto we have been given the heart and the strength to 1o the tasks allotted to ub as they severally arose. We are thankful for all that has been done for us in the past, and we pray that in the future we may be strengthened In the unending struggle to do our duty fearlessly and honestly, with charity and good will, with respect to ourselves and with love toward our fellowmen. In this great Republic the effort to combine national strength with personal freedom is being tried on a scale more gigantic than ever before In the world's history. Our success will mean much, not only for ourselves, but for the future of all mankind; and every man or woman in our land should feel the grave responsibility resting upon him or her, for 'n the last analysis this success must depend upon the higher average of our Individual citizenship, upon the way in which each of us does his duty by himself and his neighbor. ! "Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, 1o hereby appoint and set apart Thurs1ay, the 24th of this November, to be observed as a day of festival and thanksgiving by all the people of the United States at home or abroad, and 1o recommend that on that day they cease from their ordinary occupations ind gather in their several places of worship or in their homes, devoutly to give thanks unto Almighty God for these benefits He has conferred upon us as individuals and as a nation, and to beseech Him that in the future His Uvine favor may be continued to us." ALL EYES ON THE SOUTH. Land of Men and Cotton at Last Coming to Its Own. "All eyes are on the South" has besome a common expression. The world Is Intently watching: the wonderful gTowth and development of this section. The progress of the south Is imazing, and it elicits the admiration and praise of all civilized nations. The following Interesting article is from the Railroad Record and Common Carrier for August: With an enormous cotton crop ripening, the largest fruit crop in its history, and prospects for a great yield of corn, the south is reasonably sure of a prosperous fall and winter. Twelve million bales of cotton is a conservative estimate at this writing. The price for fall months Is really better than we could expect. Peaches brought into Georgia alone nearly three million dollars, and the 30uth's melons and vegetables have netted two or three times as much. The south's cotton will give us half a billion dollars and there will be very little corn to buy next winter. In the west, corn prospects are fine but wheat will be 20 per cent short. So the west will barely hold its own. In the east, tne presiaennai campaign and a slow iron and steel market are depressing generally business. Last winter, the south's cotton money went a long way to avert a general panic. Now It looks as If the south will again furnish the money and the prosperity for the nation. On June 30th last, the Southern Railway completed its tenth year. One decade Is a short period In the history of a corporation or a country, but many Important things may occur in that brief span. In the case of the Southern, the system has grown remarkably. It has jumped from 4,140 miles to 7,164 miles. Its gross earnings have increased from $17,000,000 to $45,000,000. Its common stock has risen from below 10 to above 45, although at present It is about 27. Its preferred has advanced from below 20 to 92 and has been to 98. For four or five years it did not pay a dividend on preferred. Then it began by paying one per cent, and for the last two years has paid five per cent annually on the preferred. Millions of dollars have been spent on road-bed, bridges, rails, shops, terminals and equipment. The road has been practically rebuilt, and It is now a high-class property in every respect. The Southern has advertised the south all over the globe and It has brought In millions of investment in farms and manufacturing Industries. The company's service has been wonderfully improved, and is now equal to any in the land. The Southern has reached down into Florida and west to St. Louis. It has been progressive and liberal, and the public has shown its appreciation by giving it abundant patronage. ? Says a Cblumbia special of November 1: It is stated that many of the cotton mills are having a great deal of trouble In getting the labor they need. The successful farming operations this year have taken many of the former operatives out of the mills and the demand for South Carolina labor has been considerable. With ten-cent cotton there is considerable inducement to go on the farms. The suggestion has been made that outside help will be brought Into the state and it is stated that some of the Piedmont mills are, of their own accord, bringing help here. One of the Piedmont mills, it is reported, will this week bring 50 families to South Carolina to take the places of absent operatives. WOOD ALCOHOL. It Is Dangerous as a Drink and In Medicinal Preparations. Up to within a comparatively recent period cases of poisoning by wood alcohol were among the rarities of medical practice, for so long as the sub stance- was manufactured by uie oia processes Its offensive smell and taste were sufficient to deter even the most hardened drinker from using: It to satisfy his craving for alcoholic stimulants. Since the time, however, that "deodorized" wood alcohol has been placed on the market, under