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IN DANGER FROM UNDERTow.
How q Quick-Witted Bostonian Saved
Three Lives.

How q Quick-witted Bostonian Saved
Three Lives.
Here is a story which is too much to
the credit of two ladies and a gentleman
to be wholly suppressed. They are all
strong swimmers, and can battle with
the waves in valiant fashion. They
CHANGED to be in the sea at one time
lately. and on shore where the under
tow is irresistible n short distance out.
The man suddenly felt himself in that
strong, terrible, outward pull of the
waters of the mighty deep. He under
stood Immediately that he and his COM
panions would shortly be no more I'M
less by tremendous, instant, individual
eXertion they pulled for the shore. In
that treacherous current not one could
help another. How to get those girls"
ashore without terrifying them and
putting them in still greater danger
through their fears was the problem OF
that terrible moment.
The man solved it like a hero. He
made a sign, a sound of personal dis.
tress, and began swimming in shore.
His companions in the waves heard and
saw his white face. Both believed, as
he meant them to, that he was threat
ened with cramps, and swan in shore,
too, calling out cheerful, encouraging
words to him as they pulled for the
shore, assuring him that he would soon
be all right; that they could get him in
safely if he really should give out, and
other words to that effect. 1t was not
long before this man of moral courage
stood upon the beach in safety, and
those he had thus rescued from death
stood on either side of him and heard
what it would have meant for them all
to have spent another moment in that
outrushing tide.
1t was noncombatant in the strife
for life who remarked: THAT fellow
was great philosopher He knew how
tc appeal to the new woman when swim
ming her strongest against the old
order of things He only offered his
plea to the eternal woman1y,' to wom-
ans maternal need of taking care of
the sick or the helpless. Those girls
will probably always think it was their
own physical strength and powers that
rescued them from death by drown
ing; but it was really the eternal wom-
anly' bent upon helping one they be-
lieved in danger and need-"-Boston
Transcript
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HUMOROUS.

-She-swhy do you love me, dear
est?" H@~Er-why-bec you arc
not like other girls, for one reason
She-"Who were the other girls
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Open to Discussion.-He = "They
say that ill-temper will make woman
grow ugly in appearance She-More
likely it is the other way Losing her
looks will make woman grow iil-tem-
pered. '-Indianapolis Journal
-"What is the matter with the din
ner, Mary?" asked Mrs. Hicks, ImPa-
tiently. Its an hour late. 1ez saio
to have cold roast beef for dinner,
ma'am; it's cookin' it's been up to twin
ty minutes o."-Harper's>Bazar
-Bigson-.'I once possessed a splen-
did dog. who could always distinguish
between a vagabond and respectable
come of him 80 Bigson-"Oh, was
obliged to give him away. He bit me-"
-Tit-Bits.
The Lost Adjective. = Count LIE
Fraug (rapturously) is only
yum word in re Eenglish language to
descr-r-ribe your beauty. Mees Gold
rox." Miss GoldroN-'Oh, COUNT"
Count LIE Fraug-"And unforchunate-
" 1 half forgotten vat EFT ees.'-Har-
per's Bazaar.
-Richard-''They say that kissing is
dangerous. DO you believe it?" Rob-
eFt-''It is when any third person hap
pens to see you 1t is more than likely
if that woman over there had not been
witness to a transaction of that kind,
should not have been her son-in-law."
Boston Transcript.
Counsel for the Defense = You
have heard the testimony of Mr.. Brown
for the prosecution. Now, did you ever
hear Mr.. Browns reputation for truth
and veracity questioned? witness
Not directly; but he has baby at his
house. he owns dog and rides a BIZ
cycle, and he is an amateur fisherman
CounselE.That will do, sir" Counsel
for the secltion-''We do not care to
cross-examine the witness, your honor.
Boston Transcript.
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Grape Cultivation in China.

