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EVOLUTION OF THE MOTOR CAR.

A Frenchman named Cugnot, an En-
glishman named Trevithick, and an
American named Oliver Evans had all
been experimenting with steam car
riages in the eighteenth century; and
in 1929 Sir James Andersen. British
nobleman, had one built which was q
conspicuous success. 1t carried fifteen
passengers, and attained speed of if
teen miles an hour. The steam car
riage was such a vast improvement
upon the dandy horse and the veloci-
pede that capitalists began to build
them by the score They were inva-
riably shaped like stage coaches, each
with a clumsy, putting smoking engine
fastened on behind. Nothing so fast
as the steam carriage had ever been
invented, and every idle gentleman Of
fashion welcomed it as a new means
Of recreation. 1t made a national SEN
sation, favorable and unfavorable. AS
1t whirled along the country roads, like
smoky monster from some subterra-
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loved Dorothy Lawrence. A man well
practiced in the concealment of emo
ton, he was perfectly convinced that
she had not suspected his passion.
He was aware that the world, in
Guiding Judge and Mrs. Lawrence,
would not consider him a suitable
match for Dorothy, but he had deter
mined to make an attempt to win her.
nevertheless, for he believed in his
own heart that he could make her just
as happy as if he had the wealth and
the social position requisite to his
eligibility in the eyes of the world.
7 When the judge had spoken of Mr..
Winthrop he had been greatly dis
turbed; now for a moment his heart
was lightened by Dorothy's deter
mined avowal, but in a moment it
sank again, for the thought came to
him that the reason she so positively
refused to marry Mr.. Winthrop was
that she loved someone else. The
thought made him cold, but his face
was gravely impassive.
would not Mr.. Winthrop make a
suitable husband|'
1T is not that. l DO not love him."
you believe in love. then?'
She looked at him seriously, re-
proachfully
Il do not believe only; l know. But
Mr.. Robards, yOu-you believe, too?
You are not the kind of a man to treat
such things lightly. Tell me, am l not
right? Do you not also believe in
love?"
Il believe" he answered solemnly,
and then more softly, Il, too, know"
She bit her lip, seeming to check
some ill-advised speech; then, point
ing to a rustic seat under some willows
that bordered the path, said:
Let US sit down"
They were silent for long time.
Dorothy" he began, II must tell
you something. l am afraid it will
sound little strange after all this,
but l must tell you all the same. I
think it is best that you should know,
and after l have told you l shall go
away and shall not trouble you again.
Trouble me-" she murmured.
yes l am afraid that what have
to say must trouble you more or less.
1t is very simple thing though, after
all, and a very few words viii express
it. Dorothy, l love you"
She seemed genuinely distressed.
The man had spoken very quietly. His
voice and his face were under perfect
control.
Now, shall CO." he added.
"But why she stammered.
You have told me-that is, you have
implied-that your affections are fixed
already on someone so firmly that you
will risk disobeying your father"
Eyes, they are"
"In that case should 1 not go awAy?"
mo, you should not"
But, why?"
AZ have not yet told you on whom
my affections are fixed"
81 have no right to ask. But, of
course, If for any reason you think it
would be we'll to tell me"
IF you ask shall tell you"
well, who is it, then?"
She leaned over and whispered in his
ear very softly:
1T is William Robards."
Dorothy
ooh, VIII, don't! You are so i'm
petuous"
Il think l am rather slow"
Some time afterward Mr.. Robards
and Dorothy marched up to the judge.
where he was doing over a book on
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nations of the blood and excreta of
patients showed no signs of the pres
ence of bacteria. That disposed of the
microbe theory. Ten years earlier a
Cuban physician, DR.. Carlos Finlay,
of Havana, had propounded the theo-
ry that the fever could be carried by
a mosquito, the culex now steg0myia)
fasciatus. The board began to expert
ment with this insect. Eleven persons
were permitted to be bitten by these
contaminated mosquitoes. From nine
there was no result; two had yellow
fever. This proved conciusively that
the disease could be communicated in
that way.
The American board then undertook
the test which has become famous.
Two experiment houses were built at
Quemado, Cuba, one of them called
the infected mosquito building" and
the other the infected clothing buisel-
ing" The former was screened and
we'll ventilated; the other was screened
and unventilated. In the former, pa
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FIGHTING THE FEVER
YELLOW JACK AS u IS KNOWN
TO MODERN SCIENCE.
Combat Against the Dreaded Southern
Scourge Is No Longer the Unequal
Struggle 1t Once Proved TO Be-soms
Yellow Fever History.

