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With every movement of her nostrils those fiery
points worked their way little deeper into the sensi
tive tissues. The torment of them drove her to
immediate renewal of her hunting, without the few
minutes rest she would have otherwise given herself
Gray Lynx, suky and vindictive, but alive to the
necessities of the chase got up and accompanied her.
skulking along in the transparent black shadows be-
meath the fringes of the frs.
MOT long after this another rabbit bounded forth
: from the thicket just ahead and darted straight
between them Both sprang at it simultaneously
but each baked the other and the rabbit, stretched
out into tense white line of flying fur shot unscathed
from under their claws
Gray Lynx, as it Glanced had been nearest to the
quarry. Choosing to think that he would have made
a kill had his mates interference not thwarted him.
he gave vent to his wrath in a savage buffet which
caught her the flank and sent her rolling over on
the snow. Recovering herself, she faced him for a
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loose with sharp jangle Blood spattered in every
direction, amid spurts of and flicks of fur
But Gray Lynx, hampered by trap and chain, and
weakened alike by of the unknown and horror
at the incomprehensible madness of his mate, was
overmatched from the first. In few minutes the
intense ball seemed to loosen. The maniacal proar
ceased to affront the night diminishing to painting
growl. Gray Lynx's body Strengthened out
The female continued to worry it for few mo-
ments. Then, as if suddenly coming to her senses,
she stopped, drew off, eyed the mangled and twitch
Here she crouched as if in terror, and peered out
fascinated. At last the shape of what had been her
mate lay quite still. Then, after little, she crept
away hid herself in remote thcket and fell to lick
ing her and cleaning her fur
And the outstretched form of Gray Lynx, with
cruel eyes half open and staring bankly. stifened
little by little in the still, implacable frost.
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the female had pounced. She caught the weasel
with both paws in mid-leap. Indomtabe, it writhed
and fixed its long fine teeth in her nose. Then her
fngs closed about its slender lons and the fierce life
was crunched out of it. With the blood streaming
from her ose.-which eased however for moment
the CALLING ache of the porcupine barbs-she fell to
her meat growing over it.
Gray Lynx, perhaps persuading himself that he
had helped in this quarry, demanded share, and
seized of the weases hind legs in his teeth But
with a snarl the female struck at him, cawing vic
iously at the side of his head He in no anxiety
to force matters with redoubtabe adversary;
splitting Indignantly, he drew off and sat down
his launches to watch her feast.
The feast was brief for, though the weasel was
fairly large one, it by no large as the
lynx's hunger. Still, when she had finished, and
passed her great paw her face, and licked her
chest clean of blood, she might have felt fairly
Portable but for the memorable anguish in her
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moment or two with eyes that
famed green, half minded to f1y at
his throat Then, thinking better
of it, she turned away and fell to
nosing mouse trail.
The trail was none too fresh;
but neither was it hopelessly stale.
She chose to follow it. Thereupon.
Gray Lynx, hopeful of something
worth while, stole near to see what
she might be trailing.
NOV it CHANGED that in this
- particular neighborhood a
trapper had been busy. A morsel
of frozen fish lay on the snow.
Both providers saw it at the same
time and bounced for it; but it
was Gray Lynx who reached it
first. 1t was tiny, and he bolted
it with one mouthful, while his
mate snarled with envy. Shifting
about for other possible fragments,
he stepped to one side. There was
muffied click beneath the surface
of the snow. Straightway, Gray
Lynx, doubling himself like full
drawn bow, and ripping out
screech of panic, sprang into the
air. with a steel trap hanging to
his left fore paw.
The trap was attached by
chain to a solid wooden balk. too
heavy for Gray Lynx to drag.
Biting savagely at the strange
horror that had clutched him,
yowling, and splitting, and rolling
head over heels, he lost his wits
entirely in the madness of his
efforts to escape.
For moment the female shrank
back, with fattened ears and
narrowed eyes, frightened and be-
wildered. Then, seeming to imag-
inc that there was some treachery