French viniculturists are somewhat
disturbed by the reports that come
from Manchu of the enormous atten-
ton that is now given to the cultivation
of gra pes in northern China. Heretofore
these have been raised only for table use.
In 1893 the first attempts were made
to manufacture from them wine of
an ordinary quality and superior sort
of champagne The results have been
81 satisfactory that foreign house
determined to secure from the Chinese
government monopoly of the manu-
facture of wines from the vineyards of
Manchu- By an imperial edict this right
has been awarded for a long term o.
years, and a distinguished European
expert has been sent to China to take
charge of the large plant in process of
building in the grape district. French
viniculturists are worried by what they
consider may be formidable yellow
invasion" o. their market--N. Y. Times.
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Midnight Hot Bread Lunches.

do you know" asked a policeman,
''what that crowd of young society peo-
pie is doing at the bakery over there ?''
1t was just before midnight in the West
end, and a group of young folks had
gone. chatting merrily, into the door of
a large bakery. ''They will wait
there" continued the bluecoat, until
the first batch of bread is taken out of
the oven, which occurs about IL o'clock
Hot-bread lunches seem to be getting all
the rage among the swell set, for every
night about this time 1 see group after
group go up to the door of the bakery
and procure the freshly-baked bread,
so hot that it scorches the paper. They
take it to their houses. and there it is
eaten with plentiful spreading of but
ter and preserves To be thoroughly
enjoyed it must not be cut, but pulled
apart with the fngers-"-Washing
Times
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A Reneficent Lake.

According to Prof. Forel, of Lau-
same, the Lake of Geneva. lying in the
deep valley between the Alps and Jura
mountains. performs a remarkable
work for the benefit of man. During
the summer it's waters store I'D a great
quantity of heat, which is slowly radi-
ated into the air in the course of the
following autumn. Thus the frcezino
currents descending from the snow
topped mountains around are warmed
and tempered, and the atmosphere
along the shore of the lake is main
tanned at a moderate temperature. The
excellence of the grapes which produce
the celebrated white wines of this re.
gion is thought to be largely due to the
influence of the lake upon the condition
of the atmosphere. But the remote de-
scendants of the present inhabitants
will experience quite different state
of affairs. for Prof. Forel saws that in
$4,000 years the river Rhone viii
have turned the lake into broad pIain.
by means of the soil it is constantly car.
rying down from the mountains-
Youths Companion.
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THE CARS POLICY.
He Has the Power to lake Turkish
Massacres impossible.

Massacres Impossible.
VIII there be any change or will the
powers content themselves with vigor-
Gus notes, demands for indemnity for
the outrages on foreigners and the de-
struction of foreign property and lift
not a finger to secure the punishment
of the real criminals? Much will de-
pend upon the course to be taken by
Russia. The recent death of Prince
Lobanoff is a matter OF international
significance. More than any other
one man has he been identified with
the policy of non-intervention in Turk
ish matters, in pursuance of his greater
policy of Panslavic ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
To him, Turks, Kurds, Armenians,
HISTORIANS were simply so many pawns,
all of equal value, to be sacrificed or
advanced, according to the immediate
crisis in the game. There has not APP
peared in the whole conduct of the Rus
sian foreign office a single hint that the
terrible oppression under which the
non-Greek Christians of Turkey suf-
fered was regarded with any degree of
adherence. Certainly no Russian Off
cial has lifted a finger to relieve them.
From various sources it has become
public that the car and czarina have
recently been aPprised of the real ma
ture of Turkish oppression and massa-
ere and have been much moved by the
sentiment of the rest of the Christian
world in regard to Russia's respon-
sibility for them. 1t is said that the
car sought to modify Prince Lo-
banoff's stern, unbending policy, but
failed. He has now an opportunity to
;naugurate a different one. If he does
not, then the full weight of censure
from every Christian nation of the
world should rest upon him. He has
the power to make such massacres an
impossibility. If he does not exercise
that power he will be held responsible
for them.-Chicago News.
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OLD BUILDINGS IN SARDINIA.
The Mystery of Their Construction Not
Yet Penetrated.