Fortunately the combat against vel
low fever, the most dreaded Of summer
visitors, is no longer the unequal strug-
gle it once proved TO be. Modern re-
search and improved methods Of sani-
tation have robbed the ancient terror
of much of its grewsomeness, writes
Everett Lawton, but too much that is
reminiscent of its horrors still re-
mains
Medical men have never left off the
orizing about the cause of yellow fever
since they began to treat it. 1t was
believed by many that 1t was infec-
tious. a specific miasm carried in the
air. Others taught that it was con-
tagious, contracted only by actual con-
tact with substances which had been
contamir ated by fever patient Aft
er the search for heterogeneous be-
came the fad there were many an
nouncements of the discovery of the
fever bacillus, but conservative ply
sicians were inclined to be skeptical.
In the summer Of 1900 came the first
inkling of the true solution. The
United States government had under
taken to free Havana from its I'M
savory reputation for unhealthfulness,
and as a preliminary Surgeon General
Sternberg now retired appointed a
board to investigate the yellow fever.
The preliminary observation dis
closed several significant facts. 1t
was found that non-immune nurses did
not often contract the disease. That
seemed to controvert the idea Of con-
ia glon and infection. Repeated exam
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Famous Welsh Resort.

During the Summer months Abery-
stwyth is the most populous town in
Cardiganshire, and is reputed to pos
sess the prettiest seascape of any
watering place in Wales. At the
southern extremity of a crescent
promenade picturesque ruins of an
ancient castle face the sea, the broken
towers dating from the reign of Ed
ward l.
This castle was erected for the pur-
pose Of hemming in on the south, the
turbulent forces of that "hawk of bat
tie" Llewellyn the Great, and within
its walls, in 1905, he who has been
denominated 1.-The personification of
political Dreams" owen Glendower,
signed an alliance with France, while
the neighboring monks of Strata
Florida, the most influential Of Welsh
abbeys, supported his insurrectionary
claims. Until the middle of the seven
teenth century the castle endured,
guarding the plain around, but by the
soldiers of Cromwell it was dismantled
and destroyed, because the people Of
Aberystwyth had coined money for the
use Of their Inflated king.-Faur-
Track News.
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was the most destructive of any ever
experienced in the United States, 65,.
976 cases having been reported and
1850 deaths. During the Civil War
there was scarcely a case among the
Union troops in the South. although 1t
was freely predicted that the forces In
the Gulf region would be annihilated
by the disease. When New Orleans
was occupied by General Butler many
persons regarded the destruction Of his
army as practically certain. He began
Immediately to put the city in good
sanitary condition, detailing squads OF
his men to clean the streets and sew
ers. As a result there was not a sin
gle case Of well marked yellow fever
in New Orleans during the Union oc>
cupation. p IT,
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High Class.

A well known New York composer,
who had long felt the need of re-
putable firm of agents to undertake
the disposal of his compositions, read
recently the advertisement of bu-
reau which offered to place musical
and other manuscripts with publish
ers. Their charges were fairly high,
and the advertisement stated express
ly that only work "of the highest
grade" was handled by the bureau.
The composer, thinking that this was
probably the opportunity he had been
looking for, sought the address given
in the advertisement. Entering the
offices of the concern, he found the
manager, in his shirt sleeves, sitting
at a typewriter.
81 understand you place musical
compositions for a commission" in
quired the composer.
That's right" was the answer;
"but we only handle first grade stuff.
do you suppose" continued the
composer, you could place this
'Sanctus' of mine?"
"Sure!" replied the manager conf
IDENTIFY. why, last season we placed
Bink's Mothers With the Angels,
and he made over $4,000 on it"-Har
pers Weekly.
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LETTERS SHE NEVER SENDS.
Woman Writes Many Just to Get
Things Off Her Mind.