to herself, or perhaps some danger
Gus insanity, in this dreadful and
inexplicable performance, she drew
nearer, with menacing growl.
The next instant, as if quite beside
herself at sight of such contortions,
she gave vent to mad screech and
flung herself at Gray Lynx S throat.
In moment the two became, as
it were, one ball of clinging, tearing,
yelling fur and claws. They rolled
over and over in the snow, the
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for their barbed edges held ineXor-
ably. All she could do was break
them and go on, with the points
ranking like wasp stings in her
tender muzzle. From time to time
she would plunge her face into the
snow to allay the torment. And
her temper was by no means inn
proved.
All this, however, troubled GRAY
Lynx not at all. To be sure, the
mishap to his mate had cooled his
longing for porcupine meat, and he
had resumed his quest of safer
hunting; but concern for the
females sufferings never entered
his savage heart. She was of inn
portance to him only if they should
find some big game-a strayed
sheep, perhaps, or doe-which
they could bring down more surely
and more quickly by acting in
combination. There was none of
that close and firm intimacy which
so often appears to exist between,
for example, the male and female
wolf.
IN traversing an alley of big
spruce stumps, the two came
together. though they continued to
pay each other not the slightest
attention. A Night, dull pad struck
their ears, and both crouched fiat.
In the next instant white rabbit
shot past them, almost brushing
their noses. His great simple eyes
starting from his head with terror,
he went by with such a pace that
there was no time to strike him
down, though the female, who was
farthest from him, made a furtive
sweep at him with one paw. But
it was clear that something deadly
was chasing the rabbit, to cause
him such blind panic. Whatever
it might be, the lynxes had no
fear of it. And they waited for it.
And the next moment it came.
1t came running noiselessly, nose
up in the hot scent, slim, low, long
bodied, sinuous white beast, with
a sharp pointed head and eyes
like two drops of liquid fire. As
it shot past him, Gray Lynx made
a stroke at it, and missed; but in
the next fraction of a second-in
the same heartbeat, one might say
the female had bounced. She C
with both paws in mid-1eaD. Indou
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He reread this effuson twice. and was satisfied with
it as the herald of Others My dear Sounded well:
the intimacy of "our presence" not overdone
while yours ever sincerely excellent. He won
dered if Cynthia would analyze it word for word in that
fashion. Well, some day he might ask her. For the
present he sealed the letter with sigh and gave it to
waiter for safe delivery He fancied but could not be
quite sure, that good deal of unnecessary play with
the motors Gabriel horn five minutes later brought
slender musned figure to window OF the then distant
hotel.
From Symons Vat to Hereford is about fifteen miles,
and Medenham drew of the narrow lane leading
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ton obvious need of clean collar believe that
presence Hereford to-day desired Why? shall
make it my business to find out. Yours sincerely
Then he reached high and stout stone wall of diff
Guilty. Was he fall back the subterfuge of George
Augustus Fitzroy which, of was his proper sig
in law? He disliked this veil of concealment
more and more each instant; but it manfesty out
of the question that he should sign himself "Meden-
ham,. George while he had fought several pitched
battles at Harrow with classmates who pinned to label
him Augustus, abbreviated So, greatly daring, he
wrote. "Mercurys GUY nor" trusting to luck whether
Cyntha's classical lore would remind her that
Mercury the of Jupiter.
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was what the girl meant by her aluson to Monday S
starting time.
Perhaps, using woman privilege, she might change
her mind toward sunset meanwhile, it behooved him to
visit Hereford and pry into things there.
NEVERTHELESS. he a wise lover. Cynthia
~ might dismiss him graciously to follow his own
behess; but might please her if she discovered
that he had taken her permission too literally He
tered the hotel and a letter.
MY DEAR Miss VANRENEN.-I am going to Hereford;
but shall return luncheon Mrs Devars illness is
likely be lasting and the from the Vat IS
sbe better in the afternoon than the morning In add
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
MAGICAL REFINEMENTS OF SCIENCE

