CAPE MAY HERALD.

PablUoed Every Saturday Morning at 506 Washington Street, Cape May. N. J.

-Byi. L SCOLL, - PiblUlir ul Proprlilor.

SUBSCRIPTION: On* Dollar P*r Year In Advance.

Entered at the poet office at Cap* May, V. J., as second-class matter, Hard: Utk. 1901.

The fear that the forests of the country will become destroyed Is accompanied by some apprehension that the i telephone poles In cities will become ! so thick that pedestrians will be obliged to blare a way. The curious suggestion has been made In Rouen that the trolley wires In the streets shall be subject t6 use by the fire department. The idea la that pumps capable of being electrically driven shall be Installed In a num- , ber of suitable positions, to be switched on to the trolley wires as occasion re- ; ■ « nir ^ ^ Sir Haro - Johnston, after exploiting Uganda, announces that the okapi is ]v probably the last remarkable unknown animal that will be discovered, al- : though he found Jhe skins of several beasts new to science In the Congo foreet He says there Is no special pygmy language. The pygmies speak the ' tongue of the forest native, though they employ gasps Instead of conson-

ants.

The United States consul-general at Vienna reports to the state department j. that over 25.000 horses a year are now r alaughtcred and sold for food In nearly i 200 meat markets in the Austrian capj ital. The cost at retail of horse meat j Is abouUone-fourth per pound that of beef, tad hence its rapidly increasing consumption by the poorer people. It Is an old maxim that "ine outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man.” After a prejudice rooted In centuries of habit has worn away, the horse may be Anally adjudged equally good for Internal and external appll- [ cation.

! 4fa0HN r WINTHR0P'S DEFEAT^

JETAN KATE iLUDCm

(Oornuasr, Hossbt Bantu'* &

I The Jacksonville Times-Union grows ^eloquent about oranges, and says: “The oranges are moving, and the good times must come again. Let others * take their gold from the gloomy depths of the earth; Florida gathers hers •-rider God's own heaven, and Ands it colored by the royal sun himself. Aayored by the dew and blessed by the stars. Watch the stands at the fair, , and see If oranges were ever fairer or sweeter; lift your faces as the freight can pass and tjien wonder wnether : ambrosia ever gave such promise of the gladness of heaven as those long trains leave on the perfume-laden air.'

CHAPTER V. — (Continued.) “I shall be glad to do this," Mrs. Graham answered. "If you tell me to-morrow, or the next day, or any day .'in the future that you wish this, I glial) bellevo that you do earn. And now, good-bye. ’Just Uttle Me,’ and all good things come to you"—for she felt tbaf she might never again see the pretty face of tbla child-woman—“but promise me here at parting, door, that you will be kind to those who love you, Lore is easier to hold when won than tempted back when once repulsed.” She knew, ns she turned away t« Join her husband, who was waiting for her at the gang-plank—even befor* ! the shy words of promise were whispered—that she could safely trust the girl whom aU claimed to be heartlesi and thoughtless. The Zingara puffed and splashed bet way. and the Island, with Its gleaming sand-hUls and beaches. Its Auttering hotel-flag and lighthouse tower rising calmly above the heaving and falling of the ocean at Its foot, faded from view save as a speck upon the horfxou Meanwhile, pretty Bess, with bet warm Impulses, the words of her friend still fresh In her memory, turned to bet lover glowerlnggloomlly atthe retreating steamer, and said, very softly and very sweetly, no trace of their quarrel upon her face, save a burning color on her cheeks and a tender wistfulness U

her eyes:

“If only the friends who are good to one would stay with one, Mr. Leland. It la so hard to be always misunderstood and hnjustly judged. She knew that I don't mean half that I say that

Is unkind."

Those great black, wistful eyes o< hers, like the reproachful eyes of a grieved child, scattered his anger to the four winds of heaven. He scarcely heard what It was that she said. He certainly never heeded the lookers-on. “My dear little Bess!” he said, softly. Her Angers were clinging to his arm Instead of Alecia's, and his eyes were bent upon the sweet, shy face la iu beautiful color, reading the heart hid-, den by the curling lashes over the betraying eyes. He was bending with great assurance above the graceful Agure In its creamy flannel morning-dress, as they turned from watching the steamer bearing away their friends. And It was heaven come down to earth that morning to Leland, as he sat on the beach with this willful girl, careful that ber red parasol should shield her from the sun; that her camp-chair was set most comfortably upon the sand facing the blue and gold of the ocean, whose white surf brought in mkny a fragment'of beam or plank. What cared he that she had so often protested that she would never marry for less than limitless wealth, when there. In the broad light of morning, she whispered assurance that he must not believe all that she said, especially that; because she loved him; and what betide that, was wealth? “Particularly," ahe added, verygrave-

