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VOL. XXVI, PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY , JUNE 9, 1901,
NO. 43.
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Copyrifiht by Eoucrt Boyru'e Soxs.
CHAPTER L, , .
THE BBOTHERSi
1
" ''Well, if I bad determined to go to
perdition I would not elect to travel
via the workhouse."
I had been closely observing my un
do for more than two hours, and dili
gently noting his words and gestures,
when hi utterance of this remarkable
sentence confirmed the dislike of him
which I tad conceived at our first
meeting. With only a brief and nar
row experience of men and manners,
the words impressed me as harsh, not
to say brutal, for a rich man to ad
dress to an only brother whom he had
not i?een for twenty years, and who
was comparatively poor.
"I have made no such determina
tion.' said my father. "As for the
workhouse, my income is still some
700 pounds a year more than nothing,
and I don't anticipate becoming a bur
flea to anybody, not even" turning
his face toward me and smiling "my
own son."
' Seven hundred pounds!" exclaimed
ray uncle Sam, contemptuously, "seven
hundred pounds! And what will that
p.'tiful.sum do toward maintaining a
f.cntlernan for twelve months? "Why,
there are four of the men in my pay
who each earn $1503 more than your
entire income! But how's this? Hol
denhurst used not to be such a beg
garly property, or my memory is worse
than I thought it was."
While my father is occupied with the
melancholy recital of the causes, nat
ural and political, of the enormous de
preciation of agricultural values in
England which in ten years had re
duced his income by rather more than
half I will furnish the reader with a
brief history of the men thus engaged.
When little more than ten years old
my lather, Robert Truman, had suc
ceeded to an estate of 2000 acres, con
sisting uf two entire parishes, Holden
hurst Major and Holdenhurst Minor,
situate a few miles from Bury St. Ed
mund's, in Suffolk. On his coming of
age Robert Truman found himself the
possessor of a rent roll of 1500, a
lump sum of about 12,000, which had
accumulated during bis minority, and
a large nondescript manor house of
which no archaeologist could deter
mine the date oi order, it had been so
much altered and added to at various
periods. Tn3 estate, which had
formed part of the immense posses
sions of the rich abbots of Bury, was,
upon the dissolution of the abbey there,
settled by Henry VIII. in perpetuity
upon the first member of my family
of whom there exists any record.
With but one relation In the world
his brother Samuel, two years his ju
niorundoubtedly my father entered
upon the business of life under condi
tions more prosperous than attend the
vast majority of mankind. But that
balance which men adjust where for
tune bus shown more favor to one
than to another, themselves making
the tale of human happiness and mis
ery nearly the same in all cases,' was
soon made apparent by the two broth
crs. The affections of these young 1
men centred upon one girl. Samuel
was the favored lover. But women
had few rights and many wrongs in
agricultural East Anglia in IS , and
so the beauty of Holdenhurst became
the wife of Robert Truman; her fath
er, a small farmer ambitious of form
ing a family connection with the
'"Squire," having so commanded her.
Before the marriage my uncle Sam
left England for America with the ex
pressed intention of never again vis
iting his native land. In less than a
year my father had lost by death the
wife he had thus acquired; a loss
which, though it deeply affected him.
was patiently borne for the sake of
the infant boy who was at once the
cause of his sorrow and his hope.
In American Samuel Truman had
entered in commercial speculations and
flourished exceedingly. On the death
of my mother he had written tq my
father a few lines expressing his sym
pathyhis first communication with
his brother after his departure from
England. After that his letters had
been brief and infrequent, but reports -reached
Holdenhurst from time to
time of his extraordinary success in
trading, of his ever-increasing wealth
and influence, of his shrewdness his
penetration, his singleness of purpose.
Through all the days of my boyhood I
remember no variation in the accounts
of the steady and continued decline id
value of my father's property, and of
the rapid increase of ? my uncle's
wealth. Neither of these circum
stances, however, interested me until,
In my nineteenth year the week- be
fore this history opensr'inj father re;
celved "a letter from his trotter, la
New York stating that he had been
married for three years to an Ameri
can lady, and that he and his wife in
tended to visit Holdenhurst, and mighl
be expected to arrive in about ten
days.
