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you nave kIAAeO nIA
knowledge. ! should wish my own end to
be as fruitful
She shuddered. and motioned to him to
leave her
Go away. go away. you have no heart
and no conscience"
Damer smiled slightly.
II have a scientific conscience: 1t is as
good as a moral one. and does better
work"
Andreis began to desire the exile of his
companion. though his loyalty withheld
him from trying to obtain 1t by any unfair
means or unjust attack. He began to per-
ceive that Damer had an influence on
Countess Veronica which was contrary to
his own. and adverse to his interests. He
did rot attach importance to 1t. because he
saw that 1t was purely intellectual: but he
would have preferred that 1t had not ex-
listed. So would she.
"Picrres de malheur! Pierres de NAL
heurr' she said as she looked at the opals
that night. Why did you bring that cruel
man into my life?"
She might Danish him, as Andreis had
said. but she felt that she would never
have courage to do 1t. Damer awed her.
She felt something Of what the poor women
In the saltpetiere had felt. when ne had
hypnotfzed them and made them believe
that they clasped their hands on red-hot
iron, OF were being dragged by ropes to the
scaffoid. She strove to resist and conquer
the impression, but she was subjugated by
it against her will.
Go be concluded next Saturday,
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81 lave lost my Opals In the wnter.''
canal. which was their mistress residence
with poles painted red and white, with
coronets on their tops. marking the land
ing stairs in the old Venetian fashion.
Il have lost my opals in the water! she
cried to a friend who was on one of the
balconies of the first floor.
L am glad you have lost Them" replied
Nonsense! They were beautiful. and
they were Ninetta Laranigra's poor Carlos
MISREPRESENTATION they were one of
her nuptial presents hundred years ago.
Her portrait hangs in the Belle Arte. She
was beautiful, and had tragic fate. I
must have the men dive and dradge till
they are found. The water Is SO shallow.
I cannot think how they have vanished so
completely in such moment of time
On the morrow, when 1t was known
through Venice that the rich and generous
Countess Laranigra had lost her Jewels, all
the best divers hurried to the place where
1T had dropped and worked sedulousiy from.
daybreak to find it. sailors and fishermen
and boatmen all joining in the search, in
hope to merit the reward she promised. But
not one of them succeeded. Their efforts
We're useless. The tenacious water would
not Yield up It's prey. The opals were gone,
like spindrift.
remained all winter long, lying like birds
eggs in a nest, whilst the restless waters
washed and swirled above it's sanctuary
The worn stump of the wood had kept its
d
drifted past It outward to the sea in days
when the white marbles of st. Marks city
had run red with blood. 1t had once been
the base of sea shrine. of a madonna of
the waters to whom the boatmen passing
had invoked the Stella Maria Virgins so
dear to fishermen and sailors.
But the painted shrine had long dis
appeared, and only the old piece Of tim
Der. down underneath the waters. rooted
In the sand among the ribbon weed and
mussels. had had power to resist the forces
of the tide and tempest.
All the winter long the old pile kept
the opa1S safe and sound.
But one day, when the peach and pear
and plum trees had in turn burst into
blossom on the isles and the hocks Of gulls
who had survived the stress of famine and
on the outer lagoons, a large iron ship
coming from the Black sea gave a rude
shock in passing to the old oak pile: the
top of 1t under the blow parted ana fell
its hiding place, and carried in the heavy
trough of the steamers path. was foated
ashore up the creeks into the long grasses
and reeds beneath the DEVILS bridge at
Torcello. The yellow water iris was then
Towering. and two little reed warblers
were nesting among the flags, as the opals
were drifted up under some hemlock leaves
and there rested.
II think they are eggs, but they are
all strung together" said the warbler to
his mate.
They look more like the spawn of a
fish," said the little winged lady, with
scorn.
A water rat came up and smelled at
them, then went away disdainfully-they
were not good to eat. For birds and
beasts do not care for Jewels; 1t is only
humanity, which thinks itself superior to
them, which sees any value in stones and
calls such toys precious.
There Is nowhere In the world any grass
richer than that of Torcello. and forget
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ASGREAT CAVE.

