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The Writing on the WALL
By Thomas c. Harbaugh
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Brant Durivage was in the neigh
borhood of 40 when he came back to
the home of his ancestors. He was
q bachelor, very tall, and dark OF
feature. He had been abroad 10 years,
and as l, young physician, had but
lately settled in the adjoining town.
7 had never seen him. l had heard,
however, that he had visited many
countries, civilized and savage, and
had concluded that he was tired of
roughing it and glad for a chance to
settle down beneath the roof of his
fathers.
His old acQuaintances did not see
much of him after he came home. He
nodded to his former friends, or
passed them by without so much as
a how. Not long after his coming
home we learned that he was courting
Annie Kimhall, the prettiest girl Of
the neighborhood, already engaged, as
we believed, to Steve Morgan, a young
man of steady habits, but without a
tithe of the wealth possessed by Brant
Durivage.
Old Kimball, Annie's father, was
dissipated, and, just then, financially
embarrassed, and the truth is that he
sold his child to Brant Durivage, fore
ing her 10 break her engagement with
young Morgan, who denounced the
bargain in bitter language whenever
he could find anybody to listen to him.
At times he swore that he would 'get
even" with the man who had come be-
tween him and Annie.
For several weeks matters drifted
along quietly. If Durivage heard of
Morgan's hot words and threats, he
said nothing. He seemed perfectly
contented with the conquest he had
won, the wedding day had been SET
and Annie had become resigned to the
fate from which there seemed no es-
cape.
Steve Morgan had given up his
trade, but not his daily habit of ours
ing Brant Durivage. He had lost
flesh, and his eyes had a wolfish,
look. In common with 9th
ers, fully expected a tragedy Of some
kind, and went SO far as to share my
opinion win the constable, who no,l-
1ed approvingly.
The tragedy came, but not in the
manner expected. At ten o'clock on
he night before the day set apart for
he wedding man whom l knew to
De Brant Durivage's factotum, threw
open my office door, and rushing in,
startled me with the intelligence that
lis master had just been shot.
Thinking Immediately of Steve
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WAS more Indu ever mySLiIcu.
have never heard of the written or
spoken words They were all Greek
to me. but / felt that they were con-
nected with the awful death Brant
Durivage had died. During the next
few days there ran through my mind
nothing but "K'aa, K'aa, K'aa."
had the nurse repeat "Kala haetlWe"
until had mastered it, and until l Lett
the Shropshire village and located IN
London. an event in my career which
took place year later. | did not let
the singular words escape me.
During this period Steve Morgan dld
not go back TO Annie. He wrote me
that he would not do SO until the mys-
tery connected with Durivage's dea!h
was solved, and felt that the solu-
ton would never come and bring the
two young hearts together.
One evening was called to- attend
a man who had been run over. by a
Lutcher's cart near the Strand. he
Lad been carried to his lodgings near
BY and lay bloody and gasping- on a
rallet of dingy rags. The moment
saw the man q strange thrill took pos
session of me, and recalled Steve
Morgan's description of the owner OF
the poisoned arrow.
When / had dressed the wounds
made by the heavy wheels of the cart
and had my patient sitting up. vita a
hot drink before him and his lcne
dark fingers encircling the glass;
asked him who and what he was.
I'm a Bushman." said he with a
chuckle, and then, seeing the LOOK OF
disbelief that exhibited, he went on:
"You don't think so? l can prove 1t
Look here"
He leaned toward his pallet ane
TO nv utter astonishment took IRON
beneath the pillow of rags a bow an'
two arrows. l could not repress
cry of amazement. and did not Try
| The dark-faced little man was hold
ing the arrows toward me, and couie
see that they were exactly like the ont
which had killed Brant Durivage.
81 had three, but lost one som'
time ago." continued my patient
"Where did lose 1t? Never mine
that. doctor. l could go back to tn
erot but I will not. Ho, no. H
knew what it was all the time. M
little arrows are more dangerous tnai
they look. 1 prick your hand Wit
one, and all your skill cannot saw
your life. The marurn tree grows nc
where but among the Bojesmen, tn
little men Of South Africa. 1t look
like your elm, but it has many thorn:
It's leaves are the homes of the CRU
that builds houses like the silkWorn
When we want poison for our AFRO"
we take a grub between thumb an
finger, and make it shed its green's
fluids upon the ivory head OF I'd
!, shaft. That is all. The marurn CRU
is death. How does the victim IL
eb? He writhes in agony. he d
comes a giant in his madness. ne ma
few lucid intervals. 1t is terrible a
ho!"
was holding one Of the arrows
my hands. oy
"What do you call your poison!
asked, looking up into his face Wh.'
had the leer of a fiend incarnate'
. "K'aa answered the little man, WI
laugh. Some people call 1t N ew
| but K'aa is its name.
