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A gentleman was one day, in the old coaching times, traveling by a coach which moved at a very slow pace. ?*Pray.' said be to the guard, "what M the nams of this coach?" "The Regulator." was the reply. "And a very appropriate name, too." said the traveler, "for I nee all the other coaches go by It' Garr'son'a Philosophy. The truta that we utter is Impalp? able* yet real; It cannot be thrust down by brute force, nor pierced with a dagger, nor bribed with gold. . . . The cause thst we espouse Is the cause of human liberty, formidable to tyrants, and dear to the oppressed, throughout the world.?William IJoyd Qarrlsoa, j Zm.*' . The Women In ths Case. ~v ??Olgby, you are worrying about some woman." "Blfflec, I am" "I knew It! She is constantly In your thoughts." "I car. t get her out of my mind " "I wouldn't dream of asking you to tell me her name" "I have no objections to letting you know her name it is Mrs. Pruner, my land? lady. I ose her for six months' board." asfly "Murder** Among Animals. Murder is not uncommon among animals, ' murder" in this sense being applied to that kind cf killing that has nothing to do with the struggle for sxlstence. but which arises from mal? ice, pure and simple, or from down? right passion. Storks. It seems, fro qaently kill members of the flock which at the time of migration, eith? er refuse to follow them or are un? able to do so. Prevention of Mildew, rfotfiihg should be stored in a damp oondltlon on account of mildew, which Is a vegetable growth, being a kind of fungus, which quickly spreads, and is very difficult to remove To remove H from flannel (tin t to see. For mlldrw on cotton map-rial, lamp the part, rub soap thickly on, cover with powdered French chalk and put in the nunshlne, and keep re? peating the process until the spots > tlaapp. ^rttty Compliment. The Dsaraails were visiting Strath Beldt- v the time of the old duko of W?;!.rgtou. <.omg up to the btd room, 1 raeli found hU wife and her maid ...o.ing thi at 1 from OOS side of the r tg ik- i her. When he in? quired the rcasoa, his wile said ' Well. .I- ?'? e duke sie. ps on the other da oi tue wall, gad If 1 He again I It I can boas' that I have slept between the two jr . stoat men In Knglv.u Sit* r'r..r-.e;seo ArfOBtal Sought to Swallo.v Witt. A curious scer.e OOaUfred recently to a lawyer's oflice at Castanet, near Toulouse, Frame Th l.\. \er was reading the will of a aadowaei who recent... died, In the presence of Ihr? relatives of the de? ? \-< 1 The de ceased left practically hi a half ai t?te to his wl 1" .'. I ! ,o t so In? furiated a sauain that be suddenly tumped up, thatched tba will from the lawyer' hale'-". !;>: I \\ nglUt OtS and. < nun ruin/ ''i .. lab mouth, endeavored sg iwall if hetu Hi aai seised by UM 11 roal si I I i illj 'oread to di ajjinjl U ? hit of ?? P, ?'?hi' I acre afterwards v. I " * 'uiickins Poc !y P.iit. I . I ilk" m< lie, but fliey I to pay for it. What the) :<r Is fan? ,.?.. drink, i life on ?i.?' *>; .e. W: ? ? <: i 1 ,gh . i rlan I lays at a tarle >? ihow t .? n .? I'h'Mt cafe. h?? In looked dowg jn j fi i ? :?? 4> sj s t be only pi n es ? .. i ? :i ore he ral l ijrat < ? earn ds eal f? v!tn ' M me startling figures have I ? i red i-i la i r mmar ??.... t shows tat H bj practlcallj Impossible lor ? Qermao orch ?stral musician to marrv gad brtni famtlj For a family of four the min m im e> ? n m ?, spurt iro-ii food, nre |2MS ? real Tba income of nn orchestral player i $330 a year. which laareals stbai S¢s a day for food. Americans pay mu> sklans ten times as much as the Ger mans do. h>ir isa, a surSi ai" mere barbarian** In ?he # yes of tho Germans. TRANSITION By ARTHUR W PA PIERSON '"Good morning, air!" "Mr. Margrave, 1 presume7" "I am. How PAH 1 be of service to you ?" An elderly man received a nun h younger one In his otllce. Instead of at ouoe replying to the last question the lutter produced a card l>earing the name "Alonzo Krloson," then, after being offered a chair, said: "My visit will doubtless seem strange to you at first, hut 1 trust that 1 shall be able In time to secure your concur? rence with Its object. You have a daughter whose life has recently been blighted by the loss of her fiance?" "I have." replied Mr. Margrave some? what coldly. "There are remedies for such blights, and 1 come to propose one for this case." Mr. Margrave looked at the stranger, wondering at his Impudence. "Marriage is the remedy I refer to, but you are well aware that marriage Is simply the final net. it being neces sary to withdraw the concentration of the feelings frotn the one who is lost sod unite them on a living object." "That in my daughter's case would be Impossible." "But desirabler ?'Certainly! 