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CHAPTER n-Continued.

! One hour went by-two. The supper
bell rang, but Beatrice never left ner
task. She was writing now. singu-
lar feature OF chirography, hers, II
seems, for she wrote with coarse pen,
in bold, masculine hand, and then
With a fine one in delicate 1ta'ian
characters.
; She manipulated the two letters, 80
dissimilar in appearance, loideo tne
placed them in an envelope, careiully
added the superscriptions, eao tnen,
stamping the envelopes, put on her
cloak and hat and stole from her room
Down the dark hall, through the front
portals, out into the road, and town
wards she sped. At the village post
bflce she paused to drop the letter into
the box the, and a faint CLEAN OF q
lamp near by showed the address
plainly-"Mr. Raymond Marshall.
! .Done!" she murmured, breathlessly,
as she hurried homewards. NCircum'
stances, accident, all are in my favor.
i could not have endured the confdences
that broke my heart, much longer.
Edna will never write, her fathers let.
ter tells me why. She will never see
her old friends again. Raymond Mar.
shall will forget her in time-1 will be
his friend, his consider, and then
The dark eyes glistened, the fair face
was sentient with vivid emotion. Then!
,Ah! balm for the hungry heart, love for
the starved soul, peace for the self tor
ture, for word and feature betrayed the
secret of woman who could suffer,
conceal, and plot as we'll, to consum'
mate the hopes dictated by hatred, Jeal'
ousy and love!
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The Red Man and the Bicycle.

"The noble red man may yet be civi.
lized by means of bicycles" said A.
L. Bartlett, of Beatrice, Neb., at the
Regent. "The Otoe tribe have steadily
resisted all efforts to induce them to
become citizens, and their. numbers
have dwindled until but few of them
remain. In fact, there are few more
Indians in Nebraska now than IN New
York and Indiana. A few days ago
one of the chiefs of the Otoe tIibe Wis
tied Beatrice and became much inter.
ested in bicycles. The owner thought
if would be fun to let the old Indian
learn to ride, and it was not long be-
fore the chief had mastered the art.
Then he must have a wheel of his own,
and not having any money ne traded
four ponies for one. He rode it to
the reservation and next day half 8
dozen Indians came to town, bringing
ponies to trade for bicycles. Rlde
faster. No feed, thsy say, and when
the bicycle manufacturers learn thlt
new field it is probable that they vii!
reap harvest, and the Indiens vii
lay aside their primitive customs and
;oin the L. A. W. in q body."-Wash'
inoton Star,
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TEMPERANCE.
A BARREL OF WHISKY.

BARREL OF WHISKY.
drayman rolled forth from his cart to the
street
A red-headed barrel well bound and com.
plete,
And on it red letters, like forked tongues oi
flame.
Emblazoned the grade, number, quality,
fame,
OF his worid-renowned whisky from some
body's still,
Who arrested the grain on the way to the
mill.
So there stood the barrel. delivered, but
Could see that shadow was hoverine
high
sulphurous shallow that grew rs gazed
TO the form OF Mephisto. Though sorely
amazed.
I ventured to question this imp of the realm
Where Vice is the pilot, with Crime at the
helm.
Aud asked him politely his mission to name
And if he was licensed to retail the same
Identical barrel OF whisky which he
Was fondly surveying with demoniac gleel
''Oh. never handle the stuff" he replied.
my partners, mortal. are trusty and tried.
M*yhap, peradrenture, you might wish to
at the invoice complete will read from this
book.
You will find that this barrel contains some.
thing more
Than forty-two gallons Of whisky, galore
And ere could slip but another word in
He checked it off gaily, this cargo OF sin:
"A barrel of headaches, Of heartaches, Of
woes;
A barrel Of curses, q barrel OF blows:
A barrel Of tears from a world-weary vile;
barrel Of sorrow, iarrel OF strife;
A barrel of all unavailing regret;
A barrel Of cares and barrel Of debt;
| A barrel OF crime and barrel of pain;
A barrel Of hopes ever blasted and vain;
A barrel o. falsehood, a barrel, OF cries
That fall from the maniac's lips as he dies:
barrel of agony heavy and dull,
barrel Of poison-of this nearly full;
barrel Of poverty, ruin, and blight;
barrel OF terrors that grow with the night,
barrel OF hunger, a barrel OF gronns;
A. barrel of orphans most pitiful means;
| 4 barrel OF serpents that hiss as they pass
erom the bead on the liquor that glows in
the glass
Ny barrel, my treasure. bid thee farewell.
| sew ye the foul seed. will reap it in HELM
-Trestleboard.
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GENERAL BoLrvAR's STATUE.