> was calm now.
"And it's antidote?" said.
/ "We seldom tell that it has one
prinned the stranger. But III u
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you, doctor. The antiiote is 'Kala
haetlwe,' the product of small plant
that in our country beats little star
/ shaped flowers
l The man on the pallet allowed his
gaze to wander from my face to the
arrows. He seemed to be rejoicing
in spirit over some stirring event.
Your lost arrow is in my Office" l
said, fixing my eyes on the man. II
took the ivory head from Brant Duri-
wages back. I now know why he
wrote 'K'aa. K'aa! on the wall and
died crying 'Kala haetlwe'"
The man from South Africa fell
back, and regarded me with gaping
mouth.
"Why didn't he let me alone in my
love AFFAIR.", he exclaimed. told
him that If he took Nina away from
me, I'd follow him all over the world
with my arrow tipped with K'aa. He
would not take my warning, and
was forced to keep my word Did he
die hard. doctor?"
The next day wrote Steve Morgan
down in Shropshire all about my
startling discovery, and when l sent
an officer to look after my patient he
was found to have gashei his throat
with one of his own arrows, and in
an hour was dead. In course of time,
I am pleased to relate, Steve and An
ME became man and wife, but I am
told that for many years on the wall
Of certain room in Shropshire was
to be ceen this singular thrilling in
scription:
: rK'AA!-K'AA-K'AAi"-The Home
Magazine.
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1000, ..,, suus.auces as We'll as to I'LL
all space. But, practically. are there
not resistanccs. etc, which would
make the waves choose some partlcu-
lar path in preference to others?
"Yes. and I think the waves followed
the curvature of the earth"
"In regard to the very important
question of making the messages ex-
elusive. so that anybody might not
pick them up and read them in their
flight. what Is to be said?" "They can
he made perfectly exclusive, he re-
piled, "by having the transmitters and
receivers tuned in unison Then only
the properly tuned receiver can take
the messages, and all other receivers
would get nothing"
How great range is there at your
disposal in tuning the instruments?
Can you make as great variety OF
tuned transmitters and receivers re-
spending only to one and another as
q manufacturer of Yale locks can
make of locks that will open only to
their proper keys?" We'll, I cannot
yet say how great the range IS, but it
would seem to be very great, because
we have millions of vibrations to
choose from, and even if it were nee
essary to have one thousand Vibra-
tions covering the field of each set OF
instruments. yet with millions 10 Sc
l,.ct from, thousands of such sets, eacn
independent of all the others, could
be made. Suppose, for instance, we
had ten million vibrations available
and we allotted them In sets nf one
thousand to different instrum eats,
then we could make ten thousand in
dependent sets of instruments.
"Will you abandon. the use Of kites
in your later experiments" Eyes, We
shall use masts."
How high will the masts have to
be in sending messages between Cape
Cod and England?" About $50 feet.
Messages have been sent 20 miles
from an elevation of only two feet
The distance increase as the square
of the height of the masts. There Is
probably a slight absorption OF the en-
ergy in the atmosphere, and it is nee
essary to make allowance for that.
But, of course, the height of the
masts has nothing to do with the cur
yature of the earth, or with the get
ting over intervening obstacles"
"No, not at all"
"And you believe you could sen:
messages across North America WITH
ont regard to such obstacles as the
Rocky Mountains, which rise 12,OOO
or $4,000 feet above sea level?" Yes
I think it can be done. But more pow
or is required over land than owe
Goa because there is more absorption
of energy"
"You will not stop with establishing
communication across the Atlantic!
ooh NO. hope not | hope to se
the system in use all over the world.