Engllsh art critics are wrought up just uow over the question of a Auger. It grows out of the statue erected lu Manchester to Gladstone. In which be is represented in the attitude of delivering a speech in 1893, clutching roll of papers in his left hand. In 18i2 Gladstone had the misfortune to lose the forefinger of his left hand In a shooting accident; bnt the sculptor restored the-Anger in the statue. The question which seems now to be cresting as unnecessary and nnproAtable stir in art circles uins resolves Itself: -Is it true art to be unfaithful to the - facts of the case andv to represent as clutching the roH of papers a Anger which did not exist?”

J Conversation strayed upon indifferent subjects after that The gentle|men, after boarding the train, buried ithemselves In the morning papers with a comment now and then upon some point of politics or other thought as .suggested in the columns before them. I And before they reached the city most lot them went Into the smoker to re-, fresh themselves against,, the trying '.day with a cigar —all save Harold jtSraham, who protested that he did (not care for this stimulant, bat would 'remain with his wife. ( “And now, dearest.' lone, as | friends, “this will be a hard day for (both of ns. I shall take you home at ‘one© and then go down town. I will place everything in Clavering’s hand* and let them Aght it out! It will be the bitterest Aght of my life! I regret thst your mother and sisters are still in Europe, Alecla! I wish they were 'here with you at this difficult time!” I "Yon need not regret their absence, Harold." Alecla said, quietly. “I am I glad they are away. 1 prefer having only you until this Is over. We will ogar it out ny ourselves and hope for ^t£e best that can come.” j- “Your faith Is wonderful, Aleda." he said, rather coldly, his temeperament changeable under the trials of ‘the past day. He had so little hope for himself rethink you will And It tried to the utmost ere you have done.” ! “And still there will be some good left Nothing Is ever all wrong." : “Nor half good,” aald her husband, bitterly, “except you. Alecla!” But be as brave as she would Alecla knew that much of bitterness mast come to them ere they could leave the city and begin their new life at the .West where the flower* were still sweet In spite of the falling gardens of the East And in Wroth she wa4 tried mofct bitterly during the weeks that followed that day. The failure of the house of Graham electrified the city at the first shock; a little later came the comprehension that this failure meant loss to many— possibly utter ruin to some—and then came the ruthless clamor for self and self and self. | “Literally every mar. for himself,” jsald Harold Graham, bitterly, one day, “and the devil take him that comes .last. Would to God I could but meet an‘my liabilities, and I would start afresh In a Western city and build up a new name. But burdened as I shall be at' thereat—” - “If all la done that Is possible,” said 'Aleda, in her sweet, quiet voice, aUowlag no shadow of her own suffering to fall upon her husband, “we can do no

off the old debts and find a happy life

through It alL”

“I believe you would find happiness If exiled to Siberia, Aleda.” aald ber husband wearily, yet always courteous j to her. “What Is It In your heart that

ly, but so sweetly that there was left j UHs you over everything—you, too, no sting in her words-“particularly. ( who love every good thing as well as Lane, dear, when yon know that you \ I 6o? One might think yon the daughare not poor. 1 couldn’t marry any- j ter of Solon, my sweet philosopher, body, no matter how much I loved What would I do without you?” him. If he were very poor and had no She went to him and ran her fingers chance to rise, because I think It Is ! softly and lightly through his hair, quite wicked. Eve# one should fed ; There were wrinkles of care In his face as! do about this. Lane. They don’t j and threads of gray In the midnight think half enough. It isn’t so much j hair, that had come within that short that I love luxury aa that a man has space of trouble. Very soft and tender

were her fingers and magnetic in their

peated more quietly, the first Intense feeling of anger at discovering that she was cognizant of that act—unconscious also of his temptation — was Igone. “Yon shall not go to that man, either, Alecla. Do you think I would allow my wife to plead with any logo! Do yon think that I will allow yon to .have anything to do with this matter 1 ;GJve me your word that you will no| (go, that you will not do this, as you love me.” » “Because I love you," she said, rerj gently. ”1 will do this, Harold. It 11 very little. It may do no good. I car but try. You will allow me to do 1! because you must. I am a woman at yon are a man, and I will not yield what I think it right any more than .would you. I may succeed where yod would fall; 1 am your wife; I shall try. But I will not urge your act of bravely upon him. I will promise _you that, dearest, as I love you." "