4 Discovery In Missouri That Mny
Rival the Mammoth Cave.
From the New York Evening Post.
Mr.. Herbert Bartlett, a mining engineer,
has recently explored the cave in the Ozark
mountains in southern Missouri which Is
beginning to attract the attention of trav-
elers. and he gives very interesting ac-
count of its marvels. which he believes will
make 1t as famous in course Of time as the
Mammoth Cave So difficult of access is
the Ozark cave that no thorough explora-
ton has yet been made, and Mr.. Bartlett
found himself baffied in his undertaking as
others were before him.
Describing the first chamber. he says:
This grand amphitheater is almost circu-
lar in form, 700 feet in diameter. while the
ceiling, 225 feet above, appears to be held
in place by immense columns of onyx and
marble. Leading off into another direction
from this central room Is a lofty passage
way. following this the throne room is
reached, and here in solitude is a grander
throne than was ever built by man or de-
signed by human brain. 1t stands alone in
the middle of chamber, with ceilings 800
feet above, while from side to side the floor
measures 200 feet, and from end to end $40
feet. The throne. majestic stalagmite.
formed Of pure onyx and Jasper with mark
irgs of beryl, stands in the center. 1t is SO
feet across and 20 feet from front to back.
1t rises to a height of 65 feet. There is
more to be found by following the various
passages leading in every direction. Rooms
spread out at the end of beautiful arched
passageways. All are adorned with the
same colored and white carvings.
zone passage has been traced for dis
lance of twelve miles in a southwest direc-
ton, and there is a current Of air coming
from the interior. 1t is thought that there
are connections with the famous Barry
county cave, thirty-five miles away. Nor
is this immense cavern uninhabited. 1t has
a flora and fauna peculiar to ITSELF In the
grand amphitheater is to be found plant
or fungus blanched white by the darkness
In the long passageways leading toward
the Barry county entrance are found bats
that have evidently made their way in
from the outside world. Some of these are
enormous in SIZE"
Probably the most wonderful feature in
the cave is the river which flows through
it. of which Mr.. Bartlett says: This
stream is fifty feet wide, flows very swiftly,
and at distance can be heard the roar Of
falls. No attempt has been made to ex-
plore it, as all that have seen it are afraid
Of the perils Of the undertaking. The wa
ter is very cold, and 1t is believed that 1t
finds its way, underground. to the White
river. hope that the geological survey of
Missouri. under its present able manage
ment, will find time to look into the hidden
wonders of this cave, and give a better &C.
count of them to the world"
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To Entertain a Sick Child.

A little sick child will play for an hour
with a small hand mirror. and a stack of
bright picture cards is q positive boon.
Never throw away a picture card put them
in a box and they will come in use some
day, If not for your own children for those
Of somebody else. Half the pleasure in
living comes from being able to be of serv-
ice to others. It gives glow to the heart
that nothing else on earth will bring
Those who live for self alone, without
thought for others. are the crusty old cur
mudgeors who go out of life unregretted.
their place considered better than their
company. To bring a smile to a little
child's face. a laugh into its heart ought
to be the height Of happiness. but we don't
least of these" One wiser than we once
said, and he who carries in his heart the
love for child has gone far on the road
to a better life
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me-nots, honeysuckles and wild roses grow
down to the waters edge and around the
hOary stones of the deserted isle
What God-forgotten placer said a
young man as he sprang from boat on
to the bank by the bridge.
''Torcello was the mother of Venice; the
daughter has slain her." replied an older
man, as he laid down his oars in the boat
and prepared to follow his companion.
His foot trod amongst the hemlock leaves
and was entangled by them; he stopped
and his eyes, which were very keen, caught
sight of the string OF opals.
"A woman's necklace he said, as he
drew 1t from under the salt seaweed- and
the dewy dock leaves 1t was discolored
and had sand and mud on it, and bore lit
tie traces of its former beauty. but he
recognized that it was a jewel of worth !;
he perceived. even dulled as they We're,
that the stones We're opals.
What have you there?" cried the young
er man from above on the bank. THE
skull of an archimandrite?"
The other threw the necklace upon the
grass.