It was almost immediately after the
arrival of my uncle at Holdenhurst.
thus intimated, that the conversation
"with which this chapter opens took
place. Uncle Sam did not, however,
bring his wife with him ?s he had in
tended, but left that. iady In London
a fui-ulshe-J house which he had'
A
WALTER BLOOMFIELD
hired at Kensington, she being pros
trated by the voyage from America.
"Well,"' said uncle Sam, when my
father had finished speaking, "I guess
your oration would be worth a cool
million to the Republican party. You
must visit the States and tell the
Americans from a hundred platforms
all you have just told me. You must
come at the opening of the Presiden
tial campaign."
My father shook his head. "I am no
traveler," he said, "or I should have
ventured beyond Europe nineteen
yeara ago,' again turning toward me
and assuming the kindly expression
which was never absent from his feat
ures when he regarded his son. "The
affairs of my own country' engage very
little of my attention, and as for the
United "
"Well, well." interrupted uncle Sam,
"we won't discuss that matter fur
ther at present. What is the sum total
of the two mortgages you have on this'
place?"
"Three thousand five hundred
pounds."
"Let me have the papers," said tm
cle Sam, stretching his hand out as5
hough he expected that his brother
had them ready in his pocket, "and
I will wipe them both out to-merrow."
"You are very kind," answered my
father, somewhat embarrassed. "Er
nest, go to my black cabinet and
fetch an oblong packet. You will find
it in. the top drawer, tied with red
tape."
With a greatly Improved opinion of
my uncle I hastened upon my errand,
and in a minute or so my father was
handing his brother the papers for
which he had asked.
"It's a smart lad," remarked my un
cle, fixing his steel gray eyes upon me
so penetratively that I felt rather un
comfortable; "what are you going to
do with him?" ,
"Do with him?" echoed my father;
"I don't understand."
"Well, do you proptse that he should
spend his life in this place watching
the crops fail, or selling them for less
than the cost of production when they
succeed; or is he to be a man whose
presence is felt in the world?"
"I have not yet seriously considered
Ernest's future," answered my father
gravely.
"Then let me help you do so another
time," said uncle Sam. "I'll return to
town by the first train in the morning,;
and having paid off these mortgages
will be back again some time In the
evening, bringing Mrs. Truman with
me, if she is well enough to come.
By-the-by, I suppose this packet con
tains all the documents necessary in
closing the mortgages. Do Saul and
Isaacs hold any of the old deeds?"
"All the necessary papers are there'
said my father. "The money was ad
vanced simply on my note of hand.
The old grants of the abbey lands in
Latin and Norman French are still in
the two old oak chests where they
have always been."
"I wculd like to see them," said my
uncle; "they must be very Interest
ing." "Yon shall. Ernest shall get them
out for you to look at by the time you
return."
CHAPTER II.
THS OAK CHESTS.
Accustomed from my infancy to
wander unrestrained through the
gloomy rooms and corridors of Hol
denhurst Hall, I had flattered myself
that I was familiar with every nook
and corner of the old mansion.
But my mind was considerably exer
cised in the endeavor to determine the
whereabouts of the two oak chests to
.which my father had referred in his
conversation with uncle Sam. I did
not remember having ever seen any
such chests, and could think of no
place from garret to basement which
I considered likely to contain them.
These thoughts much confused
with idle speculation .concerning
my uncle wrhose acquaintance
I had just made, -of my aunt
whom I bad not yet seen, and of
-.irious ido? started bv the conversa
tion of tneT two brothers kept me
awake until long after I had retired to
bed.
I tossed about restlessly and punched'
my pillows, but could not sleep. When
I lay on my left side, all that my un
cle taid recurred to me vividly, and I
hated him for his cool cynicism and
the sense of power which had now
and again been apparent through the
calmness of his manner, but, turning
upon my right, his generous gift im
pressed me as really magnificent, and
1-. could not but feel grateful to him
tor relieving xay father of what I
knew had occasioned him spme anx-
iety. My uncle's wish too, for a
voice in' determining my future course
in life interested me greatly and
opened interminable trains of thought.
At last I lost-consciousness, but did
not sleep soundly nor for long.
When I rose it wanted some minutes
to t o'clock. A brilliant streak of sun
shine lay across the dark oak floor. of
my room; and through the casement
could be discerned a clear blue sky
such as is seldom seen in England in
thy month of March.