1 do not wish her to pass a lifetime In mourning." "I am an artist hy profession, though, being cursed with a fortune in my own right of $200.000. 1 do not expect to make any great success." "Well. sir. will you kindly Inform me what your profession or your for tune Is to me':" "I will as 1 proceed. One evening several years ago I saw your daughter at a hall. The moment I looked nt her 1 knew that I saw the woman I want? ed for a lire partner. 1 made inquiries about her and was told that she was engaged to a geutleman also present nt the ball. The troubles that luvarlnbly accompany love were upon me. My first act was to seek the man who had been so fortunate, and 1 was surprised to see a slight resemblance to myself." "You are something like him, now you speak of It." "it Is this slight resemblance which is the key?provided I win your con eunence? to the situation." Mr. Margrave had by this time bo come interested. "1 will give you references as to my social iKMition and as u man among men As to my fortune. I refer you to my lawyers. Peters & Waters. If aft? er eiamlnation you are satisfied to give me an opportunity to win your daughter that Is all I ask " "lly what process do you propose to make the attack Upon her heart? Bat no: I will make the Inquiries. Then It will bs time to explain your [dan. or, rather to gratify my curiosity, which I admit has been excited " Mr Krlcson bowed himself out and In a fortnight receive*! ;! |H?te from Mr Margraf* stating that the reports he bad "Veeived had been eminently satisfactory aud if lie could resurrect a buried heart he was at liberty-In deeil. welcome?to do so. In reply the applicant merely asked for I photo gfapt] of the man whose place be bopeil to take One afternoon when Mr. Margtive went home 'rotn buelocaa he earned with bin ?i present for uis daughter It was a portrait in oils of her i>?st lover She was delighted with It and pronounced It a speaking likeness a month from thai day while looking at It she discovered something about it that was sltgbtlj unlike the original. or. rather it was like another picture of the ?rigluai Another month weni by. and still another difference was aotteeable. l*lM*se changes kept oc CVrrtng fmni tune |0 tune. She began to wonder if her memory uf her lover was slipping away from her, it the ptetnrv was really defective, though ?he had not :<t llrai recogntaed its <ie facts Hbe mentioned the matter t?> her lather, who looked at her carious ly. thoughtfully, and suggested that if the portrait w:is destroying her reinein bfance of the dead and substituting a painted linng< perhaps she would bet tor bautah it. Hut to this she returned I decided negativa declaring thai she was K row lug to hire the portrait more aud more every day. a year after young ICrlcaon bad call cd on Mr Margrave be dropped Into the tatter's orilce one morning with an oil painting The -'i rceealTe portraits forming a alow transition between another and inyeell is ended in this picture, which i pali led fn m my rntlectlon tu a mir Tor lot] have betffl rerj fortunate in removing the pictures and substituting id her* without your daughter's dlaeoi sting what you have done Hang Ihl* portrait In the place of the last; then Ibtrodt* e ine " When one evening Vr Margrave brongtil Isuimi with tum a friend to dm net Ethel Mnrgt ive, on being lutro duced to htm. caught at the buck uf it chair for aupi*>rt it st*?*ined to hei that bef hirer hud arisen from ihe dead and stood hefore her. I?titer w ben nlie mentioned I lie reaemblatiee of Mr I'.n sou t0 the man she || id lost, some admitted I ha I liiere was rt almlllarltv, others could see none all Nevertheless, her mourning v. Sunn thrown otT. F.rh son was a fre qiient raller al the bouae and within a few aioutha ittei ins introduction ahe married him Krleaon has long intended to tell hi wife of the plan by Which be die v tu i from the dead lover, t>ut as yal has Uot I a??ii. A Mystery Bv F. A. MITCHEL Ilermau Beck was a guide in the Iwlss Alps. Old Gutlieb Swingler, the cheesemaker. bad a very pretty daugh? ter, Anna, whom Herman wished to marry, but her father would not con? sent "1 have nothing but a few cheese presses." be said to her, * a dozen go^ts aud the chalet over our heads. I can consequently give you no dowry. Herman bus nothing ex? cept what he can earn guiding tourists. Instead of having a son-in-law to re? lieve me of providing for one of my children 1 shall likely in time buve grandebildreu on my band's, for Her? man is liable at