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I -* 4 ? f Great "Tope* Five hundred years before the Chris Sarnath, four miles from the present Be The great "tope," a hu'ge upright cylino which rises 110 feet above the surroundii was called the deer park. The story is 1 of the gazelles, took the form of one and rajah, hunting one day with a cheetah, si inc cneetan to be loosed upon him. Just from the cheetah's eyes, the mind of the trating hlmstf In the dust, he cried out: a man?and what a man!?in the shape sought to kill thee, I am a beast?and ol the shape of a man." In the tenth centu Brahmins, and a Sarnath the great mon and its surprised monks were burned In , ^ bTRANGE DEEP SEA FISH I Somo of the strangest of nature's grotesques are to be found among the . llslies, as witness this photograph of a marine creature, which rather suggests a parrakeet. It is a denizen of the ocean depths. TAKES BATH IN PORTER I Swimming in pcrter at a Cork brew- 1 ery the other day a workman had n j narrow escape from drowning. A vat c of porter, with a capacity of 560 bar- 1 rels of 36 gallons, burst, the contents F rilfthincr lllra a Aaa/1 th ^ u r, ... uuwu in.uugu nit: urtrw ery yard and Into the cellars. The f porter which reached the roadwfty t was diluted with water from a fire- t hose. 1 A Famous Rx i The shaky boulder, north of Larchmc a man of ordinary strength can rock it "Chatsworth W. Bryson, C. E., 1853," Insc surveyed and a street put through the w< >.. - ! ' at Sarnath ?J sxian era uuactha came from Gaya to nares, to establish there his religion. Irlcal mass of stone and brick work, ig ruins, stands in the middle of what that Buddha, struck by the loveliness i became king of the herd. A certain aw this splendid creature and ordered as the leather hood was about to fall rajah became enlightened and, pros"Oh, sublime master, truly thou art of a beast, whereas I, that wickedly i, how stupid a beast!?hidden under iry Buddhism was crushed out by the astery was destroyed by fanatic fury a gigantic holocaust. FIGHT WITH AN OCTOPUS Attacked by an octopus a young nan of Walmate Island, N. Z., had in exciting experience, a few days igo. He was gathering mussels n the sei. close to the shore on >ne of the islands In the gulf vhen the young man with cries for lelp attracted the notice of his father. 3n arriving to see what was the mater, the father found that an octopus md one of Its tenacles, as big as a nan's wrist, wound round the boy's eg. The creature had so strong hold >f the lad that it drew blood before hoy could bo separated. CLOSE CALL FROM DEATH Falling SO feet, a five-year-old child. Jly Keys, daughter of Band Corporal Ceys of the Lancashire Fusiliers, had i remarkable escape from death at Jover the other afternoon. While >icking flowers near the edge of the ?1iPP fnoinor t lu> mllifnrw hnot.Bnl ...U V.?v j nu.-)|/iuil, BUC oat her balance and fell a distance of 10 feet. Drummer Jones of tho Berkihire regiment witnessed the fall and ound the child semi conscious. At he military hospital it was found that >eyond cuts and bruises she was unn^ured. >cking Stone >nt, N. Y., weighs about 150 tons, but three inches. On it are the words, bribed when Chatsworth Heights was >ods. i WHERE IS GARDEN OF EDEN? Forty miles west of old Bagdad. 'n the vast level valley of the historic Euphrates, near Hit, of the lllttltes. lies the traditional Garden of Eden Such Is the interesting conclusion of Sir William Willcocks. the famous Egyptian engineer and Hible student, and many other authorities agree with him. "Out of Eden came a river which watered a garden, and from thence It was parted and became four rivers." And these four rivers, known in Bible days as the Pison, Gihon. Hiddekel and Euphrates?the ancient "River ol i iuuy iuii ?nave been Identified by ' Sir William. It was while studying, surveying and mapping Chaldea previous tc I starting work on the giant irrigation ! scheme planned for Mesopotamia, that Willcocks became convinced that the real Garden of Eden lay in the region described. The Garden of Eden lies away over ! in Turkish Arabia, too far from the beaten tourist trail to draw many sightseers. Probably not a dozen I white travelers see it in a whole year. ; To reach Chaldea the safest and sur1 est route lies through the Suez, over I Pharaoh's bones in the Red Sea. \ through the Straits of Ilab-ol-Mandeb. j up the hot Persian Gulf, and thence I 500 miles along the winding Tigris i and Euphrates. SMOKING AND HEALTH Those who smoke In moderation j have a far better