Brimful ol health and animal spirits,
notwithstanding the little sleep I had
had, I sprung from my bed, and, hav
ing hurriedly dressed, sought my
father.
Somehow, in an Ill-defined way, I
was conscious of the opening of a new
era in my life. Whether it was what
had transpired between my father and
uncle on the previous night, or the
joyousness of the opening day, which
was of a sort that seemed to confirm
the death of winter and herald ap
proaching summer, .or both, I know
not. but it seemed to me that I had
bidden adieu to boyhood and had be
come a man.
My father had risen a full hour be
fore me, and was pacing the outer
path of our old garden, with his hands
clasped behind him his usual contem
plative attitude.
"Why," said he, after I had acquaint
ed him with my difficulty, "'tis only
yesterday that I noticed you sitting
upon one of the chests, reading. They
stand in the library, one beneath each
window, where they have stood for
the last 300 years or more. It was
your grandmother, I think, who
worked cushions and valances for
them, and so converted them into
strange looking but comfortable set
tees." As soon as we had breakfasted my
father began to search for the keys of
the chests, for he had but a vague
idea as to where they might be found.
While he was employed rummaging
old bureaus and cabinets, I removed
the coverings from the chests, marvel
ing greatly that they should have so
long escaped my notice. To do this,
and to clear the table ready to receive
the documents, did not engage me
many minutes, and I was impatient to
obtain the keys.
But the keys could not be found. I
assisted my father in the search for
them, and together we turned over as
many knick-knacks quaint jewelry,
miniatures, pocket books, tokens, old
coins, packets of love letters tied with
faded silk and dated early in the last
century, metal purses, scent bottles,
etc. as would have stocked a first
class curiosity shop. But that which
we sought we could not find.
It was now past noon, and my uncle
and aunt were expected to arrive at 4
o'clock. Though we had been search
ing for several hours we had not yet
examined the contents of half the cab
inets and closets which abounded in
our old manor house, many of which
had not been opened within the mem
ory cf our oldest servant. My father
would have given up the search but
for my advice to him to continue it.
Wisely or unwisely, my father seldom
or never refused to comply with any
wish that I expressed, and he saw that
I was interested in the odds and ends
accumulated by our family.
After another two hours of search
ing my father found the keys of the
chests, tied together and labeled, in
the place where he had first looked
for them. With a peculiar facial ex
pression, in which it was difficult to
determine whether fatigue, annoyance
or triumph predominated, he tossed
them to me, and remarking that he
had had as much of this affair as he
cared for in one day, left me to do as
I pleased.
Having hurriedly deposited the few
things before me in the places where
they had been found, I hastened to the
library and proceeded to open the
nearest chest. The key entered the
lock as easily as might be wished, but
was turned with difficulty, and made a
harsh, grating sound. I had no sooner
raised the lid than the air became so
charged with minute fungi that I vol
untarily stepped back and opened a
window.
- The chest was quite filled with
parchment or. vellum documents some
rolled and others flat, vnd to nearly all
of them were attachejl large pendu
lous seals. I did not pause to exam
ine them, but transferred them all to
the table, and opened the second chest,
wherein I discovered nearly as many
documents as in the first, all of simi
lar character. But there was also a
thick folio volume, filled with close,
neat writing, every letter of which
appeared to be formed with great
care and accuracy. About two
thirds of "the "book "was English and
the remainder strange characters,
which I had little doubt were Orien
tal, though I was not scholar enough
to determine the language to which
they belonged. This book, and a cop
per box, about eighteen inches by
twelve, and five inches deep, were all
I found besides the documents. The
box, which was locked, was much
discolored; but I could discern writ
ing upon the lid such as may be pro
duced by nitrate of silver upon cop
per. All I could decipher at a hasty
glance was "Roger Trueman," written
in characters rather larger than the
others. Trueman being a very old
form of our family name, and the box
exceedingly heavy for its size, I at
once conceived the hope that it con
tained something of special value. As
I could find no key to the bos, I set it
aside with the folio volume, resolving
to carefully examine both at my leis
ure. At this moment a servant entered
the room and informed nc that my
uncle and aunt had arrived. Dinner
had been ordered to ba served as soon
as possible, atd; there barely re
mained sufficient- time for tas to pre
pare for it
Quite tired of my day's wcrk, tha
'intelligence was not unwelcome. Tak
ing with me the folio volume and the
copper box, I locked the library door
and put the key in my pocket, leav
ing all the old documents on the table
within.' I then sought my bedroom,
where, having safely bestowed the
book and -box, I made what I then
thought was an elaborate toilette such
as befitted my introduction, to m
American kinswoman.