for this work are the most wonderful prod
uctS of the human hand and mind. The
diurnal revolution of the earth. which
gives the solar day, and the revolution of
the earth round the sun, the solar year,
are the arbitrary divisions of time marked
off with utmost precision by celestial
bodies. While the solar day has been
fairly well defined for many centuries, the
length of the solar year was only approx
mately known until within century or
two Astronomers have determined with
such precision the true length of the year
that our present calendar with its inter
calations will continue for twenty thou
sand years with an error not to exceed
single day.
The nerfectinn in the measurement of
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Weighing Planets and Sunbeams

MEASURING the distances of stars and planets
A~A wonderful enough; but weighing them appears at
complished, and The refnements of mechani
cal science have brought about great changes weighing
methods. Everything weighed to-day The architect.
cuates the total weight of the whole The
bridge builder works out in advance the weight of his
suspension bridge and then calculates the stresses and
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Scientific Clocks

SOME of the greatest enements of mechanical science
- have been made in the division and the measure
ment of time, and the delicate instruments employed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04

WIHEN we 60 through mill or a fac
w tory where machines are busy cut
ting out with automatic precision sheets
of steel that do not vary thousandth of
an inch, or watch screws dropping from
a hopper with every thread exactly alike,
we experience glow of satisfaction at the
achievements of the human mind; but
whenever we look at these machines we
should stop to consider the tools and ma
chimes that made them. 1t is the manu-
facture of the die. and not the product of
it, that should excite our wonder. The
finest and most accurate machine must be
made with tools and machines still finer
and more accurate. The screw cutting ma
chine first had to be graduated and made
finer than ANYTHING it could produce. In
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of an extremely accurate nature there must be refine
ment of mechanical means and methods known only to
experts. These often do not pass beyond the abora
tory, and for that reason escape the public eye.
Almost Perfect Screw
TAKE for instance the micrometer used to determine
the errors of divisions of angles, circles, and
tries, and when used the eye end of the telescope
the determine the position and motion
of stars and the diameter of planets. The and
wires of the micrometer used for astronomical
observations must be fine and accurate that
errors be detected by greatly magnifying them.
Micrometer screws have often hundred threads
the inch and are provided with graduated drums of
hundred divisions EACH and the readings are made in
tenths of a division
The difficulty of making perfect screw has engaged
the attention OF scientists for years. but while theoret
ically this may never be accomplished We have for all
practical purposes secured that perfect This
screw made by Professor Rowland, used to operate
the greatest linear dividing engine invented. The
Rowland engine is the most perfect of all mechanisms
used for ruling lines exactly parallel and equally spaced
This could be accomplished only by the perfection of
that would move the cutting tool without
exceeding -nilonth of inch. Metal surfaces
ruled with this instrument with fortythree thousand
exactly parallel lines to the nch and each exactly
spaced. Specuum metal thus ruled has enabled the
physicist in his study of the spectrum to enter fields Of
research before unknown. Hundreds of spectrum metal
plates either fiat curved have been ruled with
exceeding four-hundred- housandth of inch.
In the construction of the micrometer the is
made perfect by mechanical means but the wires
still composed of spider lines. Platinum
spun remarkable fneneSs; but they too
for such instruments the best astronomical
mcrometers. The spider lines used for these
from onefth to one-seventh of thousandth of
inch in diameter, and these composed of several
thousands of microscopic streams of fluid which unite
and form single line. Besides their great neness the
spider lines retain their strength and elasticity for long
time, and easily affected by changes of tempera
ture As illustration of this often when measuring
sunspots the heat is intense that the lenses of the
mcrometer eyepece cracked; but the spider lines
not in the least injured.
Their durability is shown by their use in the micro
of the transit instrument at the Allegheny Obser
vatory for upward of half century. The placing of
these spider lines the instruments of the
delicate operations that experts encounter Working
under the powerful magnifying lens with the
and delicate of tools, they nevertheless make
which require correcting 1t is through this
bination of mechanical ingenuity and Natures finest
product that astronomers able to the
Weighing Planets and Sunbeams
MEASURING the distances of and planets
wi
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order to make machines and Instruments to do work
of an extremely there must be refine
ment of mechanical means and methods known only to
experts These often do pass beyond the labora-
tory and for that reason escape the public eye.
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JEST OF THE NATURE FAKER
Remarkable Fish Was WhffIetlt, 40
cording to Facetious Waiter.