venezuela is gaining greatly in pros
perity, and Caracas planters in easily
earned wealth, many citizens having
country plantations, and taking life
more without care than the old cotton
planters. =. -,
The enchanting Venezuelan capital
would be, with the sanitary care OF
this capital city, one of the healthiest
cities of the world. At present it is
one of tine safest of South American
cities, seldom being troubled even
with yellow fever, and then in mild
form. Latterly more care has been
given to sanitation, with obvious ben
eft. But usually it is safe as we'll as
delightful city to visit. where ENG
lish is spoke" as well as Spanish, and
an American may chance to meet sew.
eral of his countrywomen married and
happy there, among them Mrs. San.
tans, a daughter of Josh Billings,
who, with her family, sometimes
makes visit "home."
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Another Mammoth Cave.

Another mammoth cave has been
discovered in Kentucky. James Hoar.
ino, E. N. ingram and John b. Hurst
made an exploration of cave at the
limestone quarry near Pineville. They
report going into The earth half mile
and finding small lake some eight.
cen or twenty feet square, of ice
water. They brought out with them
some stalactites and other peculiar
formations. 1t is at present wet and
muddy, and after leaving the entrance
and going back about one hundred
feet, one comes to a precipice about
twenty-five or thirty feet high, and
down which people must let them.
selves with a rope or ladder. 1t is not
yet known how far back the cave ex'
tends, nor if it will become popular as
a place of esort.-Atlanta Constltu-
tion.
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stone and stucco, the legislative part

stone and stucco, the legislative part
being one grand story, the part for
Offices of two, and all the building,
inclosing large open square, OF equal
height. The style of architecture is
Grecian. From the impressive front
entrance, or from an immense salon
to it's left, which contains portraits in
oil of all the most distinguished
citizens of the country, mostly by
native artists, you may look out upon
a statue of Washington, while still
farther to the left, in the beautiful
plazs fronting the Casa Amarillo (yel-
low house, of the President, on one
side, and public Offices OF large pro-
portions on another, you may see the
splendid equestrian statue OF bolivar
The 5th of July is celebrated in
Venezuela officially in each city with
orations in the legislative or municipal
chambers, professions headed by the
chief officials and foreign representa-
tives, to the churches, ending with
mass and fireworks. The writer CAL
never forget one such celebration, il
which the orator, as is usual, laudeo
Washington and Bolivar as the great
liberators, and in which, side by side
with General Carabano, he aided il
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In Storms Take to the Troll

There are some people VII
mortally afraid during a tn
Storm" said Vice. President Hut
of the Citizens Company, the
day. "They cannot find q safer
anywhere than on board OF an e
car. Lightning cannot strike
because they are absolutely pro
against such danger. If they wei
and the electric fluid should striA
it would 90 to the power hous
burn out the whole plant. -!
Free Press.
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While the buccaneers swept the South.
ern seas it never had a carriage road
to it from the coast, yet it was cap.
tured and sacked by Sir Francis
Drake. Then, in 1911, on the 9Th Of
July, the revolutionary assembly there
passed its declaration of independence
of Spain.
There Bolivar was born, liberated
his slaves, was President, Dictator and
after achieving the independence Of
Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bo-
livia and Peru, and dying in exile and
poverty, there his bones are gathered
in the Pantheon, and his bronze statue
adornes the principal plaza. Above
and extending down into the newer
city are the ruins OF the old one, de-
stroyed in 1872 in an earthquake of q
few moments duration, with twelve
thousand or more of its people. The
earthquake delayed independence. as
the people we're taught that thus deity
manifested His displeasure.
The importation of the SpaniAh
method of domestic architecture into
tropical America was manifest!y wise.
No style of dwellings can be more
comfortable and healthy outside a
snowy zone. High and commodious
rooms built around large open cen
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THE UNIVERSITY OF CARACAS.