CHAPTER VL jcencr. . —*■

Mrs. Harold Graham was delicately engraved upon the card laid upon'the desk before Palmer Earle In his handsome privata office; and Palmer Earle’i gray brows were meeting heavily as he bade the boy admit her. ) “She has kept her engagement with promptness." he said, glancing from the clock above bis desk to the man standing at the window. “You must acknowledge that. Wlnthrop", in spite of your scorn of women.” “I do not scorn them.” answered the other calmly. “Yon misjudge me. Mr. Earle. Only—they are not fitted for business or this sort of thing. I warn you beforehand to expect tears and entreaties. If you yield, it will be ‘strongly against my advice. This woman, his wife, has a fortune in her own right, and If she be a true woman she will offer to give it toward her ‘husband’s liabilities. If she does not

-well, the matter has been gone suftly over with their lawyer. It

, i to me.”

| “Perhaps her fortune went with her ’husband's,” suggested Palmer Earle, .with no idea of arguing for the wom'an. bnt as the thought suggested it-

self to his mind.

1 The other shrugged his shoulders, i “It Isn’t probable.” he aald. “If ft 'were so. Graham’s counsel would have

(stated the fact.”

Further conversation upon this point was Interrupted by the entrance of the womsn in question. Bhe was dressed very plainly in a dose-fitting dark-blne suit with a hint of gold braid abont it, and a bonnet of bine with yellow rosebuds almost hid In lace, one perfectly gloved hand held for a moment In the strong hand of Palmer Earle. For, stern business man though he was, be was impelled to admiration by this woman.

no right to marry a woman if be cansot support heri” And what could her lover do but acquiesce and murmur his astonishment at .the wisdom of her words? “It is strange how the world can be, Shaken by storm one hour and brilliant with sunlight the neyt!” said Aleda as she and her husband and Gregory Bensouhnrst, with the party from the Queen Taphenes, left the steamer at the Babylon pier and took the stage for the depot. “And the strangest part of It Is that the heaviest storm lesves

»" i

touch, until the. lines softened and a smile fell -upon the tense Ups. •Then Mr. Esrie will not compromise the matter, HarSfcd—will not give yon any grace, no matter how It la

urged upon him?’

“I ten you, he Is implacable. Aleda! He has such straight lines of integrity for h!s own trading that he cannot see a hair’s breadth to left or right in. another man’s affairs with leniency. I do not think the man is redly hardhearted. He balleves himself right Clarering urged the last plea for mo with him to-day. He might as weU

Tb* Women’s Suffrage society Paris has taken a hint from the rules j* governing rtreet car conductors of Bos1 ton. In Boston, as is well known, the ' aondnetora are compelled to address all their women passengers as •madam,” no matter wEaTYbel^ age, 1 color or.race. The women snffragists pt Paris have lately passed a resolution to the effect that to differentiate betlreen “madsme” and "mademoiselle" implies a condition of servitude, and they win have it no longer. No member of tha society, be she ten years old or a hundred, married, single 'or C widowed, win henceforth answer tc I any appellation save that of “madame.” f Vo such differentiation is made in the other sex, say they. A male, whatever him age, is always a “monsieur." Why, then, should a distinction be made la female* except to imply a condition oi ■oral oad material inferiority? Mol* ; ier». Corneille and Racine always j called their horoinea “madame;” mariwrled or not Why should the “jeune fill*" of this enlightened agf fle hamI pered by. such a distinction? Thfee- | tors, "mademoiselle." as an appellation, is doomed- Thus does the greet

band, quickly. “Let the gardens of the [ have pleaded with a rock.’

East fall Into the sea and the flowers of the West are Just as sweet! That

Is but justice, Alecla!”

