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9 Night In a Dungeon w ? It was an old and yellow manu script that Jack and Arthur found in thc bottom of tho little hair cov ered trunk up in the attic. Perhaps the reason it had escaped notice ?was that the trunk was lined with paper of nearly the same color, aiowever that may be, none of us .had ever teen it before, and when on that rainy afternoon wo were all gathered in tho sitting room ?Aunt Harriet opened it. * "It is in your great-grandfather's handwriting," she said, and of course we all crowded around to see it. "Your great-grandfather was a Frenchman, and of course this is written in French." This brought forth a number of disappointed ex clamations, but when Aunt Har riet added, "And if you wish I will translate it as I go along," the faces of the group brightened, and all settled themselves comfortably to hear what Great-grandfather D'Almar had to tell: It was a piece of 511 luck that I at last fell into the duke's hands. .He had long Bought to do me some ?harm in payment for tho trick I played him in running off with the ?woman he loved, but for fifteen ?years I had avoided him and escaped bis vengeance. At last, however, I ?was snared by two. of the duke's re tainers, and, being blindfolded, wai conveyed whither I know not, for ?when the bandage was removed I ?was being led through a large stone [hall and my conductors were mak ing ready to thrust me into a nar row dungeon which one of them un locked. I* was of no avail to reason iwith the men. They ware under the iduke's orders and dar? not disobey Biim. So they closed the door upon me and pushed the bolts in place with a crash, and I was alone. The dun geon was entirely ir?-do of stone, ?with. but one small and strongly barred window near the roof. The only piece of furniture in tho room ?was a small stone bench, upon which I seated myself to think over the Budden circumstance which had ?placed me in this strange and un pleasant position. Kot a bit of anything was to be seen. In fact, the cell was bare of everything except tho? bench, on ?which I sat, and. that was merely a projection, from the stone wall. I bad always been accustomed to have good things to eat when I wanted Shem, and the thought of hoing (without food for any length of time TW\B not very pleasant. In fact, I bad never been without my regu lar thvee meals a day. There seemed no posssible way .nf escape, and all I could hope for fwas clemency from the duke. I (thought he would hardly dare kill Erne in his own house. He might per haps try to starve me to death. But fat these them'hts I clinched my Ehanda and sb. it my teeth firmly tb gether. I would not give up with ut a struggle. The moonlight commenced to shine in through the bars of the (window, first in sickly little, streaks and then as the moon rose higher in .a blaze of white light. There was come companionship in ??B/; and -it cheered me a little, and a* the feel ing cf hunger had almost passed ?way I determined to make myself as comfortable as possible with the limited resources within reach. Re moving my coat, I rolled it up to ?oirn a pillow, and then, after of-, ifering up my customary prayer, I fay down upon the stone bench and in a'few minutes, like a tired school iboy, I was lost in a deep and dream less sleep. How long I slept I cannot say, .but after a time I awoke with a sensation ns if I'were choking. The. sensation <jid not cease when I left any improvised bed. It seemed (rather to increase. Why this should the I could not discover until as I again sat on the bench I perceived ?ieculiar vapors issuing, as it seemed, rom tho stone sides of my prison. jOn closer examination I found in ?the walli at each end 6? my cell a number - of small holes, which were ?without 'doubt connected with pipes *>n the outside of the wall. I A sudden horrible suspicion as* sailed me. Was the duke trying to exterminate' me with the fumes of fiome deadly.gas? I tried to reach ?up and stop the holes with my 'hands. By standing on tiptoe ! ?could just reach two,-but was forc?d ?to withdraw my hands immediately ?as a' stream of steam was forced against ^iem. Almost suffocated ?with the fumes, Jj rushed to'the [bench and, mounting it, managed to jigrasp the iron bars-Of the window ^and puii my head; up to breathe ?orne of the fresh ail. This was hot *an easy task, but by forcing an arm out and around a bar I man aged to cling there, where I could (breathe the pura air. '. Hanging in this way,J gradually [became insensible, and when I re gained consciousness I found, to my ^reat delight that the instrument "*f torturo had b??n removed. Co K be posible that tho duke .. batching me from. some conceal colo and wok ini^c^hg.thjM ment upon me for the pleasure seeing me suffer r* It made my blood ?oil to think of such a thing. : I waa beginning to regain strength I and courage when ?. aew ead presented itself. As I lay on ie floor of the cell I was horrified su? iuv .roof-;B??W?