any time to slide uown to his death with an avalam he or fall over a precipice." Anna gave this reply of her father to Herman, who cast his eyes thought j fully up the mountain side, then said: "Tell your father that whether I marry you or do not marry you I will provide for you." ! When Anna told her father that he I exclaimed: "Herman is a fool He j dreams dreams as high up in the clouds as the peaks he climbs. How could he provide for youV" The girl made no reply to this, for she did not know what Herman meant. She knew that he was full of strange ideas, and she was Impressed with the sad but resolute expression on his face when he spoke the words that she had repeated to her father. However, there was nothing to be doue in the matter, for she had no idea of disobey? ing her father by marrying Herman. | One day an English gentleman en? gaged Herman to make an ascent with him. The two started out together, and when they got up to where the climbing was dangerous Uermau nutt? ed them by a rope. While moving I along over a narrow path with a precl | pice uu one side the tourist slipped . j and fell on a side of the divide which ! , was but some twenty feet above a i ledge. The shock, however, caused ( I Herman to lose his balance, aud he fell on the other side and hung over (he precipice. His ax slipped from bis hands, aud he heard It strike far below Fortunately, the rope held, hut Herman I knew that would not long hear the . strain and any robbing against the , sharp rocks on the edge of the divide would surely cause it to break Tor this reason he could not use it to climb up on. and. having no ax. he could not cut steps in the ice. He cail , ed out to the tourist. "We cannot remain long in this posi? tion, for as soon as night comes and the temperature falls we will freeze If I cut the rope you will fall on the ledge and can descend the mountain I would like to sell you my life for money. It will enable you to live." The Englishman would not at first consent to any such plan, assert lug that he would blame himself aud he blamed for accepting his life uu such terms. But Herman told him that the small strands that composed the rope were gradually giving way ami it would soon break, so the tourist finally stud that he would accede to Hermans terms. Ihollgli he could not see how the lattei could he Pencilled by inotie> after his death. Then Herman told him it uns hi Pe paid to Anna, the daughter ol old (Jotlieh the cheese mil l.er in t lie \ alley "l will give her.'" said the tuilllst, "halt of what I possess, or CUMNKj." ' She will not know whul to do with so mm h," said Herman, "but you can >ettl?' that w Ith her father " Tin- tourist heard not hum more from Herman Home minutes passed, awful minutes, during which the Englishman knew that :i soul was prepuriuii toi death The surrouuding mountain* seemed N part of eternity, the silence that of Infinite space Thou *uddenl> he dropped, landing on the ledge lielow Put awhile his mind was so tilled with the terrible fnte of Iiis guide thai he Could think ol nothing else. Then, realizing that he must save llimsell in order to kee] 'us part of the conti* he bad made tie got up and. Wiilklhg along the ledge, found a phi e. some distance below where be could regain the path I?;. which lie and his guide had ascended Nlglil enme on. and h. lost his way lie would have sunk down in the snow and permitted the cold to end his life had he not I.n buoyed by a desire to pay the money he had pfOllll*ed Indeed, when lie thought thill lie mii-d live under I!?'?? cloud of hi- guide's death and hi> own safety he would hnve preferred to die He stopped to rest aild was getting drowsy when he saw a light In a dlH let window some distance below Ills ing. he struggled nil and when i ilnoi was opened In him tell on the Wool' Insensible The next day he descended Into the valley and ap|H?red ill the llotlleli home W ien \hum Miitv htm come in alone and looking haggard she kneu her lov.