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Everywhere were alcoves wherein we're cunningly
carved touches and chairs like thrones, md inches
with statues so life-ike that they seemed to be
about to step down to greet the stranger and tables
every sort of dish upon them all f green stone.
yet marvelously perfect. Harry took picture after
picture here as he headed his way through tho for
est of columns farther and farther into the cavern
but suddenly he realized that perhaps he had better
spare q few plates for the future.
While he was counting them to see how many
lie had he heard strange huttering noise, and saw
coming toward him d mass of bats flying along the
ROOT of the cavern. There were millions Of them
and they were all of the most brilliant fiery red,
bat that was not the strangest thing about them,
Tor their &C. Tesembled Holsters eyes, standing out
on stems six eight inches from their heads, and
they were all hairless. Bald-headed bats were new
to Harry, especially bats with Holsters eyes, and he
Fczcd az them in wonder until he saw what was
driving them forth, when his wonder changed to
alarm.
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They rushed wildly to and fro beneath him, gar-
ing up like demons but as the cavern was a mile
from Hoor-to roof he felt little fear of them and
scared above them calmly and unconcernedly. Still,
50 horrible their glances. that times he shiv
cred to think what might happen if he fell into
their clutches, and also when he reflected that long
ago the girl Anita must Lave been captured by these
very creatures that acted like crazy spiders and
looked something like
In few moments his Unconcern vanished, for
now the moon men began to swarm up the columns
that filled the cavern, and many were the fantas
tic projections from the walls and even from the
roof itself, they were cnging by their tenta-
ces from every possible point, sliding down the
green stalactites and columns and swarming up
again silently, swiftly and determinedly, so that
presently the cavern seemed alive with squirming
creatures.
The moonstone seemed to act as if alive and
moved carefully avoiding the out-reaching feelers
cleyerly and carrying Harry now high In air. now
Just clear of those moon the floor. The moon
men opened their gaping mouths as if shouting,
but nothing issued from the red openings, and this
made it all seem frghtful and like some horrid
dream from which he would awake and shudder
with relief
As the moonstone passed swiftly along, the ex-
element of the creatures seemed 70 increase and
become wild madness for the leaped and gri-
maced and shook their arms IN desperate frenzy,
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Surrounding her IN a circle sat fifty squat forms
like great loads; legless moon men, guarding her
even from the other moon men; and each spat out
poison about him, SO that no moon man dare ap-
proach the foot Of the pyramid upon which the child
sat great crystal chair. The toadlike creatures
gazed up stolidly and then spat their poison up
ward, but spitters they were not very superior,
and the venom fell far short of It's object As Anita
reckoning him on, Harry felt that there was
little danger, else she would have warned him, and
when the moonstOne came close she called out:
approach, dear boy. l feel that know you. for
] saw you talking to papa in garden at home"
Can you see that far from here" cried Harry,
he sailed close to her and touched her 20 assure
himself that he not dreaming 1t all.
She pointed upward, and following her finger be
that the dome was open above, and light there
the earth seemed to be hanging. He could see plain
ly all that was happening there, and the sight
inspiring that he seized Anita around the waist
and said, "BAZIPPr
Up rose the moonstone, and, if even the toad
like guards could not restrain the moon men, they
poured up the sides after It, but 1t shot out of the
opening like a rocket and then scared away down
the sides Of that vast green mountain like thistle
down, every moon IN pursuit The sloping
mOuntainside was covered with tiny fragments of
debris, probably the chips from the mystic carvings
Within done by gnOmIsh ancestors ages since.
As the moon men hurried down they caused these
chips to loosen, and pretty soon perfect avalanche
Of fragments was started, which, growing greater
and greater, soon swept the moon men onward, and
at the foot of the mountain 1t fell upon them and
buried them many feet deep, crushing them into
Jelly and wiping out the whole Tribe at once.
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Meanwhile, with Anita beside him, his camera at
his back and the head of the wornIike thing swing
ing by the string beneath him, Harry shot back to
earth while Anita in delight told him her story.