^ but 8 ter o? but a few minutes~when my life would be crushed out by that j great weight of stone. I had heard of similar means being employed to punish criminals in the italian prisons and it had always made me faint and sick to think of such a thing. Down it came, slowly, but not for a moment staying its deadly ap proach. I could touch it now with my hand as I stood up. I fell on my knees to pray. When I again stood upright my head struck the still descending^ roof. I endeavored to stand straight, using all my might to resist the downward pres sure, but in, vain. Again I fell upon my knees. The weight reached my head and pleased me farther down. I was now iyiitg on my face. The air felt hot and unbearable. I turned on my back and with my hands and knees tried to push back or ct least Btop the farther descent of that awful wall. As I did so I thought I could hear a chuckling noise which sounded like laughter. At length, in hope less despair, I lay still and awaited the end. My body was pressed gently against the floor. The weight on my chest was BO great that I could not breathe. I made a violent ef fort to scream, then moaned faintly, and that was all I was conscious of. That was not the end, however. The bright sun shining into my place of torture and imprisonment roused me to consciousness and brought back the awful remem brance of the evening before. The roof had been raised to its original position and there was nothing to show that it had ever moved. My head throbbed with fever and a burning thirst parched my throat and mouth. I cried aloud for some one to . bring me water, but there was no answer. Then I rose and flung myself with all my weak strength against the bolted door, hut it gave not an inch. I staggered to the seat and fell upon it, with my face against the stones, in order to gain some alight relief from the coolness. I placed my tongue and lips against the atone, but it gave only momen tary relief. Hark! What was that? Surely it was the sound of running water. What other torture would they offer me ? I wondered. How close the wa ter soundad ! I turned my head and saw, to my delight, streams of pure water flowing from the holes of which I have already -spoken. I flung myself to the ground with a pry and commenced to lap up the water which was fast covering the floor. The-fiend! It was not water, hut some fiery liquid which scorched, and shriveled up the skin of my mouth. I flung myself back on the seat and resolved not to move again, but patiently await death. But the water still kept on flow ing. What did it mean? It was creeping slowly up to the bench. Was drowning in this fiery liquid to end my sufferings at last? Well, I would lie still and let its mission be accomplished without a struggle. But this was impossible. The in stinct of self preservation was still strong, within me, and I stood up. The water waa now up to my waist and rising. What would be the use of prolonging life by swimming in this liquid ? I might ns well give up at once and die. Still I struck out with my arms and tried to keep my head above the liquid. In my feeble sia ce \t was hard work. ). ?od to float. My head sank, and arum I put forth my little strength and managed to keep on the surface for ? short time. Then I felt that I couldn't hold out any longer. I sank once anfl.rose again, making no effort to save myself. 'iL in I sank and rose once more. Then I realised that I could rise but once again and opened my eyes to catch a glimpse of the sunlight streaming in at the other end of the cell. % , To my intense delight* I saw only a head of beautiful golden hair, and a little voice which came from the child who had her arms about my neck said:."WhVj papa, why do you shiver and shake'so when you take a nap? Come, leave your musty old books and go down t? the spring with me to get- a drink of water?'1 ' . Easily Answered. /The subject for discussion at the next meeting of the ^??age Debat ing society is, *What Ia Truth P ? 'Indeed ? Well, that is a question that should bo easily answered." 'Tm ilot of your opinion. What is truth r "Truth is what two persons speak when they fall out with each other.'* -London Tit-Bits. m For Infants and Children. Tba Kind You Have Always Bought Boars the Signature of - It'e hard to tell whether a woman ??j. - i spends more time trying to keep a complexion the has or to get one: abe hain't. ,,? , ?'? 'f-k-' ?