"Would it be possible to send a mes
sage all around the earth so that
would come back to the startln
point?" Il cannot say"
: as it your impression that sue
waves as you employ can only be sen
between points situated on the surfac
of the earth. and cannot be sen.
even disregariing the supposed al
sorbing shell in the rarefied region
the air above our heads-away trol
| the earth to some other body, sa
i the moon? We'll, that is what tn
) experiments so far made seem to ind
1 cate but we cannot yet be altogethe
SIRE"
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COSTLY SODA FOUNTAINS.
sone Of Onyx Worth $4,000 or $4,000
-ImprOYcments In Them.

|
improvements I'm Them.
THE great majority of the fine
soda fountains of today" said a sod;
fountain manufacturer, "are built O
Mexican onyx. Some run in cost VI
to $4,000 or $4,000.
"a $4,000 soda fountain would be
made of the finest materials and would
be OF great size. IL might have &c
draft tubes AID hundred syrup cans
Very beautiful onyx fountains oi
tic dimensions more commonly used
say with 10 syrups and three draught
tubes, can be bought for from $3.50 to
$1,000. In fact, handsome onyx
fountain can DC bought for 5000.
But everybody wants an onyx
fountain. There are yet purchasers
vino prefer one of marble. A marble
fountain with onyx trimmings could
be had at say s45O. An old style
marble fountain might be hal for 500.
Fifty years ago Or theEeabouts soda
water was drawn from a silver tube
rising out of the counter Then came
the first visible soda fountains, small
marble boxes placed on the counter
From these developed the elaborate
and often costly fountains of marble
that preceded the onyx fountain of
the present
Beautiful and costly marble was
brought from all parts Of the earth
to be used in the construction Of soda
fountains. But now the fashion is
onyx. with canopy or superstruc-
ture Of wood.
Along with its great development
in beauty has come corresponding
Improvement in the soda fountains
working parts. The contemporancous
fountain is far more convenient and
efficient in operation than its old time
predecessor.
"As to the consumption of soda
water, it is far greater now than ever
before. This is due in very consid-
cradle measure to the widespread i'll
PRODUCTION of ice cream soda. 1t
would probably not be unreasonable
to say that where ice cream soda is
sold at low price the sale OF soda
water has been, within 10 years, quad
rupled
"At the same time some share OF
the increase must be attributed to the
fa prnotor voririv and attro ctivnnncc
of the soda water and other beverages
now supplied at the soda water coun-
ter; to the great improvement in the
made possible by i'm
proved fountains. and to the vast I'M
provemcnt in all the appliances and
utensils used about the fountain.
eve export some soda fountains. In
fact, we have been sending some IN |
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LANGUAGE OF THE TURKEY.
An English Naturalist Thinks He Under
stands tho Gobbler's Cries.

An English Naturalist Thinks He Under.
stands tho Gobbler's Cries.
Nelson Wood, an English scientist,
has made lifelong study of the Ian
guage of birds and he thinks he can
not only understand what many Of the
feathered creatures are saying, but
also express things to them which
they understand. He has many inter.
esting things to tell about the birds
he has met.
The creatures of the air, so he says,
talk the least; turkeys, chickens and
such feathered creatures, as they do
not fly very much, talk the most The
explanation of this Is natural.
The birds that do not fly are al
ways in more danger and they have
many notes of warning. Language
among them, of course, as it must
have been with primitive man, is but
an expression of the simple needs:
Danger, hunger, warning, pleasure
and such sensations are the first emo
tionS expressed.
To illustrate the various calls which
turkey has, Mr.. Wood cites note
for overhead danger, another for
danger on the ground, third for a
hawk in the distance, another of COM
plant when being driven, different
call in open meadow from that in
bushes, a special signal at night, as
well as special kind of note used in
ordinary conversation.
Chickens have even more modes of
expression. A hen has three distinct
songs, one when seeking her nest,
another for calling her mate and a
third for grooming to herself or in the
search for food.
The rooster has several distinct
notes and Mr. Wool says that some Of
these the ordinary person never OBJ.
serves. There is one, low fine whis-
tie which the rooster uses sometimes
on dark day when going to roost,
but when the rooster really begins TO
carry on an extensive conversation is
when he meets another chanticleer in
battle.
1t ranges all the way from def.
ant chuckle which invites the other
fellow to fight as surely as the pro-
verbal chip on boys shoulder, to
feminine Groom which means fear and
a desire to retire.