As Lt had supposed, she had been taken by her
noonstonc, which she still had concealed IN her
dress up to the moon because the wizard had uttered
TIE mystic word "UMPAH," over 1t, and there the
moon men had confined her upon the guarded throne
by order of the wizard himself, who had died not
long after thus keeping her prisoner hopeless and
forlOrn for seventy-fve years
All this time she had watched her distracted IA
Their as he sought for her all the world IN the
most isolated places as well where men gathered
together for good deeds or bad She had never grown
older, while she saw him bent at last under the
weight of years and sorrow, although he gave
UP hope.
ooh, what viii he say" she cried, "when he sees
me and finds me Just the same little girl afraid
he Will not ike It."
"He never has thought Of you as anything else"
replied Harry "He told me so himself, and 1 am
sure that it Is the truth"
q am lad of that" she added, "for, after all il
had grown so very very old, you wouldn', perhaps
have bothered about taking me away from the moon
men, and might have remained there forever. Now
/ suppose that L viii grow up just like other chill
dreu."
NO doubt; and when you are old enough you
are to marry me, for that's what your father said
also; that Is he said could have all his lands and
you also. but L think I'll be satisfied just to have
YOU" said Harry, he held her closer, although
there was not the slightest danger OF her falling Of
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And all this came out as Harry had said, for
when they arrived at the garden Anitas father
ognized her and cried: My child My Anita" and
utterly forgot how many weary years had passed
since he last saw her. He held her close and then
said:
Now I can die in peace"
But he lived for long time after that; long
enough 10 see her grow up and marry Harry and sec
all the gromes at the first human wedding they had
ever attended as well as TO hold on his knee another
little Anita just like her mother. She plays IN the
beautiful garden with the same moonstone, byt as
there are no longer any wizards suppose that she
Is perfectly safe; STILL if she were my little girl
think / would give the moonstone away 10 Jeweler
to put in his window WALL MeDOU0ALLA
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These were the moon men who had hoped to
capture The intruder upon their soitudes but Harry
eyaded them unconsciously, for they had hidden
IN the craters at his approach in order to spring
cut upon him when he ahgbted. TEey qIared after
him with their great moonlke eyes until he van
lshed, and then moved away into their Lding places
below the moons surface
Harry reached home In twenty-nine minutes for
the moonstone moved much faster earthwari of
course. as the law of gravitntion worked So much
stronger Hc alighted IN the yard, and there bc
saw his gnome friend who inquired eagerly into
ms actions and was Immensely interested when Ia
heard what had been accomplished, but Harry had
no time for long descriptions, TO- he wanted TO
Ieturn at once.
There are things on the moon; icok ont for
them| said the gnome. eve have a rotion thar
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Now MS attention turned entirely to tic
lunar orb. 1t cleaned pale and white in the sun
shine, and as soon he began to look at it it
seemed, as he approached, to be under him. instead
OF above, and he coming down upon it. while the
distant earth was IN the heaven above him and as
small as the moon usually seems to be to Us
Great peaks with black craters showed all over
It's Whtened surface, but he saw no seas nor green
trees. 1t seemed torn cracked and ragged al over
dark assures and purple crevices being the most
striking features on the landscape while the alb
sence of OUds showed that there was 10 moisture
anywhere. As he few nearer he could detect no
signs of animal life but he soon saw that there were
peculiar pale blue plants, that looked Ike coraIs
and sponges or queer seaweed growing eyervyhere
and immense mushrooms, as tall as houses In, med
up in all directions like enormous umbrellas mr.
collar buttons. He stopped the moonstoDe bv saw
ing "Bazlpp' and looked about him. when he WINS
perhaps i've hundred feet from the surface
Looking at his watch he found that II baI
taken him exactly ffty-four minutes 10 arrive a.
the moons surface and he merely glanced around
him twice before coming to the conclusion. TO ra
turn to earth and get his camera for re felt that
nothing but photographs of the wonders about him
would convince people that he had ever visited
the moon. So IN another minute he was Aving
back cartliward swiftly he had left it. He diI
not look back, he would have seen, rushing ont
from the ebony gloom of the craters, many STRANGE
shapes that brandished after him long waving arms
tcutacles, as if in rage and disappointment: the
forms which he had dimy seen lurki1 z in the
deep shadows far away where the sunlight lost
itself
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He went away as unprepared IS he would have
been when going to school, so that Mr.. Densmore,
on rejecting upon the matter soon concluded that
be would never return but would be overcome
and expire for lack of air. and the moonstone would
60 and on carrying a dead boy, until it came
smack up against the moon and smashed to bits.