Things Off Her Mind.
az write lots of letters that 1 never
MALL said a Kansas City woman to
a friend recently. What do l do with
them? 1 tear them up. 1 write them
simply to get things l want to say of
my mind For instance, if the butcher
has sent me a mediocre steak and l am
mad about it l don't call him up and
scoId him. l send the steak back and
then sit down and write letter giving
him the very mischief for his care
lessness. When l have written it I
read it over. have the rebuke out Of
me and L feel better. Next 1 tear the
letter up. The butcher gets his steak
back and knows he was careless. He
sends another one and is more careful
next time. He didn't need the calling
down. but l needed to get rid of it.
Every once in while l sit down and
write notes to people telling them ex-
actly what l think of them When l
get the things l want to say off my
mind the notes are destroyed and l
am relieved That is the way 1 keep
people liking me. l say what l think
of them and have the satisfaction that
comes from saying it, but it never
reaches them or anybody else. kan
Sas CITY Times
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THE FARMERS BOY.

You ask about that boy of mine,
An what bis inclination is?
Why, stranger, can't you read the sign
That's writ acrost that youngsters
phiz?
He's such a master hand to shirk
That sometimes l can most admire
him!
An lazy.-if you gave him work
He'd help you make a chance to fire
him.
His mother says he's quick to learn
That wheE he's foolin' out O. doors
He's maxim poetry to burn
But watch him fool at dom chores!
His inclination is to be
A something that they call poet.
Such fOolshness don't come from me
| amt that kind, not if know it.
You see that critter on the wall
There in the frame? Well, that's
COW
His mother says he's got a call
To be a artist; but somehow
'Tisn't such a gift for him to draw
There's nothin' in it to surprise US.
But what that boy is useful for
Is what I'd like you to advise u.s.
When l was young it wasn't so;
Boys had a different trainin' then
They knew they had to hoe their row
An work their way like little men.
There weren't no fine contra tions known
In them old days for saving labor;
And he who'd finished for his own
Would 60 and help friend or neigh
Dor.
You think I'm hard on him? Why,
His mother says he'll turn out grand!
He's just the apple of her eye.
But, stranger, when l take a hand
Hush! Hero she comes Is that you,
ma?
l just was talkin' bout our Neddy
So smart, I'm proud to be the pa
Of such a son-eh? dinner ready?
Chicago Record Herald.
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WAR ON WAISTCOATS.
This Mans Garment Very Viciously
Condemned in England.

This Mans Garment Very Viciously
Condemned in England.
The war declared against waistcoats
| by E. n. Marshall, headmaster of King
ston Grammer School, is generally, but
conditionally, approved by hygienic ex-
perts.
A representative found several hy-
gienic experts at the office of the In
corporated Society Of Medical Officers
of Health willing to express their opin-
ions on the matter, and with one ac-
cord they were in favor of reforming
the waistcoat, but not of abolishing it.
They agreed that the waistcoat,
thick in front and with ly thin lin
ing at the back, was a death trap. In
winter every boy and man should have
his waistcoat lined at the back with
flannel" said one expert. land all the
year round it should be of uniform
thickness"
TOO much care cannot be taken of
the back" said another authority 1.-The
spinal cord, which is a continuation of
the brain, dominates every vital or
gan"
THE waistcoat as generally made is
the most absurd garment conceivable,
from a hygienic point Of view," was
the dictum of another medical man.
Either abolish it for a cardigan
jacket, which is really thicker at the
back than in the front, or for some
similar garment or else insist unon
having all waistcoats made of uniform
thickness"
The manager of a large Quitting
firm said that not one in hundred or
ders for clothing stipulate for a fan
mel lined waistcoat-London Express.
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Noiseless Peacocks.