officially representing the two Re.
publics. We of the older Republic
do not sufficiently appreciate how the
best people of the new ones love the
liberties they have and the ancient
difficulties they have to combat in
sustaining them.
On the western edge. of. the city of
Caracas is round hill of considerable
extent, upon which is located the dis
tributing reservoir of the city water
works, and fine public garden,
adorned with flowers and shrubbery
along oren and shaded walks, center
ing at heroic statue of Guzman
Blanco, the self.styled and to some e1-
tent real "illustre Americana" and
"regenerador" of his country. He
certainly gave it vigorous forward
impulse, and took his pay as he went
along. From the hill. which is reached
by beautiful carriage ways and walks,
one may study at leisure nearly the
whole city spread below, the greater
extent of the plain, and the surround
ing mountain masses. The view is one
of mingled loveliness and grandeur,
and when the bells from the numerous
churches ring out their chimes and
the music comes back in softened
echoes, repeated from the mountains,
until the air is saturated with softest
and almost saddest melody, the un-
reality of it all becomes intense. And
then, beneath it all, sleeps the earth
quake and the possible ruin. This
thought returns and makes paradise
imperfect.
Toward the capitol is the splendid
church of Santa Ana, and the face of
it's pictured Virgin is as the face of the
wife of Guzman Blanco. Nearer is
the new theater, the finest in South
America. Far to the front is the
Masonic Temple, with its twisted and
ungraceful columns, and on ground
near the foothills of La Silla (the
saddle) where the earthquake made
havoc, stands the Pantheon, where the
bones of heroes of the independence
ore enshrined. In removals there of
the remains of General Paez, once
President, and Admiral Brion, COM
patriots of Bolivar, the writer was
privileged to take part and to hear
noble orations in honor of liberty and
republican institutions, worthy OF any
land. If Washington City knew
Caracas as Caracas does Washington
City, the latter would be always a
more interested and willing neighbor.
Caracas has street car lines for its
$4,000 people; railways reaching in
land, and to its seaport at La Guaira
and its bathing resort at Macuto;
electric light and telephone service,
and the telegraph, of course. Its pub.
lie and National schools, including the
University of Caracas, are OF well
known excellence. 1t has large pub
lie library, and its book stores and
current publications are well patron.
lied. Its people are highly cultivat-
ed, intelligent, active. honorable, hos
pitable and have a genius and destiny
of their OWN.
Caracas is fanked and backed by
famous coffee and cacao region, and as
these products are the principal ones
OF the country's 80 called agriculture,
the city becomes the only point OF
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What Tapi0ca Is.

,Tapioc0 is not grain, but q kin
starch made from the roots of d
known as Janiphs manihot, wi
grows in South America IN the I'd
zone. Itis, in fact, a similar prof
to the starch of the potato, and
any nearer than that of being q st'
grain. The heshy roots are gr1
and washed in water just the SAM
potatoes are, and the starch settle
the bottom, the water is drawn OIL
the starch is heated on iron pig
when It swells up into the shap|
which it is kept for sale in the std
A curious property of this root, vi
is also called csssava, is that in|
stage OF this process the starch
tains q 7irulent poison, OF vi
twenty drops will kill a man in a
minutes; this, however, is drive1
by the heat. OF the two op1n1
one that tapioca is grain and anq|
that it is mixture of rice and caaa
neither is right. New York Time
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Bat Hunting in Washington.

"Bat hunting Is our favorite an
ment and occupation these =
nights" said q resident of McPhe
Square, "for all of sudden and
out any previous notice we have
visitors in profusion every nj
Their headquarters seems to be il
grove of trees in Mcpherson Sq|
though their visits are by no q
limited to our immediate neig1
hood, for I have heard of their /
to houses four or five blocks di
from us. Though the bats are q
ally large they do not seem bel
any harm and after annoying q
some cases frightening those
visit they depart only to return
short time, probably the next nj
Washington Star.
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Noble Charities.