The Mystery of Their Construction Not
Yet Penetrated.
For centuries past the ingenuity OF
learned men has been exercised on the
Noraghe of Sardinia, but to this day
they have no more been able to discover
the origin of these famous buildings
than had the Romans before them
They were unable to say whether they
were used for tombs or fire temples, for
trophies of victory, for observatories,
OF merely for human dwelling places.
More than 5000 of them have been
counted in Sardinia, standing on arti-
fetal mounds 80 or 60 feet high, ard
measuring at the base 100 to 500 feet
in circumference. They are usually
in the shape of towers, built with inn
mense blocks of stone roughly hewn
with hammers. No cement is used in
their structure, nor is there any in
scription to indicate their origin.
A low entrance at one side leads into
long and lofty passage, communicat-
ing by a very low door with domed
chamber beyond. On either side of this
small cells have been formed in the
walls. A spiral staircase rising steeply
from the dome leads to another but
somewhat smaller chamber above, and
again beyond this to the broken top
of the Noraghe.
Nothing has been found within these
buildings, and to this day their exist
ence is a mystery.
In the same vicinity other buildings
have been discovered which are no less
puzzling to antiquaries. The general
opinion is that they were built for the
purpose of bnrying giants.
The most interesting archaeological
mysteries of this country are the Denes
of Essex and MiddleseX. They are per-
pendicular shafts sunk in the earth,
with lateral caves at the bottom, but
the purpose for which they were dug
out has never been discovered. It is
possible, however, that they might
have been used as granaries or even as
places of refuge in time of trouble.
The Ratbes of Kerry form an inter-
esting study, the only conclusion that
has been arrived at, however, being
that they were inhabited at some re-
mote age by a race of dwarfs. The dis
trict is covered with hundreds of green
mounds, beneath which, when the earth
has been removed, it is seen that there
are tiny underground buildings.
A small opening, through which a
man is barely able to crawl on his hands
and knees, gives access to the inc1osed
and walled-in space beyond, which is
divided into several smaller chambers
Each one communicates with the other
by a small hole, similar aperture be-
ing made in the outer wall for the pur-
pose of ventilation. A rude fireplace is
sometimes found in a remote corner.
but no outlet beyond the holes for ven
tilation is provided for the smoke.
Very little more than this is known
about these mysterious habitations.-
London Tit-Bits.
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GUESTS sUREoF COOL WEATHER

Hotel at Spitzbergen Where the Thermom-
eter Never Rises to Fever Heat
I mentioned in my last article the
hotel that had been erected on the little
spit of land in Advent bay, and as 6
hotel in latitude rs degrees north is a
novelty, it may interest some readers
to have a description of 1T. 1t is, Oh
course, built entirely of wood, and is
of the ordinary type of Norwegian
cha1ets, with a spouted dragon on the
gable in default of signboard. The
bedrooms are coy little cabins, with
portfolios for windows, for, there is
no sun to let in during the dark
months, and ones chief aim and OBJ
ject is to keep his rays out while the
sun holds all-night sittings, the smaller
the aperture the better. 1t only took
about a fortnight to put it up, and al
ready, besides some of the members OF
Sir Martin Conway's expedition, il has
had several staying visitors.
An enthusiastic Norwegian sports
man had made it his headquarters, and
there were also some English ladies pat
ronizing it. Once n week the Nor
wegian company which put it up runs
a small boat, carrying passengers and
letters. 1t has it's own post office and
frank letters as far as Tromso. Those
who have stayed there report very ia
vorably as to the comfort and food,
and the charge is only ten kroner a
day it is by no means an eXtravagantl7
dear place to stop at. The Norwegian
sportsman referred to had had very
fair sport, having killed two polar
bears, reindeer and a walrus; but the
walrus is difficult to secure. Unless he
is shot in the throat, a wound which
for some reason prevents him from div
ing, he disappears into fathomless
depths when mortaily wounded. For
the ornithologist Advent bay repre-
sents many attractions, and at present
the birds are by no means shy. What
the result of constant incursions of
trippers may be is another question.
The scenery all around US was very
grand, but the hotel, Haunting it's Nor
wegian flag - Spitzbergen, though
claimed by Russia and Norway, is real
ly no mans land-almost forbade the
belief that we were actually in the re-
gion of the pole, yet we were then "a
good deal north of the spot where
Franklin and his gallant crew died
The name of the most conspicuous
mountain in view, towering over a
gigantic glacier-Dead Mans Ear
savored enough of romance and ad-
venture to cancel, at least in part, the
incongruous effect of the neat little inn
with its post office, and even the empty
champagne bottle which betrayed the
picnicker and tripper. There is coal.
by the way, in the neighborhood, and
one of the party secured a specimen of
a demonstrating character, and peat
there must be in abundance, for the
promontory was of very Irish bog
like description.-Nor Cor London
Telegraph.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Rev. J. C. Plumb has recently be-
come pastor of the Congregations
church in Joplin, Mo-, for the third time
since its organization.
An effort is to be made this year
to raise the minimum salary received
oy the ministers of the United Meth
odist churches of England
-Schoo1ma' ANS are getting the up
per hand in Great Britain. While 20
years ago there were IL GIG male teach
ers to 14,901 female, last year the num-
bers were &c, 2T0 men and &C $40 women
Mrs. C. H. Surgeons little tract:
"a Protest Against Bazars,'' states
that many English pastors and their
wives consider the bazaar "a bondage
and burden The unexpected sale OF
$4,000 copies appears to confirm Mrs.
Surgeons thesis.
cardinal Satolli denies indignant
ly the recent report that he has learned
to ride a wheel. He says: Il never
scorched mile in my life, because
never rode on the wheel. The clergy
in Rome are prohibited from riding a
wheel, except those priests engaged in
parochial work.
Scotland is about to enter into the
delights of Presbyterian controversy
over the Higher Criticism in Biblical
study. The divinity students at Aber-
deem university, disappearing of the
teachings of DIR. David Johnston, the
orthodox professor of Biblical crlti-
cism, who denounced the higher criti-
cism in his lectures, and having failed
to convert him by disorder in the class
room, shutting their feet when he
prayed and throwing Bibles at his head
complained before the university court
of the lack of method lin his teaching
The court has decided that their
charges are proved and recommends
that the professor be retired. AS he is
appointed by the crown, there are diff
culties in the way, so that all the ele-
ments for pretty and lasting theolog
zeal fight are at hand.
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FRAUD IN BIRDS OF PLuMAeE.
Brilliant Feathers ON Show Birds Pro-
duced by Artificial Means.