"And yet, wbo would think,” said, one of the yachting party, laughing, •tthat some half-dozen hours or so ago we were in the blackest storm I ever; saw; or came so near never seeing sunshine again, whether in east or west? It is a rapid world we live in. and, as. such, let the gardens of the East fall, if they will, so long as the flowers of

the West survive!~

‘ Wen. J like it best ss It Is here In the East—now—yes,” said one of his companions. “It wasn't a specially clever thing to be clinging tc a wet rope In a wet sea, with a wet sky coming down on you. Earle got off pretty ' lucky, I think-thanks to”-he came near forgetting his Agreement to speak •f the adventure to no one outside of the witnesses, and caught hlmpelf with a slight lit of coughing—“thanks to the men on the beach! He came a trifle too near going under to please me, were ! In hi* place 1 “I wouldn’t mind being in his place,” said one of the others, laughing, with a shrug of his shoulders, catching the

"Then I will see what I can do. I am not a lawyer, nor so eloquent in business phrases as Mr. Clarering. but

We will do everything that we can.” He poshed the soft hand from his head and arose facing her. A flash was fighting the pallor of his face. He vfaa frowning heavily. "What Is It yon would do, Alecla7'. “I shall go to Mr. Earle myself,” she said, qoletly. standing as resolutely facing him as be faced her. “1 shall appeal to his sense of Justice I shall tell him. If every other plea fails, that he U worse than cruel to be So Implacable toward the man wbo save his life at the risk of his own ” “Never!” he interrupted her fiercely, starting forward. “Pardon me, Alecla, for my harshness, bnt I will not have that used in my favor. If he will not give me a fair chance to retreire myself from purely business motives,' he shall not ever say that I worked upon his gratitude. Who told you. any way, TUecia? They jgare me their word they wouldn’t repeat 1L He did

not know.” .

"No one told me.” she said, steadily; T guessed it, Harold. I knew, every one knew, that you did much toward saving the other men. and 1 added this.,

it men in the city, he la! Look at. I knew you, and knew it was what

aebt that went down r sight of money! And

a you would do.”

"I sincerely regret that you considered it necessary to call upon me this morning in regard to this matter. although at any other time I am pleased to meet Mrs. Graham.” be said In his large, grave way. "Mrs. Graham, my counsel. Mr. Winthrop, I believe, is a stranger to you. AUow me to make you acquainted. Mr. Clavering, your husband’s lawyer, arranged for you to meet ns here this morning, as yon know. Believe me, in the first {dace, that I sincerely regret this -mLfortune and would have had Mr. Winthrop dose with Mr. Clavering’s offers if I might; but It Is impossible—utterly Impracticable!” “Entirely so!” supplemented John tyinthrop emphatically. His straight brows, frowning, cast a shadow of hardness Into the dark-gray eyes look ing so levelly Into the bcautlfol violet eyes of the woman before them. Her heart almost failed her aa she-looked Into his quiet, stern face. He was not a handsome man, bnt be was tall and broad-shouldered and commanding; his cleanly, shapely bands betrayed perfect self-control, and a powerful hidden strength of will and muscle; those steady gray eyes and the qnlet mouth under the brown mustache made him a striking looking man—one upon whom to rely implicit ly, bnt one who would never yield one hair’s breadth from his standard of rlgnt or Justice. His heart must always yield to his wIU should there come any conflict between them. "I know that Mr. Clarering has done what he could to settle this matter." said Aleda, her soft voice sounding sweetly through the room, stirring the hearts of her listeners. “But he is a man. Sometimes a woman’s Instinct overbalances even a lawyer's keen inStebt” Her swift, brilliant smile lighted and faded from her face like the transfiguration of some passing dream of beauty. "My husband has given up everything as you know, gentlemen. He is willing and anxious to meet aU demands against him; that he cannot do so is his misfortune, not his fault I need not tell you it Is against bis wishes that I am here. You. also cannot fall to know that He is too proud to plead for even simple Justice where It la not freely given. But I am his Wife, and if In any way I can lighten his burden I shall be infinitely grateful. “Knowing that he has done every 'thing In his power, that he Is. willing and anxious to do What he can to retrieve bis fallen fortunes, being bon onble men and men of justice, can you stm refuse to make some concession—to compromise with him for such or such an amount on the dollar? Per haps Ido not understand huslneM terms or business Itself weU enough to meet Mr. Winthrop upon equal grounds of argument, but, being a womsn, I have a heart and know that my husband’s to very bitter and very heavy. X, aa his wife, therefore, ask yon to be just. I appeal to you heads, not to your hearts, and ask you If you can frankly tell me that you do all that any man could do under corresponding dreum-

(To be continued.)