chance of resisting disease than those who do not smoke at all. , " Definite experiments have recently been made which show that tobacco smoke rapidly destroys in particular the comma bacillus of cholera. A good many years ago, snys the Lancet, it was reported by the senior medical officer of Greenwich work house that the tobacco-smoking inmates enjoyed comparative immunity from epidemics. During a cholera epidemic at Hamburg it was reported that not a single j workman engaged in the cigar factory in that city was attacked by the disease. Later it was stated that I amongst a body of 5,000 clgarmakers only eight cases and four deaths from | cholera occurred. Tobacco smoke has destroyed the bacilli of Asiatic cholera as well as pneumonia, and there in evidence that i it has been preventive of some forms J of nasal catarrh. Excessive tobacco smoking, of I course, may easily give rise to const!| tutional effects which diminish the resisting power of the body to disease, ; in which case it is probable the habit would afford not only no protection, but an opening for invasion. A BAT HIBERNATING This picture was tnken in a cavo in the Wyndcliff, near Chepstow, England It shows a bat hibernating. If viewed I upside down the bat looks liko some j uncanny animal walking. NOW THE "ELECTRIC SLEEP" i Electric sleep, to be "turned on" or | "turned oft" at will, is the alluring I promise held out to sufferers from sleeplessness by Dr. Nagelschinidt, a i German physician. So far electric sleep lias been produced only in rabbits and dogs, but the experiments on animals have been so free from ill-effects that I)r. Nagelschmidt thinks human beings can be subjected to the same treatment without danger. I)r. Nagelschinidt asserts that his new method also has the power to eliminate pain in any portion of the human body. A condition Is produced in which pinpricks, or even the incisions of the surgeon's knife, are not felt so long as the patient remains in THE CORPSE PLANT The Indian pipe, or corpse plant. Is a strangely interesting kind of parasite. It has a bunch of fibrous roots which attach themselves to the roots of other plants, or sometimes they grow In decayed vegetable matter The plant is white, and has no leaves. I but little bracts instead. The flowers have no odor and turn black as soon as they aro plucked. Many botanists claim that the Indian pipe Is nn unpleasant plant, but we have not found it so. It attaches Itself for life to one plant which It chooses for Its friend. Some botanists call It "life in death." fSERIAL^ STORY j STANTON [l WINS By Eleanor M. Ingram Author of "The Game and the Candle/* "The Flying Mercury." etc. llluilrations by Frederic Thornburgh CX'p> right I'JIJ. l'hu Bubb>> Morrill Company j '? SYNOPSIS. At tin* hef-inuitig <>f great automobile ! rac>" the nioohanl' lan of the Mercury. Btiintoii's machine. ?lr>>i>* dead. SlrunK?' | youth. .Ios.no Kloyil, volunteers. nnd Is aci oopto.i in tho rost .luring tl?e twentyfour hour race Stanton moots a stranger. Miss Carlisle, who Introduces herself, The Mercury wins race. Stanton receives flowers frotn Miss Carlisle, which he Ignores. CHAPTER III. The Finish, and After. Morning: nrchcd lis golden hours across the still speeding cars, and melted slowly into noon. The weary drivers had settled to steady endurance gaits, saving their energy nnd (heir machines for the more spectacular work of afternoon and evening. At nine o'clock that night the race | | would end. The Mercury car had registered ninety miles more than tho Duplex, both of them being many tens of miles In advance of the other competitors. At six in the morning Stanton had gor.e In for a brief rest. At eight he was back, nnd kept the wheel until one in the afternoon. Victory was in his hands if nothing happened to his car; an hour ajid a half lost in repairs would transfer all his advantage to the DuplcM He was Jealously I afraid to intrul t his machine to his , assistant drivir, and consequently merciless to hia mechanician and him ecu. i;ut l loy ] made no complaint. At half-past >110, all ihe cars were sent to their ;amps while an hour was spent in laving the track hurriedly mended by gangs of workmen, j The road-bed !'