Brilliant Feathers ON Show Birds Pro-
duced by Artificial Means.
Bird taking have been brought to per-
lection, indeed, when expert judges are
unable to detect where imposition be-
gins A great deal of humbug is per-
mitted to escape unrevealed at many of
the best stores. OF prizes handsome
cinnamon-coiored Hnnet received
lions share, and the elegant bird was
acknowledged formidable rival. The
songster had passed through many ex-
perienced hands and invariably came
off with flying colors. 1t possessed as
many first and second honors as feath
ers in its pinions and its perfect shade
was the envy of the local fanciers.
But eventually vigilant judge had
his suspicious aroused, and the rumor
escaped that the darling of the aviary
was artistically doctored. Its form
was believed to be natures own mold
ing, but the exquisite tint which had
hitherto been the charm par excellence
was decreed to be the work of a cunning
dye. The secret out, the owner made
a plain statement, and the dye went the
rounds of inspection. 1t was a blonde
preparation for the human hair, but
the fancier had discovered that it's vir-
tues We're not limited to the identifying
of hoary locks. The judge was cute
old fellow. He observed that he had
noticed a resemblance between the hair
of the fancier and the feathers of the
bird, after which some of the latter
were put to careful analysis.
A snow-wite bantam cock was at one
time a conspicuous prize winner at
some of the north county shows. Its
points were, according to the rules of
he Sh arfa a -
could be obtained. This ideal in white
brought its lucky owner many substan-
tial trophies and it was his proud boast
that the superb creature paid the eX-
pense Of his poultry yard, which, with
its numerous houses and runs, were
somewhat expensive.
The customary fall awaited his pride
Somebody discovered that the tail
feathers betrayed not the elastic char
acteristic of this aPpendage- ENamin-
alton published the fact that their
Drittleness was due to some bleaching
preparation or chemical. The perfect
bird had an imperfect plume, and tie
yellow shades on the large feathers hao
been bleached to the approved state of
whiteness. After this discovery the
fowl was ignominiously banished to the
remoteness of a back yard, and the
owners name was Cancelled from the
list of exhibitors.
Worthy of a better object was the eX-
ceeding care bestowed on the head and
neck of Il mallard. This drake was
worthy specimen of his class but his
possessor deemed the feathers of head
and throat to lack the metallic luster
which imparts beauty so striking to
the fawless bird. In this case lum-
inn int Of Pyt raV
ton was employed and the green feath-
ers received that tint of gold and pur-
pie essential TO undisputed mag
nificence. AS the dye was perfectly
fixed the drake passed successfully, and
was awarded a second prize. Elated
with success the fakist cheered his soul
unwiseiy, and betrayed his unscrupu-
lousness while in state of insobriety.
Parsons Weekly.
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Only q Start.