-r Im?I perNhed and swooned The lout |*1 lotd tin iii thill Herrn 11 had gone down lutn n precipice, then without further explanation, called t"i a notary uu I exe< nted papers trans ferrlng In Anna I lot lieh property In England wor ii STiiusm I w ndo< lid I In* a w o st licken cheeseiliakci hn\ Herman knew thai the np|Mii*tuii \ wmild occur lor him lo make IIiIh nrovh on for my daugh tef Herman M k was the only |s?rs??ii Wim could in? all) ll^ht on thi aud since he ? dead It must remain a secret Napohon's Concentration. The leading military principles of Na? poleon were to seize the Initiative by concentrating one's forces from ma; I. log Into lighting order as quickly . - ?possible and. having massed the troops as compactly mm effective action will permit, to attack awiftly. Tins attack must be Upon a portion only of tin enemy's army, and the weight of one - whole force must he crowded In. so that at the point of action a decide superiority la attained. This theory Sf action he often explained to It's gen? erals. Moreno. In conversation wit': Napoleon In 1780, remarked that It was always the greater numbers thai won. to which Napoleon replied; "Yo i are right. When, with Inferior fores. I had a large army before me 1 con centra ted mine rapidly and fell like lightning upon one of the enemy's wings and routed it. The i I took ad? vantage of the confusion which this maneuver never failed to produce i:i the opposing army to attack It on an other point, but always with my whole force. Thus I bent It in detail, and the victory which was the result wen a1 ways, as you see. the triumph of Mi larger over the lesser." - Edward 1>. Jones in Engineering Magazine. Animals Used to Test Drugs. Use Is made of chemical manufae turers of various animals, such ns chickens, dogs, cats and frogs, to test the efficacy of drugs. Ergotine. for Instance, is tested on chickens in an extremely simple way. Should it fail to turn a chicken's comb black it Is at once known by the ex? perimenter that the drug is worthless Dogs are employed to test hashish. This is manufactured from female buds of hemp, the male buds having no particular medicinal value. Hashish administered to dogs Induces a peculiar pathological condition. If the drug is correctly prepared, which is seen In no other animal save man himself. Digitalis, the heart stimulant. Is host tested on frogs. Injecting a drop of the drug Into the stomach of the frog, the chemist, by means of the kymo graph, or heart recording machine, at tidies the changes of the frog's heart action, thus obtaining accurate knowl? edge ns to the effect of that particular kind of digitalis.?St. Louis Republic. Why They Like lodoform. "Train robbers, burglars, snfe blow ers, holdup men and. In fact, nearly all that class of professional crimlnnls who resort to deeds of violence are greatly addicted to the use of lodo* form." said a former California sheriff. "These fellows after committing some crime besprinkle their clothing liberal? ly with the loud smelling fluid. They also pour it on their guns and knives and the tools of their trade. The rea son is that they often make hurried flights In which they are not Inf re qnently trailed with bloodhounds There Is nothing a bloodhound hates worse than the scent of Idoform, and It has been repeatedly the cause of the dog abandoning pursuit of a fugitive malefactor. Knowing this, the crooks are liberal buyers of an article that may tend to cause their freedom from capture." Inside Information. "Silk stockings must be very cheap in America. Now here In the world du women's slim and supple ankles gleam in lustrous silk as they do here " The speaker was an English actor He continued: "A married man told me the other day that, going lido one of your de purtmetlt stores, he said to a Boor walker: ?? Tin looking for something pretty in silk stockings.' "The floorwalker smiled and. with a gesture, embraced tin- long rows or counters, with their charming sales women. "'That remark.' he said, 'describes, 1 believe, practically every one of our young Indies. "- New York Tribune. Plea For Trick Animals. No dog or horse or cat ever finds i; according to its nature to jump through flaming hoops, roll barrels, walk a tight rope or do sctues of other things it is forced to do by trainers. The lump of sugar or tin' bit of meat given deceives no one who knows anything about animals. Ilefusal to applaud, persuading children not to attend these exhibitions been use of the cruelty that is behind them, influencing one's friends ngnltisl the whole scheme of making Uione) through trick animals these are some of the ways in which we may help -Our Dumb Animals. Mexico's Four Nosed Snake. The most deadly reptile in Mexico Is the four nosed snake. It usually measures from four to six feet In length and from two to four inches in diameter, with sixteen great fangs, elgbl above and elghl below. It has the ferocity of a l?ui dog and the venom of an Egypt lau asp. Solnr Frenk. "Leap \ear is so culled because the earth ^>?es round the sun for three years, bat in the fourth year it leaps over it" wrote a very youthful atu dent in an examination i aper Teddy Wondered. Teddy Lad what are ancestors? Pat her \\c!i. I'm one uf yours. Your granddad Is another. Teddy Oh, but w hy is it thai folk brag aboui them7 Lurk and Pluck. (Sriggs 1 should sn\ that the two keys to success are lin k and pluck Liiugs Certainly?luck in Unding some one to pluck! Hold your temper for a moment and Rvold a hundred da> s of sorrow .