various names, the fatalities from its use have gone up by leaps and bounds. Not only may It be used In place of grain alcohol In the manufacture and adulteration of spirituous liquors, but It Is also largely and widely used as a menstruum in many toilet preparations and remedies for Internal and external use. The reasons for this practice are twofold. First, and that which appeals most forcibly to human nature, is the comparative cheapness of wood alcohol. It being untaxed and costing but 50 cents a gallon, while grain alcohol, taxed, costs at retail $2.60 per gallon. The second reason Is the Ignorance of many manufacturers as to the deadly nature of methyl alcohol. Indeed, even among members of the medical profession views with regard to the poisonous nature of methyl alcohol are widely divergent, and some who have had no experience In cases of wood alcohol poisoning are openly skeptical concerning Its reputed toxic properties. In order, therefore, to decide the question, Dr. Frank | Buller, of Montreal, and Dr. Casey Wood of Chicago, undertook In the beginning of 1904 an Investigation of the subject, under the auspices of the section on ophthalmology of the American Medical association. The Inves- i tlgators found that about 175 cases of , blindness and about 100 deaths during lt * ^.*14 ka ine pasi seven or eigiu jctuo tuuiu u<ilrectly Imputed to wood alcohol in the various forms In which It Is manufactured. This estimate Is a conservative one and only treats of published Instances of death and blindness. Drs. Buller and Wood consider that the Investigation undertaken by them confirm the suspicions entertained by many physicians that the fumes of | wood alcohol, under certain favorable conditions, are a dangerous menace to i eyesight, and they moreover believe , that the consensus of opinion Is op- ( posed to the statement of the makers ( of the various forms of "deodorized" . wood alcohol that Its external use In ( liniments, alcohol, "rubs," In baths, in ( cosmetics, hair tonics, perfumes, etc., j is always devoid of danger to the eye- , sight. i The practice of substituting wood ( for grain alcohol In the manufacture of medicinal preparations would ap- i pear to be a most insidious and per- j nlclous means of poisoning, and the sale not only of methyl whisky but al- j so of Internal remedies and toilet pre- , parations manufactured or adulterated with wood alcohol should be restricted | by law. In fact, there Is every reason why the proposition of Drs. Buller and j Wood should be adopted that methyl ilcohol In any of Its forms should be ( treated as a poison and subject to the laws of the various states restricting and regulating the sale of poisons.? Medical Record. HOW INDIANS TELEGRAPHED. Scouts Used the "Wig-Wag," Fires and Even Small Mirrors. It was a spot of interest. We were standing on one of the old signal stations of the Dakota Indians, In the very heart of what was once the buffalo country, and what Is today a prosperous cattle range. Here and there fragments of charcoal proclaimed where the signal fires had burned, while in the crevices and weathered debris of the butte's summit the writer found war points and chips of obsidian, flint and moss agate a few heavier points of flint that had once tipped hunting arrows, a flint knife and fragments of the scorched bones of the buffalo, elk, mountain sheep, deer, antelope, dogs, badger and skunk. In eVery nook and cranny of the place small fragments of the creditable article of Indian pottery were ground beneath the heavy soles of our hunting boots. More than a hundred snows have come and gone since that pottery was burned. With their body robes of finely tanned buffalo hide held, raised, lowered, dropped and swung in certain wellknown peculiar ways, the Indian scouts and watches used to telegraph thence to the distant village of the presence of strangers or enemies In the country, of the approach of the buffalo bands, and of the return of war ana nunung panics, u me nun^ tto.? too distant for the blanket signal to be made out, the information was communicated by fires at night and by pillars and balloon-shaped pulTs of smoke by day, discernible to the distance of at least 60 miles. When the traders came up the Missouri river the Indian scout added the small, circular hand mirror to his meager but allsufficient outfit, and In time learned to communicate with his distant friends by flashes of sunlight. The first Indian hunter or horse herder who caught the danger signal from the lookout station, repeated it to the village by riding his horse furiously in a circle or by other forms of sign. ! PECULIARITIES OF DYNAMITE. Most Dangerous When Frozen, But Many Odd Tricks Can be Done With IL There are at least three truckmen, or teamsters, In Chicago who are called "dynamiters." They have never blown up anything or anybody, and probably never will. They are too careful. They have been trained to handle the most terrible of manageable explosives and they are past masters of caution. Thov'ro first a nurtirlA n.frnlrl how ever. They are simply prudent and know their business, and they consider it safe enough to handle thousands - of pounds of dynamite so long as you don't monkey with it. These three draymen don't put in all their time and effort handling dynamite, but they haul nearly all that is carted inside the city limits. They