Perhaps of all birds the parrot is
the most intelligent. People have
been accustomed to think of the par
rot as simply mimic, but Mr.. Wood
pretends to have known many that
actually understood the words they
were saying. One of his parrot friends
always saluted him with Good morn
night" in the evening.
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that the blind man who plays the uaiiu
organ day after day at Grand avenue
bridge has watch in his pocket. he
has a watch, and can tell time, TOO.
Yesterday man dropped nickel IN
his cup, and, noticing the watch, askeu
him for the time. 1t was queer ques-
ton to ask but he saw the watch anu
wanted to know whether the blind man
was simply pretending to be sishtless:
81 think | can tell" said the blind
man. He held it up close to his ear
and slowly turned the stcn-winder.
"One, two, three, four, five, SIX
seven. eight he counted, and then nc
said: THAT means 72 minutes. wound
up the watch tightly at 8 o'clock anu
so the time ought to be about IL MILL
,tes past 4. Here, look and see how
near l came to it."
His ouestioner looked, and the time
was AIS. He was only six minutes
off.
DO you mean to say that you can
tell the time of day by winding up
your watch?"
Not exactly, but can come mighty
near it; usually within ten minutes,
and It's very easy. too. All you have
TO know is how long one click in wind
ing up will run the watch. III explain.
Suppose that at o'clock l wind up my
watch until it is tight, as We say; that
Is, until another turn of the winder
would apparently break spring. AT
5 O'Clock wind the watch again and
find that the winder clicks II times
before the watch is wound up to the
place where it sticks Then | know
that II clicks will run the watch l2O
minutes. and that one click represents
10 minutes of time. milwaukee, Sen
| tineL
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ulation box pleat, through which but
ton holes are worked. The sleeves arc
in bishop style, with the seasons deep
cuffs that are buttoned up at the in
side. At the neck is q necHband over
which the regulation stock, or linen
collar. may be worn.
To cut this waist for miss of.four.
teen years of age four yards Of mate
rial twenty-one inches wide, three and
a half yards twenty-seven inches wide
three and an eighth yards thirty-two
inches wide, OF two yards forty-foul
inches wide will be required.
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entirely to supplant woci as fuel. III
provements in processes OF p:5 iron
manufacture, long ago adopted ny
western nations, arc also suggested
The commission believes that the an
nual output of pig iron in the ura!s'
now about $4,000 tons year, may
readily be increased TO live times tl';
quantity and that the prices Oh IRON
and steel, now artificially hish, may
be so greatly reduced that there wiz
be no market in Russia Tor nhpor
tatiCns.
So the Urals may be advanced tc
the charcoal age of iron making Inc
fuel used in making nine-tenths OF
our pig iron is coke, a. llIis country
discarded charcoal many years ago.
| New York Sun.
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cellcnt May Manton model shown in
cludes all the essential features and
is suited to a variety Of materials,
pique, duck, linen etaminc, chcviot,
madras, silk, gingham and all the light
weight waist cloths and silks, tafieta,
pcau de sole, albatross and the like,
bat in the original is OF white mercer
lied duck, with handsome pearl but
tons, and is worn with tie and belt
Of pale blue liberty satin. Silk anl
when made over The fitted founuatioh'
but washable materials require to be
rnlined:
The lining fits srugly and smoothly,
but extends to tic waist line only.
The waist proper is laid in deep pleats
over the shoulder that extend to the
waist line at the back and front and
.rc stitched to yoko. depth with eorti-
cell silk to give the effect OF pointed
straps. At the centre front is the reg
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Tree for "A poRtofficc.

The inhabitants Of the village OF
Chetwynd Ill.,, and others near by have
a unique way Of receiving and sending
mail. Recently orders were received
to discontinue the pnsioiiicc at Chet-
wynd because of rural delivery pass
ing within half a mile Of that place.
and so large elm tree at The cross
roads was utilized and made 10 serve
as a postoilicc. There are u boxes
attached to the tree. besides the gov
ernmcnt mail box, which is used
solely for money orders, registered
letters, etc. Chetwynd gets all it:
mail in a large box on tie left OF
the tree, and fully 1870 people receiv'
mail at this tree.