But nothing like this happened, because the
stone flew fast that 1t drew along with II enough
atmosphere for dozen people, and its speed
incredibly great that 1t reached the moon in less
than hour; therefore the boy needed neither food
nor water the journey
Fast as the mOOnstOne few, however Harry 7as
able to see distinctly, and he watched the earth
1eceds with feelings of awe. At first there law
beneath vast eXpanse of brown and green, spread
out like a great cOlOred map of his own land then
the view broadened and two oceans came into sight
at either side, shining IN the sunlight like great
ponds, for already he so distant that the great
waves were invisible, and the seas seemed as glass
mirrors.
Then very soon he saw the whole world an i'm
ense GLOBE hattcned at the poles as the GEOGRAPHY
said it was and all the continents on the side toward
HIM were plain to view. Great mountains seemed
but small hills this globe or like the little If
regularltes on the skin of orange, AID he could
see the world turning on its axis also
This was so extremely interesting thst he forrot
all about the object Of his journey as he gazad down
at everything, and if he had not suddenly recol-
lected himself he would probably have colIided
with the moon before he was aware of its presence
but looking over his shoulder and seeing it still
far away, he began to be careful.
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He sailed in and found the interior as mysteri-
Gus as anything else IN the moon Great masses of
emerald-hued rock, were apparently carved into all
sorts of marvellous forms, here were i.
pits set up against the carved walls; there were
statues III all sorts of attitudes animals, figures,
flowers, ships, towers, minarets, dOmes while from
the roof hang spiras lanterns, fruits, birds, every
of pendant shapes, and all through the cav
ern columns, carved huted round, square, spiral
and fretod, held up the rock above aud were ranged
in rows as far as the eye could reach
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Harry Wetherill's Trip to the
Moon in Search of Anita, the
Girl Who Mysteriously Disap-
peared Seventy-five Years Ago

4 TARRH WEIHERILL, boy who the
friendship of a lot of gnomes, learned from
them tie secret of the moonstones power to
move with wonderful speed from place tc place He
was testing this power when the big stone which
he riding took him into a wonderful garden
Here Mr.. Densmore, the owner Of the place told
Harry about the mysterious disappearance of his
daughter, seventy-hve years ago. She was playing
with a moOnstone at the time, and this gave Harry
an idea that wizard might have spokea the magic
words which started the and chat had taken
her straight to the moon. He promised the father
10 search for his child
That seemed to satisfy Mr. Densnore, and he
declared that all he possessed would be Iarrys if
he found Anita in the MOON where Harry supposed
her to be- lywhere else, and she returned to
her parent.
So Harry said goodbye and then, pronouucing
the magic word, "Umpah" the moonstone shot up
ward so rapidly that III a moment it had vanished
from the view of the anxious old man. Harry had
started for the moon.
Now. had he bee. more familiar with astronomy
and physics perhaps, he would never have started
at all or at least not without careful prepare
tons, for 1t is well known to us philosophers that
there Is atmosphere outside cf few miles about
this earth OF ours, and therefore none the moon,
so that one who goes on such journey by anything
like an ordinary conveyance, such airship, for
instance, would have to take supply Of air alcng
well food and water, but Harry never even
though! of this.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-25

but they are usually not well cared for by sailors on the voyage from Africa, on which they are liable to contract blood poisoning from improper food. Only about 1000 of them are now i'm ported here in a year, and the average price for a young bird is S14. In re- gard to their linguistic abilities, the im- porter spoke of an African bird that is his own personal pet, which he said. talked fluently in English, French, High German, and Low German, besides a little in Russian. For a fine talkeF prices run up as high as $1,000, price which is paid perhaps once a year. The payment of $500 for a highly trained and accomplished talker is said not to be uncommon.