Peacocks for the lawns of country
houses are becoming more and more
popular every year. There are deal
ers who make a specially of these
decorative birds. There is even one
dealer who sells noiseless peacocks,
for which he gets readily SIS apiece.
The one objection to the peacock
is his hoarse and piercing cry. The
dealer in silent peacocks operates on
the birds threats in such a way as
to quiet them forever The operation
is not painful nor perilous, and yet
it increases the peacock's value four,
fold.
A good peacock can be bought for
SIS. The bird eats corn and barley.
Its actual living expenses are not
great, but it is apt at any time to
die. The peacock, in this matter of
sudden illness and death, is almost
the monkeys equal.
They who keep dozen or more
peacocks have among them always
few plain little peahens. Hens sell
at a lower rate than cocks, for they
are not go beautiful.
Her eggs are large and brown, and
when she is nesting the 2eahen must
be fed by philadelphia Bulle'
tin
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mean world Of fire, horses Ieaped over
hedges and the terrified peasantry fed
to hooks Of safety. Compared with it, a
modern motor car is thing Of peace
and gentleness.
A dozen or so of them were run in
Londor as omnibuses. but the high
fare-a shilling a ride-and the omin-
ons aspect Of tie vehicle. scared away
passengers. Ladies disliked the steam
carriages because Of the grease and
SCOT that soiled their dresses; and so,
little by little, they fell into disfavor.
The railway, with its closed coaches,
cheaper rates. and smooth rails, drove
them from the roads into the muse
ums.
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tents were bitten by infected mos
quitoes; in the latter, no mosquitoes
were admitted. but the persons sub
hitting themselves to the experiment
slept with soled bedding and clothing
direct from the yellow fever hospi-
tails. In thirteen cases where non-im-
munes were bitten by mosquitoes
which had bitten a fever patient, ter
contracted the disease. In the other
house, although an equal number had
slept there several nights, no one be-
came III.
This discovery, which has since been
verified repeatedly, at once worked a
revolution in the management of the
dreaded fever. At Havana a war of
determination against the culex was
begun. If the death-carrying pest
could be abolished, it was evident that
the scourge would disappear. If com
pIete determination were not possible,
there still remained the salutary expe-
dent of screening both the patient and
the non-immune person from the pres
rnce Of the mosquito. This is prac-
tfcally the modeI way of dealing with
yellow jack. Ths It has been effect
ual is proved by the fact that within
few months after mosquito extermi-
nation began at Havana the fever dis
appeared-for the first time in a cen
fury and q half.
1t is a Northumberland fact that
yellow fever has prevailed endemically
throughout the West Indies and in GER
tain regions on the Spanish main ever
since the discovery of America. Bar
bados, Jamaica and Cuba suffered cpl
denies before the middle of the sew
enteenth century. There were out
breaks of the pest in Philadelphia.
Charleston and Boston as early as
1892. and for hundred years after
ward there were occasional eruptions.
eliminating in the famous Philadel-
phia epidemic of 1898. Most Northern
cities were able by extraordinary SAM
tary and quarantine measures 10 pre-
vent great epidemics, at least after the
beginning Of the nineteenth century.
but the disease crept in from the West
Indies now and then and ragged cpl
az lliellly in the Southern towns.
Although it has been the habit of
certain medical authorities, especially
those of foreign countries, to describe
yellow fever as a disease which origi-
mated on the yvestern continent. there
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is excellent ground for dissent. It is
well known to medical historians that
at the time when the plague first ap-
peared in the West Indies and at va
rious points in South and Central
America a similar disease ragged vio-
lently on the west coast of Africa, in
the countries bordering on the Mediter-
ranean and in India. OF course its
wide distribution at the time it was
first classified as distinct disease
would not initiate against the theory
Of its American origin, but it is also
an undeniable fact that outbreaks of
the disorder occurred in the lagoons
of Africa long before the discovery of
the American continent
Once accepting the theory that vel
low fever is of African origin, it is not
difficult to explain its transportation
to America. 1t is one of the baneful
legacies bequeathed by the slave trade.
The slave dealers of the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries often lost
from one-half to two-thirds of their
cargo during the voyage from mys-
FERROUS fever which broke out sudden
ly in the filthy holds of the overcrowd-
ed ships, and this complaint, formerly
denominated African, or ship, fever, is
now believed to have been yellow
fever. Whenever it appeared among
the hapless and terrified wretches
packed in the middle decks of the
slavers 1t made the most frtghtful raw
ages, and, as rule, the crews of the
vessels suffered equally with the
slaves. More than once in the history
Of the slave trade ships were found
adrift at sea, the holds filed with dead
blacks, while the white crews were
either dead or stricken with the fever.
Even In those remote days it was
suspected that The plague was In some
way connected with yellow fever. 1t
was observed that the latter sickness
occurred almost always at ports in
which returned SLAYER had Just dis.
charged her cargo. 1t is not difficult
in the light of present knowledge to
trace the course of yellow fever in
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De Trop.