Ta. be eontmuei
Humor
I o dev
Sure Sign.
"So you think he's a genius, do you?"
"I know it. He's always hungry, and
poverty makes him see stars!" Atlan
ta Constitution. -
Easy. "
Miss Pert "Can you diagnose lone
someness, Dr. Steel?"
Dr. Steel "Certainly. Its chief
characteristic is an all-gone feeling."
Detroit Free Press. "
Part pt Her. -
Doctor "Your wife must keep out
of excitement." .
Mr. Brisque "She can't, doctor. She
carries it around with her." Indiaa
apolis Journal. ;.,
Close Quarters.
Old wed "Do you and your
wife
quarrel?"
New wed "No; we live in a fiat, and
there is no room for argument"
Manitoba Free Press.
Dauger of a Wreck.
"We are told to 'cast our bread ou
the waters!' " said the young wife.
"But dou't you do it." said her hus
band. "A vessel might run against
it and get wrecked." What to Eat.
Those Bright Girl.
She "In a college town the girls are
made to walk on one side of the street
and the boys on the other."
He "There's nothing to prevent the
girls from looking on the sonny side,
I suppose." Yonkera Statesman.
4,
at Holds Them.
"It always makes me mad to talk to
an actor. He pretends to listen polite
ly, but his attention is wandering all
thy time. Ever notice it?"
"No. I always talk to them about
themselves." Philadelphia Ledger.
Nothing Done.
"I don't think I'll wager with you,"
said the baker. "You haven't the
dough."
"That may be,"' replied the butcher,
"but I don't see you putting up any
stakes." Boston Commercial Bulletin.
An Emergency Man.
Eleanor "Cook says she must go;
we live so far out it gives her the
blues."
Edgar "Tell her she cau'tgo: we
will hire a nice lady companion to
cheer her up." Cincinnati Coxumcr-cial-Tribune.
l'oint of View.
"Kissing," said the coy maid, should
be strictly private."
"Oh, I don't know," replied the
strenuous youth. "Just think of what
we would have missed if the discov
erer of kissing had never made It pub
lic." Chicago News.
His Memory Wat Good.
Angry Wife "It seems to, ma we've
been married a century. I can't even
remember when or where we first
met."
Husband (emphatically) "I can. It
was at a dinner party, where there
were thirteen at table." Tit-Bits.
Hard tuck.
"Well, if that ain't just my luck!
Here I've went an' lost'that excuse I
was bringin' the teacher for bein' ab
sent yesterday. An' it took me three
hours to write it, too!" New York
American.
At Others See Them. ;
Vegetarian "Don't you know that
the strongest animals are all vegetar
ians, the elephant being the most pow
erful?" Carnivorous Friend ".That's right
If they weren't so strong they never
would be able to stand a vegetable
diet." ,,
A Sudden Change.
Higgins "Do you believe that any
person's hair ever turned gray , in a
single night?"
Wister "Oh, I don't know! Should
think it might happen. Once I jpiew
a young woman's hair which ttfrned
from red to golden in a single day.
It was the day she came into a for
tune." Boston Transcript;
Bound to Get Him.
The lady arose and drew her boa
tighter. "Then your answer is no?"
she said in husky tones.
"My dear lady," the man remarked
in his gentlest manner, "I told you
eight years ago that I could not marry
you, and I have not changed my mind."
The lady paused in the doorway.? "I
will see you again in four years,"v:sbe
said, Cleveland Plain Pealer.
When a Russian dies he is buried
with a paper in his hands. On this is
written his Christian name, as well as
a prayer. mMiUMt&
In the window of a Duumow (Eng
land) hostelry appears the notice:
"The Encyclopedia Britannica at your
service within."
The nine-year-old son of Professor
Wiener, of Harvard University, is said
to be a master of several dead lan
guages, higher mathematics and sci
ences. There is often to be seen in the
streets of Cork, Ireland, a respectable
looking man, accompanied by a tame
goose, which follows bira through the
busiest thoroughfares.