AUTOMOBILE MENACE. |

COUNTRY INDUSTRY,

erablo percentage of their customers.

go llvi

'Some towns of 4000 and 5';00

percentage a

IT IS DRIVING OUT AN IMPORTANT j The effect upon the village liveries is

apparen inbablu

Bow the I.lrerj Stable Ker) fected—Their Chief Soai '.he Traveling Salesmen, Tahli

HoreeloM Cat

iprre Are Af- ( or Income,

nan, Taking to tho — It* Advantage*.

Slowly but surely the automobile is making lu way into the country dUtricU. and Is supplanting one of the

very

and village, says the New York Coro, mcrdal advertiser. This Is true par-

tly 1

and In New York. Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The country livery sublet!

s beginning

are supported almost entirely by trav. ellng salesman who sell groceries and provisions and other suple articles, as well a* tobacco, cigars and clgar-

I*. a

order with liverymen In towns that are centrally located to take them out over their routes whenever tney come to town. Scores of these men. however, have of late taken to the steam carriage as a means of getting about, and have canceled their orders with the liverymen. A representative of a big wholesale grocery house in Rochester was in .town tnls

iltants, have four or five stab’es

with ten or a dozen horses each, end their principal customer Is the salesman who uses their horses regularly, since the great majority of the inhabitants of the villages have their own horses and there Is little call for so many horses and vehicles. One suble would easily meet all of the demands of the local swains who now and then find It necessary to take their sweethearts out for a drive in order to get

tnc better of s rival who; Is b

to become dangerous.

ADAPTIVE ESKIMOS.

The Alaskan Eskimos are highly intelligent, Industrious, moral and honest according to their sundards In such matters, which differ somewhat from bur own. They are stricQy truthful, of kindly, cheerful disposition and exceedingly gentle, patient and tactful In their manners. In illustration of their Intellltfenco It was Interesting to note that while their language embraced but a few hundred words as against- our overwhelming vocabulary - .

van g»!ng to walt .f ," he said, “but 1 h hole thing oyer, and save quite a little n nd besides, I ran covi

"I going to wait for a while j jn' yolcing their .proacieocy. in this longer." he said, “but 1 have figured ! direction it was not unromnjon

the whole thing oyer, and I find that

t can

money on a

trip, and besides, I can cover my territory much quicker, and can lengthen sut my routes. I don’t snow as I would get It. though. If my rival who works the same route, had not gotten one some months ago. and I find ho is beating me out on every trip. The way he works the scheme is / to start out on Monday morning and work out to his most distant point, then strike off across the territory and work back. We used to go out, say, to Newark,. N. J., hire a team there and dnve south, taking In stores and villages not on the railroad, until we got over along the line of the Auburn road, then work back by another route ana put up at Newark. The next day jre started out to the north, going to the R.. W. and - O. and back. The next day we

e go oi then b

and covers more ground than before. We used to divide.

took me every time, and the prices were about the same each time, vto’v Ing between 36 and *8. “With a steam carriage, however, my rival runs east to the end of his route without stopping for orders, then be starts back, running north and south, taking in all of the villages and stopping at the cross-road stores as and he gets about much quicke*

he-AU*

qiaf.ers up

a bit. He took a certain number of the merchants in out-of-the-way corners of the territory, and 1 took th$ others, and in tbaf way we saved ourselves considerable expense and a lot of trouble. But of late I find, that he has been running among out-of-the-way dealers, and he has sometimes

of. mi

wepk we always worl

the west in the same way. "If the steam carriage works as well as we figure it will, we will be able, not

only to cover our ti thorougnly, blit we

tend our trips; Of course, no farther to the north-on

Lake Ontario. But- we never have j worked that vurj^ thoroughly because it has been awkward, to. get at, but .we will be able to go further south and get Into the sections now looked after by .other firms in Auburn or. 8yra<

direction it. was not uncommon for some of the more sensitive among us to be shocked Upon tielnjf silo ted by

some pi of okthi

expii ; the

hpoh 1 - .

irecocious maTdetl With a string ok the. strangely intoned, ^ttiled for edification from!’ kne 'explosive speech In-general uee among the representatives of -a higher moral devel-

opment.