('? ; \- v ^ There! ii hardly anything mow foolish than to talk of putting all^onr dimes in a home saving bank' wheo your family no ver leaves you any to potin. - Most men kick more from habit tb an from n cc PS si ty. 'Triplets sro three'things in life fur which no mau ia prepared. - The stage at r ook youth should JAPANESE PC TENESS. Jfven the Thief Apologizes to tho Police For Troubling Them. The politeness of tho Japanese is what one might expect of a country ?.hero the thief apologizes to the policeman for giving him so much trouble. If you want to learn tfio language and hire a teacher he is far too polite to tell you of your mistakes. "This authority," says Mr. Scherer, a teacher who has lived long in Japan, "usually proceeds upon the hypothesis that a foreigner cannot learn Japaneeo anyway and that thc most tho teacher may hope to do is to persuade him that lie can." Xavier, tho first great mis sionary to Japan, held that the lan gur.</e was an invention of tho devil to prevent the preaching of tho Christian faith, and most students have agreed so far as tho first part of the phrase is concerned. Mr. Scherer tells of a missionary who fancied he had made progress enough to deliver a sermon in the native tongue. This feeling was in tensified as a dignified and inter ested listener came forward with words of gratified comment. But tho appreciative auditor coLtinued: "Truly, as for the honorable sermon, it was greatly interesting. I lis tened to it well. If you ask why, it was the first timo I ever heard a discourse in the English tongue. And how much your language is like the language of Japan !" Politeness may sometimes take a mercenary form. Mr. Scherer says: "My own most impressive lesson in the art of oriental politeness oc curred at an early pecuniary trans action. Upon asking a Japanese merchant the price of some fancy shells he told me they were 10 cents each. How,' I said to him, 'you have just fifteen of them left and I need them all. So what will be tho price if I take the entire lot ? Af ter elaborate figuring on the ever present . abacus ne replied that the fifteen would cost $1.75. Thinking that my friend the merchant had made a mistake or that his abacus was out of order, I confidently called attention to the fact that since all the articles were being purchased there should rather bs a reduction in ?he price than an increase. *Not at all/ he replied, with a pitying smile. 1 sell you my entire stock of shells. Then when some other cus tomer comes to buy I, forsooth, am out. And that will be impolitely inconvenient to him; hence the ex tra charge for my impoliteness.'" Palm Treas. ? Tho various kinds of palm trees on the island of Ceylon are in them selves of jreat interest, and when their different uses are explained a person can well appreciate how es sential they are to the natives in low country Cingalese districts. From the sap of the cocoanut palm the spirit he drinks is distilled; the kernel of the nut is a necessary ele ment in his daily curry; the milk is the beverage offered to every vis itor to his domain; his only lamp is fed from the oil; hu neta for fishing are manufactured from ita fiber, as is also the rope which keeps his goat or cow from going astray, while the rafters of his house, the thatch, of the roof and the window blinds aro made from its leaf and wood. There is perhaps no product in the world that is put tc sc many and such profitable uses " as the cocoanut palm, for even before it is grown its leaf ribs are tied together to make brooms for sweeping and cages for birds. An Old English Woolen Law. . An act passed in the time of King Charles II. Of England,""for the en couragement of the woolen manu facturers of this kingdom and the prevention of the exportation of tho monies thereof for the buying and importing of linen," provided that "from and after the five and twentieth day of March, in the yeare of our Lo rd o one thousand six hun dred and sixty-seven, no person or persons' whatsoever shall be buried in any shirt, shift or f^^is made of or mingled with W*, hempe, Dilke, h aire, golde or silver; or 'other than what shall be made of wooli only." There was one exception to. the rule. A person dying of the plagu? was permitted to be buried in a linen shroud. v Otherwise pen alty had to be paid, $25 for each offense. The act was repealed in the reign of King George III. ' How Poison et Cobra Acts. The venom of the cobra contains an ingredient not well known that acts upon the nerves. Its effects aro rapid and difficult to counteract. This ingredient exists in the cobra's venom to a greater extent than the other substances that make up the poison. The poison of the viperina and crotalin? , snakes (the rattle snake, copperhead, moccasin, etc.) contains out a small percentage of this nerve destroying pr paralyzing element. The poison of these snakes acta principally upon the blood and in consequence its action is slower. -St. Nicholas. -Wheo a man begins to v/ondcr if lie looks as old as he really is, it is a ?'