? places wus furrowed like a plowed Held by the flying wheels. Meanwhile the afternoon crowds flowed In, tilling the stands to : suffocation, missing on the promei nade, banking in a solid row of prlj vate automobiles behind the screen. When at half-past two the racers were recalled to start anew, Stanton j sharply scrutinized his mechanician before leaving the camp. "I'm going to keep this car until the end of the race," he announced, not unkindly. "If >ou don't think you can ' stand seven hours of it, say so; and I'll have them And some one to relieve you. They can rush Rupert hero from up the Hudson by four or Ave o'clock. If you get in for it, you'll finish, if I have to tie you in your seat. I'm driving to win." The scarlet of resentment flushed I through Floyd'? grime-streaked pallor. "You won't have to tie me," he promised, white teeth catching his lip. "I'll not flinch. Go on." Stanton actually laughed, bending to his levers. I "I didn't mean to tie you to keep you from runn'ng away, but to keep you from fainting and falling out," lie explained. "But?" The car bounded forward. The track had been tilled in with ; wet mud from the infield?on the first circuit the heavy Lozelle car skidded and went through the fence at the north turn. After that, nothing could have induced Stanton to allow his 1 machine in oth?r hands. Hour after hour passed. The noisv j music of the band crashed out mon| otonously; the crowd swayed, murmuring, applauding, exclaiming, arguseyed and kaleidoscopic in color and motion. At sunset, when the Mercury made a trip into camp for supplies, neither of its men left iheir seats. The beaming Mr. Green came to shower con; gratulatlons niton Stanton, and with him the head if the Mercury Comi pany, himself it former driver whose | quiet appreciation had an expert's ! value. Stanton was leaning acrdssthe wheel, chatting with them, when his employer brok<J the thread of Hjieech. "What is tie matter with your mechanician, Slanton?" lie queried. Stanton turnt d, suddenly conscious i of a light weigj t against his shoulder. With his movcinent, Floyd also started erect, their glances crossing. "Nothing," the driver briefly answered to the oth< r's question. "Tired, perhaps; he has been working. As j you were saying?" But the glimpsed picture stayed ; witu Stanton; tlit* fatigued young faro, : against his arm, the drowsy, heavy* lidded eyes flashing keenly awake, the involuntary expression of angry shame at .'he moment's weakness. And ho would sooner have tied Floyd In his seat, afier that, than have added : the fine Insult of offering to relieve him. "Heady," som: one called; the workmen scattered In every direction, and the Mercury wis off once more. "Cur com in'," warned the mechanician, as they mot from the paddock entrance on td tlie track. "Duplex ahead." Floyd vtas himself again, watchfully businesslike, nonchalantly fearless. Color and glow-faded from the sky; once more the search-lights flared out around the track and transformed It to a silver ribbon, running between walls of ebony darkness except where the lamp-gemmed stands arose. Already newspapers were being cried announcing Stanton's coming victory. Driving evenly, steadily, refusing mi cnuuenges to Bjieed duels and attempting none of his deadly tactics of the night before. Stanton piloted his car to the Inevitable result. At nine o'clock the flag dropped, and amid a hubbub of enthusiasm the Mercury crossed the line, winner. > Later, when the triumphant tumult in the Mercury camp had somewhat subsided. Stanton walked over to where Floyd was leaning against a column of unuBed tires. "You've had twenty-four hours of me." ho said abruptly. "How did it strike you?" Floyd raised his candid gray eyes to the other's face, and in spite of exhaustion smiled with a glinting frankness and humor. "If you want me to tell you?" he began. "I have asked you." "It struck rne rather hard. Hut? I'd like you to like me as well as I do you." "I need a mechanician to race with me for the rest of the season," Stanton gave brief information. "Do you want the position?" Floyd straightened; even in the uncertain light the color could be seen to riBo over his face. "You'd tuke me; you?" "Yes." "You know?oh, I can tune up a motor, I understand my work, but for rond racing?you know I can't crank your car or change a tire without help." Stanton smiled grimly. "I guess 1 am big enough to crank my own car," he quoted at him. "You have your nerve, I can't have a whining quitter to drive with me. 1 make you the ofTer; tako or leave it. Hut remember, I am likely to break your neck." "I'll chance that;" answered Floyd, drawing a quick breath, and held out Ids slender hand. "I'll come " The pact was made.