Seating himself at a restaurant ia.
Bile Chicago man said:
Waiter, what kind of fish have
you?"
"O," said the waiter, "all kinds
whiteiisn, bluefish. gaylings, sea bass.
weakfish, perch"
"Pshawi" yawne' the customer.
cut that out. I'm tired OF those com.
mon fishes. Amt you got some new
kind of fish; some kind 1 never ate
before?"
WELL" said the waiter 1.-The Whit
fietits is very fine this morning."
What in thunder is a whiflet't?"
why, don't fish sharp like you
know what a whinetit is? Common
enough here. You see, the whiffietit
lives cniy in circular lakes. You go
out and lind circular lake and hire
a boat. Then you row out all alone
to the middle of the lake, about mile
or so. and anchor. Then you take an
augur and bore hole In the water,
and bait it by putting piece of cheese
on the edge of the hole. The whiffle.
tit comes up to get the cheese, eats
1t and it makes him swell up so that
he can't get hack down the hole"
We'll" said the customer, breath.
less, what them"
why" replied the waiter. as he
filled a glass Of water. you lean over
the side of the boat and laugh the
whifiietit TO death. Want q few? ~
Cleveland Leader.
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Belqian Children.

This delight in the family life is
characteristic of all Belgians. One
sees in Brussels and Antwerp mon.
sieur promenading In the boulevard or
the bois with cigar in his mouth.
madame leaning on his arm, and the
children. hand in hand, walking Sc.
dately under the proud eyes of their
parents.
One finds children I'm the restaur.
ants and children in the music halls.
The pleasures Of father and mother
are shared always with the nursery.
To go junketing without the children
would appear TO the Belgian not only
selfish but dull. His happiness Is the
happiness Of his children. He sees the
circus half with. his own eyes and half
with theirs. The toyshops and book.
shops In Brussels tell OF the para.
mount part played by the child. The
happiness Of this people is the pleas.
ure of domesticity.
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STRUGGLE WITH WOUNDED LION.
Adventure That Came Near Costing
British Officer His Life.

4 Lieut.. G. S. anderson, Eighteenth
y issars Of Dawlish, who has been at
tached to the intelligence department,
Is suffering from blood poisoning. the
result Of mauling received from a lion
month or six weeks ago on the bor-
ders of Somaliand and Abyssin.a,
says the London Daily Mail.
In company wit native servant
Lieut.. Anderson went out for a days
shooting. Finding lion at short dis
tance he fired and the shot graZed
the animals skull, slightly wounding
1t. The infuriated beast leaped upon
the officer, throwing him to the
ground, and bit him through the knee
Just as he fired a charge from his
double.barreled sporting rifle through
its head. The animal continued to
claw and bite him. while Lieut.. Ander-
son. fighting for his life, dubbed the
lion with the butt end of the rifle.
All the while blood was streaming
from the wounds of the lion, which
was of unusual size.
The native servant, although prac-
tcally unarmed, rushed to the aid of
MS injured master, and at length the
animal, exhausted from the loss of
blood. skunk away, leaving Lieut. An.
derson almost overcome and in a very
precarious condition.
Subsequently the lion was found
dead at little distance from the
scene of the encounter. The injured
officer was conveyed to the coast and
at Alden embarked for London, where
he will be treated in hospital.
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ReputatIon worth WhlIe.