The natives soon learned such tunes and songs as wer# whistled or sung In tbelr hearing. ( These they reproduced wl.h cpfisiilejkbft kecuracy, words and all.. The/worfls were, however, generally 'kodfadB 'phonetically, similar to (hose"heard 1 and were sometimes, ih fact, quite’amusing. This sudden musical development seemed remarkable considering that their natural ^tempts^hclude only, monotonous dronings; accompanied sometimes by an unmeasured Inane thrumming on a sort of" taibourthe. /’There are many artists among them whose carvings and etchings on Ivory are of high excellence. ‘ ‘ There is a marked difference in the adaptlblllty to Caucasian' fustoms between the men and women, of this race. The .men are much keener in anticipating what.“ls IHcely.Uo meet with white favor." and" loqp no timo

In at least.concealing ,hhj)lts and ch»«Uoiu ihtt-.ar, ■smjo.l* ob:

gotten in ahead of, me. The secofij

:k the territory to

'it ttfe white meals sufficto prevent 'ktiy/'palnful ^exhibition from' the’m'en/'.'iftiFrkdS' wKh the women no improvefeAt ls.lQ be observed, unselfish eaW&ikd* for/lhejf absent frlepfls toforW/eripoe its**. their setting prtdeatV- of

ri** -

^AfNT- A*DVC

. A'lhkec-whee&d cab ha* joade Its appearance JayLofadosL.. ..The third

we can go wb$*l rups in (font^f, thq vehicle, and account of i ts to save the passenger /rom accl-

ijent should the horse/*«.li. '

Injurious effect bn htfree* apd sheep, being k strong; mrfcbtic or sedative, and rauslfig'profound sleep-6r stupor

lasting. 2A'hours to 48 houri;.. . Snow 4 aaid.-to .offer surprising re-

slstaapq to .pep«V*t>oo bjr .rifle bul4eto, v .Experiments made In Norway have. jdiqwnthftt a snow- wAU four

cuse; so you sec we ought to be able to do a great deal more business and save a big bill of expenses. Of coqm-. , wc would have to drop the extra scc :s tlous in Che winter.-and 1 suppose that the Ifverymen would get back at hs by raising their prices, but then .we don't/ do as much in the winter, anyhow, be 1

cause the roads are often drifted up no ■ _ we can’t get through." ... •. | 0 f i&eiili&l tf&dafiifwir. Another salesman, who travels fork- :«v; ».•*.** x»./r I -

firm In this city, and who .works a route in Pennsylvania, which extends as far as Lancaster, has purchased an automobile and has used It tot tour months. He says tbaf he has' reduced his expenses 'considerably as he had been able to reduce his trip by a week or more; He Ships his machine to Lancaster by freight.'every time he starts ad goes out on a' train. He sets

out. and goes

his automobile up as soon as it arrives. puts in his samples and starts

Samuel S

abtrefiffe'b _ ■■■■■_. I and wealthy, he devotes all his spare time .to the braking, of stone coffins. During the last. 25 gears be has made and disposed, qf nrer- a hundred of thesmsaserting thqt they.kpop the body

eastward, running back and forward and hither and yon. covering all. oi (he hamlets and towns In-his section. He says the plan works much better than he expected and that the greatest source of comfort to him Is the fact that he Is able to stop bis work about sundown every night “By a little planning." be continued, “I find that I can reach a towh about 6 o'clock and fffiT up for the night When I had to depend on liverymen, I often had to.be out until 10 or II o'clock, for we always bad to get back to the stable, and as'i had usually covered all of the route” on tho way out. It would have been useless to stop at the other end and let the driver go back alone; breldes, 1 usually had some of my belongings at the bote\ in the town from which wc started, skid I had to get back before I could go anywhere else. Now I take all pf my stuff with me, and If I get to the Vther end of the route by nightfall I simply put qp for the - night, and in ’the mdrying, skip across for five miles dr so udd^work my way back .by aaWblle only a few of the more aggressive salesmen seem to have token to the automobile as a means of working their country territory, others m

imu- vuc w

panel. When he got hi he dissected it. He that the Ijarptochord

his purchase home e then discovered

barpischqrd had a double

back.and presently between the boards he found very old Bank pf England notes,' the” total face' value of which

amounted to 1150.000.

"Rattlesnakes'lire grateful' if you gain thdir affection.” says a correspondent of the Corsicana (Tex.) News. "My brother ‘Jim’ found a sixfoot rattier near town caught under a boulder, and Instead of using hto advantage he sympathetically released the snake, which thereupon became a pet and followed ’Jim’ abont and guarded him as watchfully as a dog. - One nifcht he was awakened and missing the snake in its usual place at the foot of the bed.Qto knew something was wrong. He got up and lighted a match . to investigate, and found a burglar in the next room In the colls of the snake, which had Its tail out of the window rattiing for the