You would have been a filter finder Of a
woman's collar than t.
"Opals! The stones Of Sorrow!' said the
younger man, gravely. as he raised it and
brushed off the sand. ut has been beauti-
full" he added. 1T will be so again. 1t II
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SNHks AoBctAcfs
crystal of snow.
IF had found the opals I should have
been inspired by Them he added. "As it
is, 1 am dumb and unhappy"
Veronica Laranigra smiled
IF you are dumb, so was Orpheus."
And IL you are unhappy" added Damer,
you are only so out of wantonness because
the gods have given you too many gifts"
''Or because he has stolen a piece of
spiraea," said Veronica.
I may keep my theft?" asked Andreis.
Yes. For you brought back the opals,
though you did not find them"
Soon after they took their leave of her
and went down to the waiting gondola.
The boat load of musicians had drifted up
ward toward Rialto, the colors of their pa
per lanthorns glowing through the dark.
There was no moon. They did not speak
to each other in the few minutes which
carried them to their hotel. When they
reached it they parted with brief good
night. Neither asked the other what his
Impressions of the evening had been.
When the young Sicilian prince, L.onello
Andreis. head OF an ancient Hispano italian
family, had met with a hunting accident
and the tusks of an old boar had brought
him near to death, an English surgeon. by
name Frederic Damer, who was then in
Palermo. did for him what none of the
italian surgeons dared to do, and, SO far as
the phrase can ever be correct Of human
action, saved his life. A year had passed
since then: the splendid vitality of the
S.ciltan had returned to all its natural
vtgor; he was only twenty-four years of
age and naturally strong as q young oak in
the woods of Etna. But he had a mother
who loved him, and was anxious; she beg
ged the Englishman to remain awhile near
him; the Slcilian laughed, but submitted: he
and Damer had Travelled together during
several months. and were now about in
another month to part company. the S.cilian
to return to his own people. the Englishman
"a 1I- t. -. IT,
Of northern Europe. Their lives had been
briefly united by accident and would have
parted in peace; collar of opals was by
chance washed up amongst the flags and
burdocks of Torcello and the shape Of their
fate was altered.
Damer was the son of a country physl-
clan. but his father had been poor, the
family numerous, and he. a third son, had
been sent out into the world with only his
education as his capital. He practiced
surgery to live; he practiced physiology to
reach through it that power and celebrity
for which his nature craved and his men,
tai capacity fitted him. But at every step
his narrow means CALLED and fretted him.
and he had been a demonstration, an as
sistant professor in schools, when his
vast ability and relentless will fitted him
for the position of a Helmholtz or a Vir-
chow in that new priesthood which had
arisen to claim the rule of mankind, and
sacrifices to itself all sentient races
In Andreis he saw all the powers Of youth
and wealth concentrated in one who mere
ly used them for a careless enjoyment and
a thoughtless good nature, which seemed
to himself as senseless as the dance in the
sun OF an amorous negro Andreis and the
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Of that this government grants bounty,
which Is distributed in exactly the same
way.
If the vessel wiped out was of greater
strength than the victor. 500 is allowed
for every officer and sailor on board of the
vanquished craft If she was Of less
strength. the allowance is 800 per capita.
The sum thus reckoned is divided like the
prize money, among the officers and SAIL
ors OF the victor according to certain rules.
everything taken by the vessels under his
control. The division commander receives
one-hftieth. The fleet captain IL entitled
to one one-hundredth part. After that
every ofiicer and man shares In the ratio
OF his annual pay.
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Copyright by Bachelor. johnson & BaeheIler.)
CHAPTER L.
"oh, my necklacew cried fair woman
as she leaned over the side of her gondola.
A string of opals. linked and set in gold.
hal been loosened from her throat, and
had slid down into the water of the la
COON, midway between the Lido and the
city of Venice. But the gondola was NOV
ing swiftly under the impulsion of a rover
fore and aft, and, though they stopped
few moments after at her cry, the spot
where it had fallen was already passed
and left behind. She was vexed and pro-
voked She had many Jewels. but the opal
necklace was an heirloom and of fine and
curious workmanship. The gondoliers did
their best to find 1t, but in vain. They
were In the deeper water of the sailing
roads. which were marked out by the lines
of poles and the necklace. slight thing.
had been borne away by the current set
ting in from the open sea.