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continued ihc man, taking an arrow
from the table, but I'm afraid there's
a bit of it left. He's shot under the
left shoulder and and from behind;
bad wound, I'm thinking And the
servant shook his head.
| fell at once to examining my pa
tient, and discovered that while the
barb had not gone deep enough t.
touch vital organ, the wound was
dangerous, especially II .hc shaft had
been poisoned. found also that the
servant was right about piece of the
arraw head remaining N the hurt, Tor
| removed it with my forceps and laid
it alongside the weapon on the table.
Meantime the people attached to
the estate were looking for the person
who had attempted Durivage's life.
The town constavle had been sum-
moned and the town itself was al
ready in an uproar. remained with
Durivage until | could leave him TO
the care of a nurse, and with ar
row and the detached head. | went
pack to my Office. | was clear to me
that the shaft had come from some
distant land. had seen many savage
weapons in collections, but never one
like it. The shaft proper was light
reed, very straight and hard. one
end had been cut off transversely and
the other notched in order to receive
the bow string. Next came piece OF
bone nearly three inches in length
| One end of it had been passed into
the split, or open end of the shalt
while the other end of the bone was
slipped a short piece of reed, oVel
which. in turn, a strong wrapping Of
intestine had been placed. All this
formed a socket for the true head ol
tie arrow, the none merely giving thf
shaft proper weight saw this muc!
by the light of my office lamp; but
saw more.
The head" was the piece l had eS
tracted from the wound. 1t was o
ivory. and l now saw that it hac
been attached to the bone weight IL
such a manner as 10 loosen itself whtl
anyone attempted to pull it from tn
victims body. Under the microscope
I saw that the head of the singula
shaft had been coated with a SUI
stance resembling glue, but which
decided was some deadly poison
was bitter an nauseating when apple
to the tongue, and had no doubt thi;
its virus was then spreading ltsel
through out Brant Durivage's system
: | went back to the estate again be
fore daylight, and found my patlen
raving in delirium. adminlstere
opiate after opiate, and long tim
uassed before the medicine produce
the slightest effect. The servant
said he had not spoken rationall
since the shot, not even during hi
uuiet moments, and this gave m
small hopes of pulling him through.
The next morning Steve Morga
was arrested on susicion. This dl
not astonish me after what the pi
headed constable had said the nigf
before. Nobody believed the ynun
man guilty, though he did not expires
any sympathy fer Durivage. and aftt
hearing he was discharged. He VIZ
strangely non-committal during the G
animation, and when it was over !
came into my office and took a chat
Doctor" said he, leaning towa'
ME with a smile, they didn't ask n
to tell what | saw, did they?"
81 believe they diu not, Steve"
answered, wondering what he knew.
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Wo1nan's Fan,

{. Fancy bodies; with round yoIes. are
much in vogue both for entire gowns
and the popular odd waist. This smart
.May .Manton modelsis adapted to both
purposes and to all the seasons dress
and waist materials, but. as shown, is
made of etamine in pastel tan color,
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Benefit of the Birch.

The cane should never be used IS
the ordinary instrument of school
punishment. A cane may possibly
hiring about irreparable damage, and
Gaming on the hands is the most sense
less and cruel form OF punishment i'm
aginable. The birch is the best lnl-
plement of punishment for small boys.
Firstly, it hurts; secondly if applied
in reason it does no harm.-London
nncet
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A Pretty NIillIi

Among the spring |
ess mode is occupy
place. 1t is broad an,
ceptible droop at the
R9Elie, R9Eiee,HailS tha tri'au
sometimes ostrich fea
adapted to this purpo
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Sashos Are Popular

The popularity Of sashes for spring
and summer wear is assured, and many
of the finest models for spring gowns
are finished in this effect.
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In 1882 the speed record on hlgl
bicycle was 20 miles in an hour anu
IL minutes. Behind a motor PAGER j
rider has recently covered 40 miles in
an hour.
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The skin of the muslox, which IS a
denizen of the Barren Grounds and
the Arctic region of Canada, has tax
en- the place of that OF the extinct
buffalo for sleigh robes. 1t varies
in price from $50 to as low as S. Tor
a DOOR article.
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A New York assemblyman has III
troduced in the legislature a Dill maE'
ing it a misdemeanor to "hlrt on
public thoroughfare.
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Mozart holds the record of having
written GA compositions.
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GUAM. AND CURIOUS.

A man should weigh IS pounds 'or
every foot of his height