"Don't bury me on Thursday," were
the dying voids of John Penu, an Eng
lish member of Parliament. "There
is a little girl opposite who is going to
be married ou that day, and it would
be grewsome."
During a prolonged attack of hic
coughs Thomas McDonald, of Ply
mouth, Pa., was the victim of a pecu
liar injury. The paroxysms became
so violent that two of his ribs snr.pped
and were seriously fractured.
The two oldest secret trade processes
now in existence are considered to be
the manufacture of Chinese, red, or
vermilion, and that method of inlay
ing the hardest steel with gold and
silver which seems to have been prac
ticed at Damascus ages ago, and is
known only .o the Syrian smiths and
their pupils to this day.
Master Hallie Elcd, of North Star,
Mich., eleven years old, is perhaps the
largest boy of his age in the State. He
is larger than either of his parents,
since he weighs 21GV 'pounds, while his
father weighs 217 pounds and his
mother 150. Master Elco stands five
feet three inches high, has a breast
measurement of forty-live inches and
a belt measure of forty-seven inches
Russian Bear Story.
There are two kinds of bears in
Russia. Here is a true ttory of one
Two girls, ages five and thirteen! were
attacked by a huge tea- and the
younger was carried off, while the eld
er, terror-stricken, fled home a d gave
the alarm. For three days the inhab
itants of three villages sought in vain
for the lost child. Finally a cordon
was drawn around an extensive traei
of forest, and the searchers closing in
discovered the bear and her Looty in
a dense thicket. The child was per
fectly unharmed, and recliued in a
deep, mossy couch made for her by
the bear. She had gotten over hei
first fright and had subsisted fairly
well on nuts and other forest fruits
brought her by the gentle monster
The freakish but kindly disposed ani
mal was summarily killed by the vi
lagers.-New York Tress.
Trees Survive Baltimore Fire.
In the burned district there are two
trees which, though having been sub
jected to a heat which melted iron and
caused strong buildings to crumble
and fall, are still standing, and are
apparently uninjnred. One is on Fred
erick street, near Baltimore street, jus1
opposite the site of the Odeon Theatre,
and the other is in the rear of the
mips of the Southern Electric Com
pany's place on Fayette street, neai
Calvert street. The tree on Frederick
street is in xemarbably good condi
tion, and does not iu the least show the
effects of fire, although the heat at that
point must have been intense, as not
a building in that section was left
standing. The limbs and branches of
M the other tree were burned to some ex
tent, and it was almost completely
buried beneath a great p"'e of debris-
I Baltimore American.
Russia's Big Problem.
The transportation problem before
Russia is more difficult than the public
realizes. Assuming the problem is to
move 100,000 troops, mobilized along
the Siberian road, between Irkutsk
and St. Petersburg, the distance from
St Petersburg to the seat of war
is 6000 miles. It is safe, therefore, to
assume there is an average train haul
of 3000 miles for this movement. Ap
plying the haul to this country, it
means moving 100,000 troops and sup
plies from Salt Lake City to Southern
Florida on a single track, lightly con
structed road, ; with short passing
tracks, limited .water supply and all
the limited facilities that go with such
a road with light tonnage. The Rail
way World.
. Xlimioate'd the "Almond Eye."
Prince MiCcbi; grandson of the Em
peror of Japan atd hfrir presumptive
to . the throrie, is a strong, healthy
youngster of three years and is the
first baby' in the royal house who has
been allowed to have his hair grow
like a European ov American child.
Soon after his birth a slight surgical
operation was performed at the outer-
part of his eyelids, the result being
that the little fellow's visual organs
have not any of the "almond eye'
shape peculiar to his race. Prince
Micchi's wedding is already under
consideration, three tiny ladies being
especially regarded, as possibilities.
Cupids.
Fill gla&ses two-thirds full of red
raspberry juice; the tyrup from home
canned goods is best. Bury the glasses
up to the bowls in ice and salt and
when frozen remove the salt; wipe
clean; place a spoonful of Philadel
phia ice cream on top; scatter hearts,
cut from candied cherries, over;
thrust a little metal arrows in each
and serve with heart-shaped cakes
iced in pink. What to Eat
Lemon Cake.