?a that he doe?, v - A bad memory ofter.. enables no to remember the things we should for get. ' : \ . : - A woman is awfal smart to be io lot in summer an? look so cool. - A maa is color blind not to tee ;nat a rich girl's hair ii not red but ??lead. - Some men aro too iftay to enjoy a BEN BUTLER'S WIT. The Way an Opponent Was Crushed at a Political Meeting. The late Benjamin F. Butler was ?nn of those tactful speakers who kept an audience in a roar and who won their good will even if he did not capture their votes by the un orthodox character of his political preaching. During ono of thoso good old fashioned political meet ings for which Massachusetts was noted Butler in an outburst of patriotism truly "made tho nn^lo scream." Then for a diversion ho engaged in the delectable occupa tion of "pulling tho tail" of tho British lion just for the pure en joyment of hearing that bad tem pered and 6orely harassed animal growl. At one point in his address he quoted a certain English newspa per as authority for his assertion. A burly red faced man in the au dience, who had interrupted him once or twice before, cried out in a heavy bass voice: "I don't know of any such pa per." Butler paused in his remarks, and after the silence had become im pressive he walked to the center of the Bt^pe and, pointing the forefin ger o? hu right hand at the offend er, said, slowly and emphatically : "Pray, my dear sir, do not inter rupt the proceedings of this meet ing, f Ot* if you begin to tell us what you don't know there will be no time for anything else." The roar of genuine laughter that followed this thrust completely squelched tho disturber, who kept silence during the remainder of the meeting.-George Barton in Har per's Weekly. Races and Odor?. Abbe Hue tells in his account of his travels in China that when he had so completely mastered the Chinese language and BO trans formed his personal appearance that he passed for a native of the coun try he could not deceive the dogs, which detected him by their sense of omell and invariably barked at him aa he passed by. He further states that the musky odor which may be observed in articles import ed from China pervades the whole country and is one of the distinctive marks of tho Chinese race. A Jap anese doctor of medicino returns the compliment on the behalf of the oriental by declaring that the occidental races have an odor which . is not agreeable to the Asiatics, though in process of time they get so accustomed to it that they do not notice it. Ssa Liens Are Smart Feeder*. Those who are constantly asso ciated with animals at a zoo see many comical and interesting eights, and keepers of such places have many stories to relate. The sea lions are- very much "smarter" than their appearance suggests, and, while they are always interesting, their method of feeding is one of the most amusing things in tbe gardens. The keeper brings to ?he edge of *he pond a pail of fish, which ti e perhaps a foot in . length, ana ujxgp each one as far out as he can, when the sea lions, with amazing rapidity, swim to get them. I think that I have never yet seen a fish strike the wa^ ter, as a lion catches it before it has time, and swallows it head first. St. Nicholas. Sh? Did lt After All. "I remember you once said to me that Miss Muggs would never catch any man that had a thimble ful of brains." . "I believe I did make some such remark quite awhile ago." "Of course you did. Ha, ha, ha! Now that you have met her as my wife, what have you got to say, eh?" "Why--er-I was mistaken. She caught him, all right." "You bet she didi Ha, ha! But hold on. Say, confound you, what do you mean?"-Kansas .City Jour nal. Blindness Not Necessary. Simkins was speaking about his visit to the blind asylum, and he wound np by saying what fun it would be to have some of the blind men as fellow boarders. "It would be rich," he said, "to put a cup of .hot water before them and to see them gravely drink it, supposing it to be tea or coffee." "Awfully fun ny/' said Mrs. Simkins. Then she thought and abruptly concluded by, remarking, "Mr. Simkins, you're a fool."_ What She Heard. "Did you hear the shot fired?" inquired the lawyer of the peppery fenisle witness. 'TTou told me," replied the wit ness, "thai, you didn't want any hearsay evidence." "Answer my question, madam 1" roared the lawyer. "Did you hear the shot fired ?' "I heard the gun fired," said the witness, "if thors what you want to know."