are selected solely for the reason that they know the proper way to attend the more or less dangerous load. At freight stations and at some stores dynamite is handled with a gay abandon that would make a timid person speechless with terror. That is because the freight handlers and the shipping clerks have become too familiar with an Item of freight that they don't understand well. There are miners and farmers who think they know all about dynamite after they have blown up an acre of stumps or 3hot a few blasts in the tunnel. These are the men who wind up their earthly careers by thawing out sticks of lynamite in the kitchen oven or by leaving them around the bam for the children to play house with. At the powder mills in which dynamite is manufactured the easiest way for an employee to lose his place Is to show a sign of careless levity In going about the place, handling the itock or disobeying the strict rules for the treatment of the explosives. The thoughtful, sober, cautious man lrnnwn all ahnilt rtvniimite Is the one In a hundred who never fools with It; who never departs from the scientific Instructions set down In Its regard, and who, In consequence, never starts any trouble. The manufacturers themselves, and they know about all there Is to be known about dynamite, are most eager and solicitous that every one who uses or comes in contact with the explosive in any size or strength of cartridge or package should treat it with respectful care. After years of experience they have decided that lightning and gunshot are the two energies that should be kept most remote from dynamite. Cutting and thawing frozen dynamite are the next most potent causes of danger; Are Is the next and Impact is the least Under no conditions will manufacturers or informed dealers of dynamite permit the fulminating mercury caps necessary for the discharge of the heavy explosive to be kept in the same house, hauled in the same wagon or shipped in the same train with dynamite. The fulminating cap Is infinitely more susceptible of premature detonation than is the more dreaded dynamite, and the proximity of a detonating fulminating cartridge is more likely to bring on a more disastrous result from dynamite than is a big fire. A stray pistol bullet once flying into a grocery store in the mining regions of Colorado set off a package of dynamite with such terrible effect that nnthlne but shreds and splinters of the house and its occupants were ever found. Without wishing: to minimize the danger of setting Are to the white explosive sticks of commerce, it may be truthfully stated that 60 pounds of dynamite stored in a railroad freight house literally bumed up in the building without causing any detonation or extra destruction. The owner of the dynamite not only put in his claim for the loss, but it was allowed and paid. Adepts in the uses and possibilities of dynamite have made a practice of touching- matches to the dangerous stuff as they held it in their hands in order to demonstrate the boasted safety of it. But those who know besf, the makers, advise the amateur not to try such experiments. It is, however, a fact that a stick of dynamite lighted with a match In the open will sizzle and burn away with a pale gray smoke without making as much noise as a dozen parlor matches. But don't try it! On the other hand, miners who have tried to thaw out the frozen sticks by ranging them on the hearth of-a cabIn out of reach of the actual blaze have seen their houses blown sky hl-rh or quit seeing anything at all. Experts explain this apparent contradiction in the nature of the stuff on the ground that in touching a match to it- only a small part is heated, while in exposing a whole mass to a simultaneous heat the volatile nitroglycerin is given the temperature necessary to set It off in a body. Besides the danger of careless thawing of dynamite, it is, in that form, particularly susceptible to percussion and to contact with metal. Don't try to cut That iq one of the iruzeil u^liauiabv. - ? __ standing precautions of men who know. Don't thaw it in the house, and never near a Are. The only proper way to thaw dynamite is to stand it in a dry pail and sink the containing pall in a large one, In which enough warm water has been placed to surround the explosive without touching It. Some qualities of dynamite will explode under sudden concussion, especially If with some metal and If confined In boxes. And yet tests were made at Louisville in which sticks of dynamite were hurled from a bridge 100 feet upon the rocks below without producing an explosion. This, again, however, was a scientific Investigation, and must not be Imitated by the public. Out-of-town buyers who order dynamite fuses and detonating caps all at the same time are forever complaining that their order* are not all shipped together. The manufacturers and dealers on the contrary are trying to keep the shipment of caps as far away from the dynamite as possible, and the railroad which caught its handlers putting the two In the same car would discharge every man who had a hand in it There Is less dynamite handled through the streets of Chicago than through those of any other large city In the country, although Chicago firms sell more of it than those of any other city. One of the biggest dynamite factories in the United States is at Aetna, 30 miles from Madison