One cup of butter, three cups of su
gar, four cups of flour, one cup of
milk, five eggs, juice and grated rind
of one lemon, one small teaspoonful
of soda. Beat the eggs separately.
cream the butter, and add the sugar
and yolks of - he eggs. I eat well,' add
the milk and flour, then the lemon.
Dissolve the soda in part of the milk
and add .t after the flour -has been
beaten in. Last of all, beat in the
whites of the eggs.
Stewed Steak.
Stewed steak requires to' be very
slowly cooked; for this reason put it
in a covered jar in the oven, on in a
saucepan of boiling water. Do not let
the water boil fast after the first
twenty minutes, for the contents of the
jar must only simmer. Take a good
steak for the purpose, cut it into con
venient sliced pieces and fry it in hot
butter to a good brown. Set it in the
jar; fry an onion, herbs and a tomato
in the butter, dredge flour in thickly,
and add sufficient cold water or stock
for the gravy. Stir with a wooden
spoon while all boils. Season to taste;
color the gravy and then strain it
into the jar. Cook for two hours.
After washing lace, says an expert,
do not starch it and do not allow it to
dry before ironing. Iron first under
a cloth, finishing with the iron directly
on th& hjce. It will be quite stiff
enough it treated In this way.
"College girl shortcake" is not such
a bad affair for an emergency. - It (
earned its name by being about the i
only make available for the "spread
on the quiet." Plain baking powder
biscuit are bought at the bakeshop,
heated in oven or even chafing dish,
split twice and the sugared fruit
spread thickly between. .The result
is really more enjoyable than anything
of the name purchasable in the ordin
ary restaurant for treble the cost, and
with the addition of sweetened and
flavored whipped cream it is really a.
delightful dessert.
For the unexpected guest little cakes
with a cup of tea or chocolate will do
full duly, and they are delicious also
to serve with Ices at the luncheon or.
dinner table. For these light cakes,
baked in small pans, an even, steady
heat is wanted; never attempt to bake
them with a freshly built coal fire, or
with a fire from which the life has
largely died out; it- should be in such j
condition tnat it may oe regujaieu cas- j
ily, and last through the baking with
out being replenished. In flavoring
these little cakes, do not use lemon
juice if a light cake is- wanted. The
acid in lemon juice sets free carbon
dioxide in a large measure, upon con
tact with the soda in the baking pow
der. It is best to restrict its use to
cakes in which a close texture is de
sirable. Bear in mind also that cakes
in which the yolks of eggs are used re
quire less heat than eakes made with
the whiles of eggs, as the yolks of eggs
are so rich in fat they brrn quickly.
What to Eat.
Meat sofHe may serve as the piece de
resistance of the luncheon. Since, as
a rule, this and similar mixtures are
well seasoned, one meat is about as
good as another for a foundation, un
less chicken is used. The odds and ends
of the roast, or of steak or chops, or
even soup meat, should be run through
the meat chopper with a thin slice or
two of boiled ham, one of boiled tongue
and one or two of bologna sausage.
The last can be obtained from a nearby
butcher. If they cannot be had a lit
tle home-made sausage and a thin
slice of bam, the latter boiled for a few
minutes, will work wonders. Grind
thesa with the meat fine. Season the
mixture vrith salt, pepper, a little
chopped parsley and, if it is. wanted,
with a little onion juice. Add enough
bread crumbs to make sufficient quan
tity. The usual proportion, for a souf
fle is two cupfuls of meat to one cupful
of bread crumbs. To two cupfuls of
meat and bread crumbs add a cupful
of white sauce and the yolks of two
eggs. Fold in the stiffly beaten whites
of the eggs, All the buttered ramekins
half full of the mixture, sprinkle with
buttered crumbs and bake in a quick
oven. Serve as soon as they come
from the fire, or they will fall. The
white sauce is made of one cupful of
milk and a tablespoonful each of but
ter and flour. Salt and pepper are
added to taste.
About 730 tons of ore have been used
to produce about a fifth of an ounc
of radium.