-Cleveland Plain Dealer. . -_?A _-J - GoaBip has about as muoh use for truth as a blind mao has for spec* taoist. ? . - A woman thinks she is chari table who n she lets bsr husband have Var own way. - 8olomoa knew but little wheo compared with what some men think they kniw. > Byer notice how lonir the dav is MANCHURIAN HOUSES. In Four Respects Practically They Aro ' All Alike. From the dwelling of tho rich banker to tho hut o? the savage, says the author of "The Long White Mountain," all houses in Manchu ria are alike in four respects so {ar as circumstances will admit, First, all face the south, because that is tho quarter from which good influ ences come, and it has tho incidental advantage of keeping tho cruel north wind at the back. Secondly, Manchurian houses are all ono sto ried. Thirdly, thc front of tho house is filled with movablo window frames, with lattice panes of paper, not glass. As the Bummer advances the paper can be torn away and tho house ventilated, and then when winter returns the paper is very in expensive to replace. Fourthly, built up against tho wall there is a k'ang running tho length of the in terior and communicating between room and room. Tho k'ang is a platform about two and a half feet high and fivo feet broad, made of brick. Inside is a flue carried four or five times up and down the whole length of the k'ang. At one end is a boiler, in which the family dinner is cooked. Outside in the yard is a chimney ten or twelvo feet high, which cre ates a draft through tho flue. Thus all the smoke and heat of tho kitch en fire puss backward and forward through tho k'ang, warms it thor oughly and finally emerges through tho chimney. Tho top of the k'ang is covered with matting mado of strips of bamboo or the rind of the tall millet. The convenience and economy of the k'ang aro marvelous. Through out the day it serves as a place on which to sit and talk. At meal times it is thc dining room. The food is served on small tables a foot high, around which the family squats. In tho evening the beds are un rolled, and it forms the general sleeping place. In the cold weather, with tho thermometer below zero outside and below freezing point erven within, a nice warm k'ang makes a most agreeable bed on which to sleep. It is'wonderful how little fuel is required to l ent it. A boy lights a wisp of straw and stuffs it in a hole ot tho foot of the k'ang. It seems impossible so insignificant a fire can affect tho great mans of brickwork. Dut in about half an hour a gentle glow pervades the top of the k'ang, and all night long it remains de lightfully warm. If in ignorance we ever ordered more fuel for the k'ang, we only mado it insufferably hot. Occasion ally in inns wc found k'angs so scorching by reason of several series of dinners having been cooked or because our beds were too near the boiler that we were compelled to sleep on thc floor ur on tables or else to lay a quantity of straw un der our bedding to mitigate the heat. _ Blunder? of Painter?. Tinoret, an Italian painter, in a picture of the "Children of Israel" gathering manna has taken the pre caution to arm them with tho mod ern invention of guns. Cigoli paint ed thc aged Simeon at the circum cision of the infant Saviour, and as aged men in these days wear opec ta cles the artist has shown his sagaci ty by jjl&eing them on Simeon's nose, tn a picture by Verrio of "Christ Healing the Sick" tho look ers on aro represented as standing with periwigs on their heads. To match, or rather exceed, this lu dicrous representation Durer haa painted "The Expulsion of Adam and Eve From tho Garden of Eden" hy an, angel in a dress fashionably trimmed with flounces. The same painter in his scene of "Peter De nying Christ" represents ? Roman soldier very comfortably smoking a pipe of tobacco. The Lesson Applied. A little girl who made frequent use of the word "guess" was one day reproved for it by her teacher, who said: "Don't say 'guess/ Mary; say 'presume.' " A few days later one of Mary's friends coming up to her remarked: "I think your capo ie very pretty, and my mother wants your mother to lend her the pattern, because she is going to make me one like it." "My mother has no pattern," was the prompt reply. "She cut it by presume.'.-Philadelphia Ledger. Expressive. She was a little tot of six or thereabout, and tho dinner was evi dently to her liking, for sho ate with gusto and not much modera tion. Finally her cheery counte nance took on a look of pain, and she began to fumble with her chub by hands about the waist line. "What is the matter, dear?" questioned nurse. "My petticoat is choking, mel" aha answered.-Pittsburg Dispatch. - . 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