The will of the late Natha
Graves, OF Syracuse, N. Y, pro
for the erection of a home in tha
for INDECENT aged people. Mr.. G1
estate is estimated at $500, OO0
about 100000 of this is bequs
to the home. The will also
Syracuse University a benehcid
the amount of SO, 900, the incol
which is to he applied to q lecsu |
on missions, ami which will perpj
the course to which Mr.. Graves
ally for some years had given :
New Orleans Plcayune.
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all humanity, and In silence and dis
tance wait for the end Of life blighted,
profitless, unendurable.
A servant admitted him and took his
card to the lady principal. Miss Chand.
Ter lookeC serious as she entered the
room, but greeted him with the geniality
she always bestowed on Edna's friends.
She started at the sight Of his wretched
face, however.
Miss Chandler, he spoke, in his mis-
ery and agitation neglectins to take hel
proffered hand, Il wish to see Edna
Miss Deane."
"Edna?" calculated the lady prinoi-
pal, wonderingly. why! did you not
know what2" he demanded, sharply,
his heart taking a new alarm.
That she Is goneY"
"Gone!" he repeated, blankly. sGonei
When, were, with whom2"
She left US last evening. Poor, dear
Edna; her happy school life is over,
and-why, Mr.. Marshall!"
He had arisen to his feet at her first
startling words. He felt his senses reel
ing now, and swayed where he stood.
The sight Of such vivid emotion in q
strong man alarmed the gentle lady.
Go on!" he choked out, waving his
hand agitatedly. 1T is nothing. The
shock, the suddenness--"
Surely she wrote you that she was
going?"
NO. That is You say she went
last EVENING""
Yes.
"Alone2 Why did she leave 80 alb
ruptly?"
His heart hung on the reply. Miss
Chandler's face fell.
Mr.. Marshall" she said, in a low.
subdued tone, you must not ask me. /
have pledged myself to make no expla-
nations. In fact, know very little.
She left in safe hands, of that l am as
sured, and she will never return to
Hopedale. 1t has depressed US all; but
surely she will soon write to you and
explain"
Miss Chandler, I must know where
Edna Deane has gone. You must tell
me more!"
His voice was husky, but 1t bore q
ring of sharp, decorating anguish.
Il cannot. I never break promise
once made, Mr.. Marshall, )" spoke the
lady, with dignity. You may see Miss
Mercer, if YOU choose. She was Edna 6
most intimate friend. She may have
the right to tell you, but l cannot.
Edna may have left message with
her.
ALLOW me to speak with her, please"
How strained and unnatural were his
tones! How like a man marching tc
his doom he followed Miss Chandler
down the broad hall and to the door Of
the Office OF the seminary.
Miss Mercer is in there alone, l
think. spoke Miss Chandler. Yes.
Beatrice, Mr.. Marshall"
And the principal opened the door and
closed it upon Raymond Marshall and
the woman he 80 disliked and dis
trusted.
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ing seized the tail of another fia
can never let go. He must go|
whole figure, engorge his vlctinl
fail and be trailed along open.mou|
until he dies.
When dinner time comes and
chiasmodon is very hungry he sci
a fish about twice his own length
of almost any bulk. He approd
his prey cautiously from behind
seizes him firmly in that giant md
After the first brief fight and strq
are over the real job of swallowing
gins. The jaws are unhipged
steadily the swallower climbs ove|
victim. This is the time whe1|
elastic skin is called into play. q
this stage of the proceeding the n
modon has been a long, lean fshI
as the prey disappears inch byI
within those horrid jaws it is croj
down into the stomach, which dist
to accommodate it.
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What the Father Said.

Punxsutawney young men are o.
careless speech, according to loca'
paper, which says that ono OF them
taking his sweetheart home said tc
her on reaching the gate, "Just one, !"
and was painfully surprised to hear
her fathers voice through q lattice,
saving, "Your watch is an hour fast !:
it isn't more than II, but it's time you
we're taking your sneak. New York
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AN OCEAN FREAK.
The Deep Sea Fish known as|
.Black Swallower."