To test the mosquito theory of tui;
laria, two French physicians propose V
be bitten by mosquitoes fed on ftn.gue
patient, and to allow any fever' cpu.
tracted to run its full course without
treatment
The curious theory of M. Boyn is
that N-rays keep marine .animals
their native habitat. These rays enter;
salt water readily, but are completl;
stopped by fresh water, and they have
the remarkable property of increasing
visual power, other effects being prob
able, i- .-4
'A baker's oven heated by eleclTicliy
is a novelty at Montauban, France.;
The heating elements numbering
twenty are placed at the side of the"
interior, and heat is quickly applied
and cut off at once, with a consldefa-r
ble saving in time. No heat U .loaf;
up the chimney, its the only opening
Is the door through which the bread'
Is passed. ? i
' French statistics show that a total
f 238,702 horse power from the falls
of the Alps is now used for generating .,
electricity. The electric power serve v
the following: Aluminum works, 22.
536 horse power; other metallurgicat ?
factories, 20,485; chlorate of potas-
slum works, 9000; calcium carbide:
works, 104,460; sodium chlorate
works, 13.500; transmission of power
and lighting, 48,727; various Industrie,
19,989. .
p-
. The human body changes its tempei?-
ature very slightly under any condi
tions of heat or cold, but a Russian
naturalist finds that.the body tempera
ture of insects is practically that of the
atmosphere. It usually l-iscs more ,
slowly than the air, though more rap;
idly when the air is very moist Wheu
the insect begins to move, the temper
ature rises rapidly, and may reach
about 38 degrees C. (102.2 F). Below
0.5 degrees C. insects reraaiu motion
less, and the wings are not moved mi-
til the temperature reaches about VI
degrees C.
The United States Supreme Court.
As the hands of the clock point lo :
twelve the crier of the Supreme Court
of the United States raps with hit
gavel, the murmur of conversatiou
ceases and attorneys, court officials
and visitors rise while the crier slowly
announces, "The Honorable the Chief
Justice and the Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court of the United
States." Robed in black silk gowne.
they walk with slow and dignified
steps toward the bench, and as the -Chief
Justice appears at the entrance-,
at the rear they slowly proceed to theiv
seats. As they do, the crier cries.
"Oyez! oyez! oyez! All persons hav
ing business before the Honorable the
Chief Justice and the Associate Jus
tices of the United States are admon
ished to draw near and give their at
tention, for the court is now sitting.
God save the Government of the
United States and this honorable
court." i
It is an imposing and inspiring spec
tacle, 1he mere witnessing of whkh
increases the red corpuscles of one'n
patriotism. No man entering that
domelike court room may wear his
overcoat No member of its bar may
appear before it in a coat of any other
color than black. Such is the dignity
and impressiveness of that tribunal
that men to whom embarrassment has
long been a stranger evidence the re
newal of their acquaintance with it by
a stammering speech, a quickened
breath a nervous manner, when ad
dressing the court Green Bag.
s
faster Lilies From Japan.
Our Easter lily, called the "Ber
muda" lily, is in reality a native of
Japan and China. In 1879 Japan sent
us only $2000 worth of bulbs for grow
ing them; but in 1895 the exports
Jumped to $40,0u0; by 189!) they
reached '130,000,. and they have been
climbing steadily ever since, while tbv
output from Bermuda is supposed to
be a quarter less than it' was a decade
ago. In spite of heavy freights the
Japanese bulbs could often be de
livered here for half the price of the
Bermuda product. Country Life in
America! kiyjr-
What Microbes Are.
Since Pasteur demonstrated the fact
that many human diseases are due to
minute living things which grow and
multiply in our bodies, there has been
a tendency to call all microscopic organ
isms, whether harmful or not, "germs"
or "microbes" or "bacteria" indiscrim
inately. This confusion may be cleared
by the statement that protozoa are the
lowest form known of animals and
that bacteria are the lowest known
forms of-'plants-,' while "germs" and
"microbes"' may apnly to the djfeease
causing forms in either group. From
Gary N. Calkius; "Protozoa and U'
ease' in the Century;
Sv Saccharine Plant.
TL'i new saccharine1 plant discovered
in outb America contains a eoniider
able quantity of saccharine matter, f
not fernfeii table.'' an'd is unusually
swi-et. T&s plant is herbaceous, grow
ing to a height of eight to twelv
inches, and its scientific name is Kupa
Turirui rcbamliiim. It is expected t
prove of rnuch industrial value. It wa
discovered by the director of the agri
cnJiural in-stitute at Asuncion, and his
experiments indicate that the sugar
yielded is from twenty to thirty times
as sweet ps ordinary cDe or beet su-