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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<
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!
' 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
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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
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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
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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, .
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