Consider whether we ought not to
be more in the habit of seeking honor
from our descendants than from our
ancestors; thinking 1t better to be
nobly remembered than nobly born;
and striving SO to live, that our sons
and our sons sons, for ages to come,
might still lead their children rever-
emily to the doors out of which we had
been carried 10 the grave, saying,
Look, this was his house; this was
bis nber."--Ruskin. 81"
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heather grows, and every Scotch
lassle knows we'll the old tradition
that bit of heather is sure to bring
her luck.
The foundation of this intc-astins
cup is or birch bark, quite hidden by
uehcate festoons OF the feathery
heather, also closely entwined about
the large handle projecting on one
SIDE In graceful lines. An inner re-
ceptacle of metal holds water for
mowers, which, to most artistically set
on the cup, should be pink roses or
carnations, as that color is so lovely
IN combination with the gray tinge Of
the heather.
The lucky possessor of one of these
lucky cups can convert 1t at any time
into a loving cup by using a glass re-
ceptacle inside, instead of the metal
one, and as the heather, which has
been dried to use in this form, will
teep forever the girl can bring 1t out
on all sorts OF festive occasions and,
using 1t for drinking cup, share it's
potent charm with her friends.
Appetizng Sea Pic.-Sea pie Is the
Fantastic name Given to a meat pie
with vegetables To make it, use one
pound Of lear :, af, one carrot. one
turntp. one snail onion, one table
spoonful of flcur. pepper and salt. To
make the crust use quarter of a
pound of sue. haif pound of -four.
one teaspOOn;I! or baking powder. Gu.
the meat In small pieGa" and dip in a
mixture of pepper, s@;> and flour.
Scrape and slice tho carrot and
slice the onion. Peel the tulnip rather
thickly and cut into thick pieces.
Put the meat and vegetables into
saucepan and adj enough boiling wa
ter to cover them. Place on the fire
and allow 1t to come to the boil. Chop
the suet and rub It into the flour, add
the baking powder and a pinch of salt
and moisten 10 good, firm consist
ency with cold water. Roll 1t out to
the size. Of the saucepan
When the meat is boiling place the
crust on the top of it. Put on the lid
and stew gently for an hour and a
half. Now and then, while It Is cook
ing, loosen the crust from the side of
the pan with knife.
For serving, remove the crust.
Place the mSat and vegetables on a
hot, fiat dish and lay the crust on the
top.
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Eve WaS Z l.unuer.

Man still carries the original num-
Der of ribs, but he is short of a lung
lobe. Where did he lose It? Eve got
1t. Mans right lung to-day consists
OF three lobes; rnan's left lung to-day
consists of two lobes. Let III consider
the missing lobe on the left. The
lungs, mind you, are the life. Eve
was made out of Adams third lung
lobe on the left, the lobe nearest the
heart. She was constructed out of
wind mostly. That is--she took part
of Adams breath away. Adams DOS.
terity OF the male persuasion in these
latter days can count on only FIVE
R5es to both lungs; while Ewes
0Aghters can count on seven; which
accounts for woman having the last
word In controversy.--New York
Press. j., : .sy.ys. 81 /.
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Find Happiness In Children.

Very domestic is the life OF the Bel.
CLANS, and the children enter into
every sort Of interest of the parents.
They would not think Of going to the
restaurant or summer garden without
the children, and their own pleasures
are often but the reflected ones Of
their boys and girls. The father goes
to the circus with his little troupe Of
young folks about him and enjoys
their joys! The. har2 2iness ofthe' peo-
pie is centered IN their homes, and
anything that vii! Interfere with the
good OF the child Is not tolerated by
the self.respecting BelgianE., uu.
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Took u Personally.

An author engaged a young lady
typewriter to take down his new novel
from dictation. At the passage: ooh!
my adorable angel, accept the confes.
sion from my lips that cannot exist
without you! Make me happy; come
and share my lot and be mine until
death do US part!"--his fair secretary
paused and ingeouously inquired: "ls
that to 60 down with the rest7"
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gagged girl and in
sure her the best
Of luck send your
c 0 II & r "a t ulatory
flowers to her in
a white heather
loving cup. These
cups are Scotch,
w h ere on the
mOOrS the lovely
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The Bitter Bit,

A week or two ago an attendant at
one of the big theaters on the Paris
bouevards found fine pear necklace
which she handed over to the box
Office. One of the spectators, lady.
saw the woman pick up the necklace,
and went to the box-oflice and claimed
1t as her own. To mark her appre-
citation OF the attendants honesty she
gave her 20 francs. The next day,
however, the real owner Of the neck
lace presented herself at tue theater to
make Inquiries. On hearing what had
occurred she burst into laugh; and
explained that the pearls were but imi-
tation, and had cost her IL francs only.
So the smart lady" loses at least
eight francs on the transaction.
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PRETTY LOVING CUP
FORMED OF HEATHER, IS SUP.
POSED TO BRING LUCK.
One OF the Most Welcome Gifts to
Newly Engaged Girl-Fantastic
Name Of Sea Pie Given
Appetizins Dish.

Heather Loving cup.-If you wish
to delight the heart of q newly en-!