-Chi nose Proverb, ?#'#'#?>' I Across the? Border i A Story of the Supernatural 9 By SARAH ATHERTON f i Ralph Uiluiau was wishing he bad not taken tliis solitary ttsbing trip up Little Bear river. There is not much sport in landing a teu pounder when tliere is no companion to praise or dep? recate one's efforts, and the bacon aud biscuits prepared over the catupfire lost theii zest when eaten with no other companion than Nip. the mot? tled mongrel who was Ralph's closest friend, excepting always Francis Beule, but Beule was traveling in the orient und not available as a companion. Francis and Ralph had been Drought up together. They bad been playmates In childhood, had attended the same school and had gone to the same col? lege nt the same time. During their college days they bad long conferences on subjects which interest youth, but which us persons grow older they do not like to think, much less talk, about. The subject which fascinated them was the hereafter and the reappearance of mortals after death. Francis, though he seemed to believe such reappear? ances might 1)0 possible with some dis? embodied spirits, seemed less Inclined to discuss the subject than his friend. It appeared to affect him unpleasantly. When Eta'ph proposed a compact by which the one who died first should appear if possible to the other Francis agreed, but reluctantly. Strange to relate, at this time as Ralph sat in the circle of his campflre. trying to read by the bright glow, Nip suddenly growled, and the hair on his neck rose In a stiff bristling ridge. Ralph looked up and inclined his ear to the vague rustle of the encompass ing forest, and there stepped out of the I shadows none other than Francis Beule himself. With his old whimsical smile j he dropped to the ground on the other , I side of the fire and clasped his hands 1 ground his knees. "By the greut horn spoon, I'm glad to see you?but. man. where did you "I CAME TO SAY QOODBI." come from?" gasped Ralph, too aston? ished to give other greeting to this un? expected guest. "1 heard you were here, and I want? ed to talk with you again." returned Beule easily. "Smoke:" asked Ralph extending pipe and tobnc< a box. The other shook his head. "Not now." "You are not sick, are youV" que? ried Ralph anxiously. lie could not understand Francis Bettle declining a smoke. In the old days he had earned the nickname of "The Chimney" be? cause lu was rarely without pipe or cigar between his lips. "Never fell better in my life." re? turned Beule, leaning back against the trunk of a beech tree. "How have things gone with you, old :nun':'" "Line and dandy." said Ralph; "only 1 wish I'd never started forth on this trip alone had the beastliest time all alone. If I'd known you wert' within bailing distance uf Chicago I'd have made connections and waited for you to join me When did you strike my trail"'" "Not long ago," evaded Real*'. "That's another story as some one has already said." "W ell, if \ >u want to I ?e c|i >se Uli tu t h ed about your movements latterly, at least you can spin lue H yarn of your oriental trip." went on Ralph In au Injured toue. "What about something to eat CotTiH*?" The other si ook bis bead and gazed moodily Into I be tire. "That's what I came for," he said gravely. Ralph was puzzled. "Came for' The coffeeV" "No to spin you a yarn of what hap pened." "Happened v lien V " The Sth ot Inly." "The sth of July- why. that eras yesterday! oh, I forgot?of course you've been gone a year You mean the Sth of la-t .Inly." Francis Beule made no comment. Cor ii wlille in- wit it in re. silent, morose. Ms dark eye? n\?d m lue tire. The dancing name* i'iihI ;i rosy glow over a his face and hand- and lighted up tue rough traveling clothes tliat be wore, lieIpii thought it Niraugv tti.tr trained woodmun as Heule wax. lie hud not ar rayed himself for tliis long und tedious tishing trip. He curried no Impedlsnen* ta. and his friend attriUuted this to Beaie's bering made a small comp of ids own near by or else be had drop? ped his kit Peyond the circle of Maine f "Yarn away.'" prompted Ralph lazily as he kHIIlgcd on the warm ground. He reached out and laid his hand ou Nip's hrist.cd ne< k and felt the dog trembling like an aspen. "Nip's get? ting white llvered over something." re marked Ralph. "1 went to Kaoting on the China coast, you know." began Beale abrupt ly. "You remember 1 was searching * for some stray pieces