Neither of the men could swim: many
Venetians cannot; but they got over the
side. and waded up to their waists In the
water. and with their oars struck and
sounded the sandy bottom; but the lagoon.
which has been the grave of so many, kept
the drowned orals.
1--WE will go back and send divers" she
said to her men, who, wet to their waists,
were well content to turn the head of the
gondola back to the city.
They wore white clothes, with red sashes
and red ribtcns around their straw hats;
they were in her private service; they
steered quickly home again over the calm
waterway. and in and out the crowded
craft by the schiavone past the customs
house. and s. Giorgio and the Salvatore.
until they reached palace on the Grand
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Written for The Evening Star.
Drifting.

The waves may ripple through the livelonx dsy.
Decked in the folds Of Heavens rejected blue:
And. sparkling over soft-voiced shoals may play:
Or mirror in its surface-depths the new
But the stream flows and We upon life's river
Like leaves, upon the current drift forever.
Soft melodies may soothe U.s. as we drift
Beneath the bOughs Of over-arching trees
While perfumes float from every leafy rift
And from the neighboring lily -mantled leas:>
But life expands into a mighty river
And We. upon its bosom, drift forever.
All. soon Its sparkle dulls: its glitter dies;
And all the song In life IL left behind
TIL only emptiness around US lies
As love grows cold: and SO ut List we End
Lilies perfume led. Then upon the river
Yeara for a sweetness that is gone forever.
But often to our hearts a fragrant breeze
Floats down the stream in sad. delicious sighs;
And fn and round. and near us everywhere
thousand mellowed memories arise,
Like fowery perfumes waited down the river
To so0the us rs We drift along forever.
GEORGE H. MURPHY.
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whole of his family had shown him the
utmost gratitude. nberality and considera-
ton, ard the young prince bore from him
spontaneously sarcasms and satires
an emperor; but Damer in his turn felt for
the Sicilian and his people nothing but the
contempt of the great intellect for the I'M
cultured mind. the irritation of the wise
man who secs a child gayly making kite
to divert itself out of the parchments Of a
treatise in an unknown tongue which,
studied, might have yielded up to the
student the secret of persisted creeds and
of lost nations. There Is no pride SO AFRO
CANT, no supremacy so unbending, as those
of the intellect. 1t may stand, like Bell
sarius, beggar at the gate; but. like Bell
sarius 1T deems itself the superior of all
the crowds who drop their aims to 1t, and
while it stretches out its hand to them its
lips curse them
ct wish I had lived when this collar
was new" Veronica Laranfgra said, when
her jewelers. returned to her the opals
restored to their pristine brilliancy. Life
in Venice was one long fiesta then. have
read of 1t. 1t was all masque and serenade
were not philosophical about life then;
they lived-Mina Laranigra was a beauti-
full woman. They have her. portrait in
the Belle Arte. 1t is by Lucchi. She holds
killed by her husband for an amour. She
had these opals on her throat when he
drove the stiletto through it. At least, SO
Carlo used to tell me. But perhaps it was
not true"
DO not wear Them" said Andreis, to
whom she was speaking. DO not wear
them If they are blood-stained. You know
they are pierres de malheur.''
She laughed.
"You Sicfhans are superstitious. We
northerners are not. like to wear them
for that very reason of their tragedy"
She took up the necklace and clasped
it round her throat; some tendrils of her
hair caught In the clasp; she gave an in
voluntary little cry of pain. Andreis hast
ened to release her hair from the clasp
His hand trembled; their eyes met and
said much to each other. Damer, who was
near, drew nearer. She was silent, looking
at him with that mixture of curiosity, in
terest and vague apprehension which he
always aroused in her. She was not very
intelligent, but she had quick susceptf-
bilities: there was that in him which
alarmed them and yet fascinated them.
HE awes me-" she said later In the
day to Andreis. $50 often one cannot fol-
low his meaning. but one always feels his
reserve Of power
1t was a grave speech for Hsht-hearted
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IF he be not operated on he will die in
a week." said Damer.