 About 15.0OO European wild birds, chiefly bullfinches, goldfinches, linnets. and thrushes, are imported here annu- ally. and also about 10000 African finches. The latter birds have no song, but are kept for ornament, and pair brings from 8 up to $10. The bullfinch, when trained, is noted for his talent as whistler, and sometimes whistles accurately as many as five or six tunes. For a well-trained bullfinch the price is from. $25 upward. The demand in this country for all kinds of imported cage birds increases from year to year the advance being partly due to in- crease of population and partly to greater general interest in them. This demand. it is said, is largely stimu- lated by children, most of whom are very fond of birds as household, pets.- New York Evening Post.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-25
A DRUMMER,s APPETITE,

Another example of marvellous capa- city is furnished by the French army, a captain wagering one day that drum mer of his company could eat whole calf. The drummer, proud of his dis tinction, promised to do honor to the captains compliment. Accordingly, a calf was prepared in various appetizing ways, and was being promptly disposed of by the drummer, When he had finally consumed about three-quarters of the repast he passed for another draught of wine, and placing his knife and fork on his plate, said to his super for officers, You had better have the calf brought on, had you not, for all these little kickshaws will end in talk ing up room."
 The introduction of soup, which Is mentioned for the first time in history at the beginning of the fifteenth cen- tury, is closely connected with the clergy. Then it was that, during the fetes attendant on the marriage of Catherine de Valois to Henry V. of England, the archbishop of Sens, at the head of a procession of his priests, bore
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-25
BEFORE THE KING OF sERVIA's 3sasaSE5f 4%-g 2COTTP

Presently he made some remarks, 1m- plying that he was confronted by great difficulties, but hoped to surmount them. @ hazarded the remark that l understood he had been received with the utmost enthusiasm during his re- cent progress through the country. "Yes,'' he said, ''the people are loyal and true. I am never at issue with them. But the parties do not always represent the people, and then do not find it so easy to manage them." mentioned that with us in England there were interruptions and pettifog- ging opportunists, but the backbone of the nation was sincere. ''Ah! you in England,'' said he, have the advan- tage of sound settled constitution. People often point to the. British Parli- 4aiaaent and urge me to place the same confidence in my Parliaments as Brit isfl sovereigns do in theirs. To this l reply}that if they will deserve the same confidence am quite ready to give it to them.
 This remark was peculiarly interest ing, in view of the events which imme- diately followed my audience. The Vuich ministry suddenly fell, and Gen. eral Tsintsar- -Markovich, the comman- der in chief, was intrusted with the for nation of military cabinet. As neith- CT this, nor, indeed, any other, iould rely upon working majority in the Skupshtina, the only alternative obvi- ously was to govern without that body. Supply having been voted, there was no constitutional or other necessity to summon Parliament again for fifteen months, which is 8 long time in. the Balkans. We shall see what happens. I hope and believe that by strong per- sonal government the king and the gen. eral will succeed in inauguratng a new era. They may need to abrogate or modify the present constitution, which is far too liberal and permits every lit- tie editor to pose as a great power and make undue noise. As I remarked to the king, it is also unfortunate that Servia is not better understood abroad, and, especially in England. At present nearly all Servian news is supplied by unappreciative journalists from Vien- na.--Herbert Vivian in the Pail Mall Magazine. .~
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-25
FRUIT AND EARLY GARDEN VEG
 ETABLES.
Far Better Than So-called Blood Puri-
 fiers."

Far Better Than so-called Blood Puri-
 fiers."