''But why did you go with him into
the conservatory? Didn't you know he
would try to kiss you?"
mo, I thought he would and wanted
to be sure. Merely a curiosity, you
know"
"was your curiosity satisfed?"
NO. He only kissed me once
Brooklyn Life.
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of His Injury.

Fogg-The train at the time was go
ing at the rate of 60 miles an hour. ]
was brushed off by porter.
Fenderson-Were you injured?
ITO the amount of Quarter."-Eo@
ton Transcript.
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- Ed1d IeflTCacn- Even were IL q 0ucS-
zion of money, L had enough private
zucEns, as you know. AS for Miss York,
~SStl. of course, it would be lonely with
oat Ella at first, after so many years
xs0mPanionship, but surely she didn't
expect her never to get married.. TWAS
REposferous.
Il was destined to know her objec-
SION AS L approached the lodge the
.porferess met me.
oh, Mr.. Bourn, this is shocking!"
Iyas more puzzled than ever! Why
my engagement to Ella should be
Shocking couldn't see; and no doubt
expressed it in my looks.
So sudden, too, siri' said the wonl-
zn- Nobody expected it,
Whatever's the matter?' said 1.
Why haven't you heard that Miss
Work is dead? No! Oh, dear! Poor
thing; had fit in the night, doctor
says, Was quite unconscious when Miss
Ella got there, and died at nine O'Clock
7.khfs morning
My heart sank; felt faint and giddy
Ii was some minutes before / could
Hove You will never know how it
Ereis, Howson, unless ycr should have
ssEh a blow. which L hope you never
ELL- But 1 am bound to say that my
enc thought was: My poor, lonely
darling, Ella,'
There were no more details to he
x=arned about Miss Yorik's death She
~aS buried in Lowmarlxet churchyarti.
1zsn WIS i'll for weeks, and could not see
even me. When she was well enough
~ attend to business. it was found that
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ling to give me one kiss ere die-just
one?'
eth try. Yes said I, she shall, If
you'll leave it to me-
81 will! God bless you, Mr.. Bourn.'
81 left him. When 1 got home Ella
thought I was ill, and indeed I was.
Overwork, pleaded. In another hour
they came to tell me he was asleep, and
would not wake in this world.
ST took Ella with me to the hospital.
Ella said I, "a prisoner who is dying,
and who has no-few-friends, told me
to-day how he had seen you and would
like you to kiss him ere he died, as his
own daughter would have done. VIII
your
Certainly, my darling
"And with eyes full Of tears she did
The unconscious form rose, the eyelids
half opened. the face smiled. She didn't
know: did he?
81 led her away, weeping, my own
heart full. I afterward verified his
story. But Ella has never known any
more, Howson, and never will. There is
sometimes a secret which should not
be shared between husband and wife.
Howson, isn't tlere?''
You're right, dear old Jim said ],
as he grasped my hand in silence, but
with tear-dimmed eyes. "You're right,
old fellow, and God bless you botE."--
Birmingham Weekly News
The herald., 1896-09-14
REAssERrs A Lib
Rank Injustice Done TO Edwin A. neservs by
Circulating Q Faisehood

Rank Injustice Done TO Edwin A. neservs by
Circulating Q Faisehood
Colonel Hellison Clay Otis insists on
reasserting his malicious falsehood to
the effect that Edwin A. Meserve voted
against the anti-funding bill in the Re-
publican county convention. This false
hood and he knows 1t to be such-he will
not retract because Mr.. Meserve has
declined to bow down before him and
recognize him as a political boss and
programer of conventions. The lie was
reiterated in the Times yesterday morn
ing.
When the vote was taken in the county
convention the Times representative
was not present, nor was any reporter
from that paper, as is alleged. In proof
of this it is only necessary to state that
the Times sent to The Herala, whose
representative was present, ana secured
a copy Of the resolution in question. II
a Times man had been there when 1t
was adopted he would certainly have
secured a copy of 1t, and it would not
have been necessary to send to The Her.
aid editorial rooms to ask for the COPY
of the resolutions, which was promptly
given by this paper to the Times re-
porter, as a matter Of journalistic cour-
tesy to that gentleman as an individual.
When the vote on the anti-funding res
olutions was taken Freeman G. Teed
sat upon one side of Mr.. Meserve and
Frank P. Flint upon the other. Both