- In after ttpie, Stanton came to womlej at.its bald simplicity. The assistant manager overtook Floyd, a little later, when that young mechanician, at least superficially cleaner and wrapped in a long dustcoat, was lenving the training camp "See here, Floyd; you are going to race with Stanton right along, he says." "Yes, sir." Mr. tlreen agitated his foreboding head. "You won't get along with him," he i'IRI VCT .v. J HVU5 W Stanton Was Leaning Across asserted darkly. "No one does. He, he Is?you'll see. Hut you won't leave us on the edge of a race, will you? Wo are entered at Massachusetts. for week after next; you'll turn up on time, no matter what he does in between?" "Surely, sir. I would not leave any ly.i.- nllllUUl IIULICU, ()[ COUTHC. "Plenty of not loo, Floyd. For you can't stand Stanton." Stanton at thnt moment was in his tent, contemplating with cynical speculation a florist's box of fragrant green leaves lying on a chair. There was no card with these, but they were sprays of laurel. In fancy he saw the message that had accompanied the orchids, the delicately engraved letters: Valerie Atherton Carlisle. Did she take him for a matinee idol, he scoffed; or, what did she want? Something, she wanted something of him. What? Only amusement, probably. He had not grown to manhood In New York city without learning thnt men and women in a certain set alleged their extreme wealth as a license, which freed them from the restraint \ 1 9fv small conventionalities, and arrogantly "took such dlversloir'aB tb? moment offered. And should he play the game to which she Invited him, or decline It? Was It worth while? Ho was weary to exhaustion, but still ho remained gazing at the box of laurel. 'You can't stand Stanton," Mr. Green was warning Floyd, by way of farewell. And the mechanician was laughing. CHAPTER IV. The Road to Massachusetts. Stanton and Floyd did not meet, again for a fortnight. Their ways of i?. - inn uiu uui run parallel except when a race was due or taking place. The Mercury car had gone back to the factory for a thorough overhauling, after the twenty-four-hour grind, and it would have as soon occurred to Stanton to seek out hia machine aa his mechanician. Some drivers grow sentimentally attached to their cars, watching them fondly and Jealously; he did not, consistently and temperamentally practical In outlook on the minor facts of life. \ It was In the railroad depot, the morning he started for Massachusetts, that Stanton saw his mechanician for the first time since the Beach victory. Floyd was seated on one of the waiting-room benches, reading a magazine; in his gray suit and long Overcoat, his head with Its clustering bronze curls bent over his book, he looked like a particularly delicate und pretty boy of eighteen, perhaps even a trifle effeminate. Remembering that cry from the midBt of the perilous struggle with the Duplex: "Cut him closer; he's weakening! Cut him close!" Stanton's lip curved in amused appreciation as h?C crossed to the nbsorbed reader. "Good morning." he remarked. Floyd glanced up, then rose with an exclamation and held out his hand, his ready color- rising like a girl's under his fine, clear skin,. "Good morning;, J didn't see you coming,", he responded.i"No, you were .reading. You are going?" . "To Lowell. The car Is aboard, you know." "I did not know," corrected Stanton with indifference. He was studying tho other curiously, striving to analyze his singular attractiveness and to find the reason why he, Stanton, should feel pleasure at tho prospect of having this companion at his side; he, who had never formed friendships as most men did. Floyd laughed, his grey eyes mischievous. "Well, I know. We've been working all the week at the machine, and we've got her tlckinR like a watch. You don't bother about that?I suppose you the Wheel Chatting With Them. don't have to. It's up' to us. But If you will take her out on the track tomorrow. I'll tune her up to the last notch." Suddenly Stanton put his finger on the thing he sought, one thing that made this mechanician different; and voiced his thought before considering ? wisdom. *r. "You're a different class, Floyd," he stated abruptly. "You're no workman, nor descendant of workmen." Floyd stared, startled at the hrusk Irrelevance, then melted Into a straight, direct smile ns he met the keen gaze. w (TO UK CONTINUED.) Leaning Tower's Secret. The Leaning Tower or Pisa is In no danger of falling. For over eight hundred years it has been inclined to on* side, but it 19 said to be as safe today as when It was built. This Is because the workmen found It settling to ono side while they were erecting it, so the tower was made accordingly. .IV, . ''MSB #