 Fruits and early garden vegetables at this season of the year are not only luxuries, but also necessities to all who appreciate good health and strength. The, warm spring days with their ethereal mildness produce a condition of lassitude and general indisposition which is commonly called spring fever. This condition. which is common to all of the sons and daughters of Adam, re- quires rational treatment. And the most advanced and enlightened doctors now say: Do not take drugs and med ical prescriptions. Instead eat freely of choice fruits and vegetables and you will feel an appreciable gain until you are eventually just as well as eve" " But where can I get good luscious fruit and fine early vegetables which are so provocative of m appetite and so rem edial in their effects? We'll Well! We see that you are stranger in this city. If you were not you wouldn't ask such a question. But never mind: go to the Mirror store, S5S Chapel street. and cast glance into the store. That's all. You'll know when you get there that you've struck it all right" The follow ing are but few of the good things at Judson's this week: Fancy strawberries, pineapples, red bananas. Florida grape fruit, oranges Exceptionally fne). as- paragus, cucumbers, mushrooms, head lettuce, tomatoes, and scores of other good and toothsome articles which will appeal to you with a potency which is irresistible.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-25
I6-
 Local Weather Report.
Brtel alelsttOn.

High water to-day, 9:S1 p. m.
 Colonel A. c. Hendrick will read a paper before Admiral Foote post this evening on the capture of New Orleans by Farragut.
 Mrs. Edward Hotchkiss, of Redlands, Cal, who is visiting relatives in this city, spent Thursday calling on friends in West Haven. .st
 MT. and Mrs. Harley Hodges, of West Haven, chaperoned a party of young ladies and gentlemen last evening at a dance at Colonial Inn.
 Rev. Dr. Phillips, of the Church of the Redeemer, this city, will preach at the First Congregational church, Bran ford, Tomorrow evening.
 Mrs. Lucy Bacon, of Plantsville, will leave Monday for the Dansville sani- tarium which is located in Dansville, N. Y, where she will undergo a course of treatment. "r %'.-.. Henry H. Gallup, state treasurer, has issued a notice to contractors and builders for sealed proposals for the erection and construction of an addition to the hospital at the Soldiers home in Noroton,
 Asa l.. Fabrique, administrator on the estate of the late Lucius Smith, of East Haven, has sold to Leonard B.. Smith seventy acres of land located on the East Haven hills and stretching from Lake ISaltonstall to the rear of Albert Plants peach orchard.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-25
PRINcE1,Y GIFT TO A CHEF


 For it was at this period that the great ravagers of the world, who were to carry ts;e name and arms of Rome into distant lands brought their cooks with them, who vied with one another in contributing the most appetizing dishes of various countries. It was then that Antony, intoxicated with the spells of conquest and more than usu- ally pleased with the artist of his kitchen, sent for him at the desert and presented him with city of 55,000 in habitants--an example followed in a minor way by Henry VIII. of England, who rewarded his cook for having com posed a pudding of especial merit by the gift of manor. It was then that the Sybarites bestowed public recom- pense and marks of distinction upon those who gave the most magnificent banquet, and especially upon those who invented new dishes.
 MT. Ellwanger has an interesting dis quisition on ''Old English Dishes" and says that 400 or 800 years ago they had four meals daily-breakfas at 7 dinner at 10, supper at and livery at 8.
 Since then, from an early hour in the morning, the principal daily meal has advanced equally in France and Eng land through every hour from 10 in the morning to 10 at night. In France in the thirteenth century In the morning was the dinner hour. Henry VII dined at Ii. Tn Cromwells time 1 o'clock had come to be the fashionable hour, and in Addison's day o'clock, which gradu- ally became adjourned until 4. Pope found fault with Lady Suffolk for dn- ing so late as 4, saying young people might become inured to such things, but as for himself if she would adopt such unreasonable practices he must absent himself from Marble Hall. Four and continued to be the popular dining hour among the better classes until the second decade of the century, when was further postponed, from which period it has steadily continued to encroach upon the evening.
 In chapter, From Careme to Dumas the author quotes an anecdote of the gastronomic of a Swiss guard in the employment of the Marechal de Villars:
 One day the guard was sent for by the marechal, who had heard of his enormous appetite. How many sirloins of beef can you eat?' he tentatively asked. 'Ah, monseigneur, for me I don't require many, five or six at the most And how many legs of mutt ton?' Legs of mutton ?--not many seven to eight and of fat pullets?' O, as to bullets. only a few-a dozen.' And of splgeons?' As to pigeons, mon- seigneur, not many forty, perhaps fif- ty., And larks?' Larks, monseigneur? always