None of the hospital surgeons dared per-
form such an operation.
Il will operate If you consent" said
Damer.
The surgeons acQuiesced.
"Wfn Biancon recover" asked Veronica,
when he returned and told her on what
they had decided.
I'm his present state he cannot live a
week." replied Damer, evasively.
Does he wish for the operation?'
'He can be no Judge. He cannot know
his own condition"
But it will be frightful suffering"
HE will be under anaesthetics.'
But will he recover
Madame, am not the master of fate"
But what is probable?"
'What is certain is that the man will die
If left as he is"
He performed the operation next day.
The man ceased to breathe as 1t was end
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ed; the shock to the nervous system had
killed him. When Veronica heard that he
was dead she burst into tears.
"Oh. why. oh! why she said passion
ately to Damer. later in the day, Elf you
knew he must die. did you torture him in
his last moments?
Il gave him a chance" he replied. In
differently. Anyhow he would never have
survived the operation more than few
weeks
why did you torture him with it them"
said Veronica, Indignantly.
at was rare and almost unique oppor-
tunity. I have solved by 1t a doubt which
has never been solved before and never
could have been without a human subject
She shrank from him in horror.
You are wicked man. she said. faint
ly. "Oh, how I wish, how ! wish l had
never asked you to see my poor Biancon!
He might have lived!'
HE would most certainly have died."
said Damer. unmoved. 1.-The life of a man
at sixty Is not an especially valuable thing,
and l believe he did nothing all his life ex-
cept polish your palace floors with bees
wax or oil; l forget which it is they use in
Venice"
She looked at him with mixture Of hor-
ror and fear.
But you have killed him!-and you can
jest
Il did not kill him. His disease killed
him." replied Damer, with calm indiffer-
ence. And his end has been source of
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Active MT 1O7 Years.
From the London Telegraph.


Mrs Sarah Thomas, centenarian, OF Bur-
ryport, Llanelly, who last year received a
check Of f5 6s. from the Princess of Wales,
or a shilling for each natal anniversary,
celebrated yesterday her one hundred and
seventh birthday. She is in possession of
all her faculties, and Is a very amusing
conversationalist. Mrs. Thomas was born
at Whitland on February 8, 1888. has one
daughter. eight grandchildren. eleven great
grandchildren and three great-great-grand-
children. She is very fond of a well-sea-
soned clay pipe filed with strong tobacco.
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From the London Telegraph.
AT sale of silver plate and jewelry by
Messrs. Ellis, Morris & Co., a pearl neck
lace. with diamond clasp. comprising thir-
ty-nine well-matched pearls Weighing GIN
grains. was disposed Of. The bidding COM
menced at f1.5O0. and proceeded by hun
dreds to. e, 800. at which sum 1t was sold
to the representatives Of MIR. w. Wander
bilt Of New York.
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UNCLE SANS HAS EFFECTIVE CRUIYERS
AS TO PRIZE MONEY
Written for The Evening Star.

fAlN- WOULD CEh-
tainly be most re-
luctant to undertake
a war with the
United States, even
under great provoca-
ton. 1t Is difficult to
see how she could
win. At the first
sign of serious inter-
national trouble our
vessels would be
gathered from all
parts of the world as
<.,,f1lrl,, -
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According to the law in force, when a
United States vessel takes a ship Of less
strength than its own, the officers and
crew of the captor receive one-half of the
net proceeds from the sale Of the captured
craft. The other half goes to the navy pen
sion fund. out of which annuities are paid
to disabled naval officers and sailors and to
their widows and minor children. But
when the enemy Is of equal or greater
strength. the entire proceeds of the sale
goes to the victorious United States ship.
Prize money is not paid for the destruc-
ton of an enemy's ship-of-war, but instead
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Exposure to rough weather, dampness,
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chapped hands and face, cracked lips
and violent itching of the skin also owe
their origin to cold weather. DIR. Nc
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kept on hand at all times for immediate
application when troubles of this nature
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$1.0O per bottle. Sold by Snipes-Kin-
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