The Deep Sea Fish hno"n az
"Black Swallower."
The chiasmodon is one Of the RI
creatures known to science.
three specimens of it have ever
seen, 80 far as nsturalists have]
record. And of these none was
alive. The chiasmodon is gene1
known as the "black swallower.
is not understood that he has any
sion on earth except to swallow,
the only reason he ever comes to Q
that he does his work too well.
"black swallower" is a deep seq
dwelling, when he is at home. in e
1900 fathoms of water. The
specimens that have been -obta
have all been picked up in the N
Atlantic. not far from the Newfd
land coast. They are built for
business. In color they are
black, as the name indicates, say
the stomach. The body is long
of almost uniform thickness.
taper OF the tail is very abrupt.
are devoid of scales. The skin ls1
fectly smooth. A scaly coat v
interfere with perfect elasticity
that is the ''black swallowers
sarily strong point. he must st'
or his job is gone.
OF course, this fish, swallowing
monsters that he does, must ha
mouth constructed especially fol
purpose, His head is subconl
shape, narrowing forward. and
egregious, all swallowing mout
deeply cleft. It runs away ba|
his eyes and is filed with teeth, \
are long and movable so as to bd
ten out Of the way If need be.
thermore, they point backward
the teeth of O snake, so that once
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Is Young Yet.

A four-year-old girl in Califo
said to be able to repeat from n
anything she has ever heard.
will improve in time. When
old enough to join a church
circle she will doubtless be able
peat things she never heard
Express.
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tral court or patio secure privacy
shade, open air and light, with room
for plants and flowers, where women
and children are at home out OF doors.
Caracas is full Of such homes, usually
neatly plain outside, but elegant and
inviting within. They are eminently
social homes, suited to the inhab-
itants.
The capitol is a massive building OF
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LOVELY CARACAS.
VENEZUELA'S CAPITAL AND
SOME OF IT'S ATTRACTIONS.
Homes Of the Inhabitants-An I'm
pressive Capitol-A Famous Coffee
Region - Statues Of Wash
ington and Bolivar.

- ARACAS, for three hundred
| 1 years the capital of Venezuela.
~ presents itself to view with en-
chanting dramatic effect,
writes Almont Barnes in the Washing
ton Star. One goes by rail or other
road up from the edge of the sea at
La Guayra, winding among the curves
and lifts of the mountains until he ls
five thousand feet above that city, be-
yond which the Caribbean looks like
a mill pond, and it's fleets like ''painted
ships on painted ocean," but five OF
six miles away. The peak of Naigulta
and La Silla Mounta tower above
Metraelles three thousand feet. :.
But he winds along throug b the dl.
vide, amid shrubbery and forests OF
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A Station Indicator.

The introduction OF advertisements
on the walls of the railroad stations
in London has made it necessary fol
the metropolitan Railway to Introduce
a station Indicator to announce to the
passengers the name of the station
which the train he is riding in is ap.
preaching.
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msrkets-four cents and less per'pound
in La Gusira-thst large nambers OF
were destroyed and reset
with cacao trees. But since the use or
coffee now increases faster than the
production, coffee raising has become
profitable beyond most products, ana
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convergence for them before they are
shot down the seaward side of the
mountain, through La Gualra, into
the export steamers. Caracas cacao is
second OILY to that of Ecuador in the
foreign market, though the Mexican
is perhaps as good; and "La Guaira"
coffee was famous before it became
simply false Mocha and Java.
In 1877 coffee was so cheap in oil
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ALCOHOL AND HOT WEATHER.

One Of the lessons which the fatal hot
weather teaches most impressively is the
danger in alcoholic stimuiants. A very con-
siderable number OF the deaths reported
from sunstroke were occasioned 10y too free
indulgence i'll ardent spirits.
The first impulse Of every human being
when suffering from the heat is 10 drink.
Sensible people drink spurngly OF non-alco-
holc beverages. People who are II little less
sensible drink great quantities of mild
drinks. Only suicidal fools rush 20 the bar
room.
Alcohol causes cerebral congestion, which
is soon aggravated by high temperature.
The alcoholic is always fair mark for sum
stroke. The cases reported in the newspa-
pers of men falling dead from their chairs
when they have not engaged in violent eXer-
else or subjected themselves to exposure
are usually found to have been caused by
llquor drinking.
Then why do men drink in hot weather?
That is question which amazes physicians.
who sec more repling drunkarls in the
streets during a period of high temperature,
when a man must be in the finest health 10
resist death, than at any other time. But it
is not more difficult to answer than the
question: Why do men drink at all?-Chi-
cagO Times-Herald.
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she is considered to be very beautiful.
It would seem that Eastern and West.
ern notions as to what constitutes
beauty differ even more widely than
one would have thought.