of that rare old Kuoling porcelain, and 1 had been put on that trail by Huduuth of San Frau eisco." Ralph nodded. "1 was the only white rann within a bond red miles in any direction off the little village, and their courtesy dis- ( armed me of any fears 1 may have en? tertained as to their hospitality. The steamer's boat which landed me re? turned to the big vessel, and she steamed away into the horizon, leav? ing me all alone ou the yellow mud shore, surrounded by a chattering, tit? tering crowd of native Chinese as fCi-cJ low as the mud. "Of course there was no inn to speak of, only an infested hole, into which I poked my head only once. Ou the outskirts of the village 1 found the de? serted home of a prosperous merchant and made a deal with his relatives ?j for its occupancy. There 1 made my headquarters, surrounded oy thieving servants and aware that if I was ever caught off my guard 1 was done for. They were a crowd that would have knifed me for twenty cash. "I knew that a remote Chinese tish? ing village is a queer place in which ^ to look for Kaoling porcelains; but. j mark you. Ralph, that little village was sill that remained of a ouce great antl pros, c utis city whose ruins strag? gled lu i 'rotu the sea and covered many i?*s >f flat country, broken by .pin. stones of half burned tem? ples. ? !i w.i:. h.-re those treasures were ^fl the earthquake which had destroyeu^ the city had spared the porcelains. So 1 made my strongest efforts to bear on the temple ruins, and in the end I met a measure of success. 1 was sorry that 1 had uot persuaded you to ac? company me on that quest; but, no; perhaps it was best that you did not." Beale stared into the tire with strangely lit eyes, and there was some? thing in the rigidity of his attitude that brought Ralph Ilillraan to a sit? ting posture where he could watch his friend closely. "Go ou, Francis,"' he urged. "I wish . 1 had been with you, danger or not.'S You know I'm not afraid of that." "1 know," said the othv?r. with a long confident look at Ralph. "We bare slept by caiuptires together, and you saved my life once. That was why I wanted to see you once more.'* "Once more!*' repeated Ralph uneas? ily. "What do you mean. Frauds? You^ are not going away again'.'" Never mind that now; you will un? derstand after you have heard my story. As I said, 1 found the entrance to an espeeially promising temple and 1 planned to spend an entire day there, hoping to reach the inner shrine, wheiwna there might he a porcelain god, and I M w as almost sure to discover some altar vessels of the coveted ware. Of course I had had help in my work, a gang of coolies had excavated for me day by day, hut now that a free peseage had been discovered 1 preferred to he alone, as I knew they would rcseut the re? moval of one article from the place, ? and I was after all I could get. "Before I started out that morning I had received word that Barment ami his party would join me on the Mb. that very day was the 7th of Septem? ber. I was elated to think 1 was going to have white companions at last, men Interested in the same pursuit that 1 "^ was. l sent the boatman, who bad brought the message, away rejoicing with a handful of money aud so fur? ther excited the cupidity of my native servants. "I ordered my house set in order f<?r a dozen miests, and so I went on t ? the buried c-ty. i made my way down ^| into the stone passage of the temple, found my way unchecked save by oc? casional blocks of stone, which I pried away, and at last 1 was within the inner shrine, where my wildest hopes were realized. "Such a collection of Kaoling ware > you never saw. but Banueul will res \ cue it. ami you may sec if in I be v. ?/? scum. It was while I was bending above the porcelain that the blow came?stab wounds one after soother in my back and sides from a dozi . treacherous knives. Then 1 was Uu ?. into a dark corner to die, while tue ^ mm derer* tied to loot m> house r "I lingered until the evening of the nth, and jusi as Barmen! and tus part? re t. bed me. before I could ?cd them who the guilty ones ware, l died"' Y.ai wh.itV" screamed Ralph.spring? ing t<? his rfeei "I died. - i Id the t1 er |Uietly, 1 came to say goodby.*' Ad at once ^ Ralph was alone in the whispering lot? est, while Sip lifted hi- head in one long drawn howl. A week later Ralph ltll'*nan struck civilization again. His fir%i search ot telegrai lac i - u*ft hit ? limp an I w lilte. The ,?ttei - -tared Ida. klv M hinr ? "it has been learned that Dr. I Van eis Beale. who had been traveling In China, was murdered by natives on the coast ami SUppoeod to tune died ou the nth mat."