When he entered the Art Gallery
somehow Percy felt Immediately that
he was out of place.
He was naturally discounted at the
presence of so many patronesses. he
had counted only on two and there
were twenty or thirty Of them
Percy felt for his butterfly tie. He
also had on a sack coat, though it
was four in the afternoon. He car
ried a soft hat Poor Percy.
He stood idly by and heard the con
versation for a while and then beat
his breast in silent misery Could it
be that at such social function his
presence had been secretly noticed.
He felt much ashamed
1T is true" said Percy, as he stole
away in secret, that | painted the
principal picture in the collection
yet why should I, mere artist, be at
sase in such a gathering PUCK.
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81 said the Judge, still cling to
the old belief that a parent has
> the right to say whom his
child shall or shall not marry"
"Ye-es," agreed Mr.. Richards, slowly,
not wishing. for certain private rea-
sons, to give an unqualified assent,
and yet too we'll acquainted with the
judge to think of open disagreement.
Now" continued the elder man,
ponderOusly, Sarah, Martha and Con-
stance all married to please me-
Dorothy, although she is %, is yet
unmarried, but | have reason to be-
lleve that she is not altogether indif-
ferent to the attentions now being paid
to her by Mr.. Winthrop, man who
meets with my hearty approval, a man
Of wealth, culture, refinement, and a
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man of good character. You know Mr..
Winthrop, William"
"Ye-es, l believe l have met him"
He was formerly one of my clients,
but that was before you came into the
office. He is a very worthy man."
And you say Miss Dorothy is in
clined to-er-faYor his suit?"
II believe she is not Indifferent to
him, but, of course, she is discreet and
modest; perhaps, 1 may say, even
difident. She mas always been a most
obedient child, and always given her
to understand that Mr. Winthrop is
my choice. She will accept him when
the time comes, and he will make her
& most excellent husband. All! there
she is now; just starting off for a walk.
Dorothy! Dorothy! Take William with
you. l am sure he would rather walk
with you than sit here with me-"
Miss Dorothy drew pensively near,
looking very pretty. She answered
very demurely, her father thought
shyly.
IF Mr.. Richards wishes to come l
am sure 1 shall be glad of his com
pany."
Mr. Robards expressed himself rs
very willing, and the two set Off to-
gether. He was a Junior partner in
Judge Lawrence's Office, but he was
ten years older than Miss Lawrence.
For several years now the judge had
made him his guest for a fortnight at
his summer residence, and in the city
the judges wife had been socially
gracious to him when she needed one
more man at her dinner table.
your father was just telling me his
views on the rights of parents" he OBJ
served meditatively after they had
walked some distance in silence and
had lost themselves in the shrubbery.
Yes? Father is very conservative
in many things"
80 l should judge. So 1 know, in
fact, in business matters, but 1 was
not aware that he was quite so con-
sentative as his remarks seemed to i'm
ply in domestic affairs"
"Will you tell me just what ne said
10 you, Mr.. Robards
She looked at him gravely. There
was certainly ea nestneSs, almost en-
treaty, in her tones.
Il am not sure that 1t would be
quite right for me to do So"
"If you think 1t wrong, of course do
not tell me, but you will permit me
to gness?'
"Oh. Of course"
'He told you that he chose the hus-
bands for my three sisters?'
Yes. Was It not 500"
Eyes, it was. He did choose them
They married the men that he picked
out for them, and l cannot in Justice
say that the result was in any case
unhappy, but I think the principle is
wrong"
You think you should choose for
yourself"
Il think 1 should choose for myself
Did father tell You that l was going
to marry Mr. Winthrop"
HE said that he believed that you
were not Indifferent to Mr.. Winthrop's
attentions; thai 10 had given you to
understand that Mr.. Winthrop was his
choice, and that he had no reason to
uilnk that you would disregard his
wishes in the matter"
Il am not going to marry Mr.. Win
throp."
Il beg PARDON
Il am not going TO marry Mr.. Win
throp. / have never disobeyed my
father in my life. but I am not going
TO marry Mr.lWinthrop."
William Robards hid made up his
mind rore than year before that he