street. But the factories tnd the dealers are mutually Interested In keeping the dangerous stuff outside of the city limits. To this end the orders for it received by hardware and sporting stores in Chicago are sent to the factory for direct transmission to the purchaser. The city ordinances preclude any store from storing, handling or moving explosives without a permit, and not more than four such permits will be issued In the same block. A tin sign stating that explosives are in the building must be put up on the outside of the doors and one on each wagon that Is used in hauling them. The amount of dynamite which one wagon may lawfully carry through the streets is 50 pounds, and If so loaded It Is not permitted to remain stationary In any street or alley for more than 10 minutes. No cargo in boat or train is permitted to remain inside the city limits longer than 21 hours, and every package of dynamite must be plainly marked on the outside: "Dangerous. Highly Explosive." Dynamite freezes at 42 degrees Fahrenheit, and when In that condition is as apt to explode prematurely as not to explode at all. Frozen it becomes & whimsical, unmanageable, absolutely terrible agency and cannot be handled with too much care. To thaw it swiftly Is to invite disaster. To cut It is almost as bad. And yet It may refuse to respond to the most powerful detonating cap. Dynamite Increases in sensitiveness when heated to more than 125 degrees. It will explode at 350 degrees Don't keep dynamite near a fire. Don't touch It with metal tools, or usu an Iron crowbar to tamp it under a stump. Never leave the fulminating caps around loose nor keep them In the same house with the dynamite. Dynamite Is like a buzz saw. A harmless density of modern life. Don't monkey with it.?Chicago Tribune. 80CIETY P0I80N8. j Drugs Now Muoh In Demsnd by Titled English Women. A London chemi.it has assured me that h? nalla nn th? overture 100 hot ties of chlorodyne n. week, and knows that three per cent of hla customers are addicted to tht habit After all, chlorodyne Is merely a palliative, not a cure, as some vainly Imagine, and to fly to It for solace up- , on the least ache or pain is like fraternizing with a vampire. Among the society women arsenic Is in great vogue, largely on account of its "beautifying" effects. Those who are more concerned with brilliancy of conversation than of complexion give the preference to sal volatile and ether. Ether drinking as a secret drug habit Is especially popular in London, and during the season large quantities of the mixture arc sold. The rapid exhilaration produced by ether compounds and the transparent complexion of the arsenic taker are paid for dearly by the physical ailments that ensue. ' ". Some women fancy various aromatic extracts, such us eau de cologne, lavender water, etc. As these extracts are often made with the coarsest spirits. the result of this tippling may be easily Imagined. Another addiction is the ginger habit. Essence of ginger is a formidable preparation; almost double the alcoholic strength of ordinary brandy or whisky. Many whose digestions have been already impaired by alcohol find the effect of this flery mixture curiously soothing. Yet while it deadens > the gnawing pain and promises relief It Is all the time aggravating the morbid condition. The ginger habit it "* more common in America than in England, but the sale of ginger essence in this country is growing. A comparatively new drug habit which Is becoming frequent among harassed brain workers is chloroformIsm. The drug is slowly Inhaled, and the dreamy forge^fulneas, the sense of pleasant languor begotten, followed by complete oblivion, has a wonlerful fascination for those suffering from insomnia or worry. Sickness and depression are the immediate penalties exacted, and if the habit be persisted In an inflammatory condition will supervene which ends in ieath. Indeed cho'oroformlsm is one of the most subtle and dangerous habits, perhaps more so than the better known chloral habit, which Is not so popular as formerly among sufferers from sleeplessness. Of late there haw been a great demand for certain coal tar derivatives, such an antipyrin, phenacetln and sulphonal to combat headaches or ini troinohla In mrtail somma. Aiinuugu tuu?>/.v ? ?,? quantities and on occasion, these Imps are frequently made crutches of. The taker should bear In mind that,.taken heedlessly, they produce distressing, nervouu symptoms. Phenacetln, for instance, Is by no means the harmless remedy some people Imagine. Indeed, at Its best, the drug habit Is a misfortune; at Its worst, a tragedy.?London Chronicle. Jt-r A curious instance of a dog's Intelligent jealousy Is reported from Llanlshen. A happy family there consisted of a lady, a cat, kitten and a Yorkshire terrier. All four were on excellent terms until the terrier took umbrage at attentions which its mis tress bestowed upon the kitten. The terrier straightway oegan to dig a hole In the garden, and finished Its task to its satisfaction in three days. Then the kitten disappeared. A search was made and as the terrier was seen patting down the eartn over a hole which It had refilled, the soil was removed, and the kitten was found to have been buried alive. The dog was punished, but It took the kitten to the grave again and the following day took it to a ditch and left it there. ""* .