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A man with an empty sleeve told a
curious story in one of the hotel lob
bies. "In 1889 I was prospecting In the
Joplin lend district," he said, "and with
two partners had sunk a shaft about
30 feet deep on a promising claim. At
the bottom of the excavation we start
ed to 'drift' in other words to drive a
tunnel at right angles. One afternoon,
When the tunnel had nrnirreiuiprl mmn
a Diast. i was Deiow at the time and
I atood betide tht body ol one dead
Who had in lilt been alien to ill food.
Had ever frith the ban-r part Hood,
" treT to the meaner practice wed,
But now the lorra from which tlx foul had led
' Ml'n at sleep, and on the marble fact
Of grots or evil pasijon not one trace
Henuined. Then aottlj- to myself J tald:
Much do we hear about the grievous wrong
Dne bZJi" flo,h ,0 ,h tndwcllnZ aoul,
Dut '" one, and many there ma be
IJke him, who spiritual part iu strong
The lubjcct acsli moat kaaoh to control.
Now from that lonn; enslavement it ia fro.
John White Chadwick In Contury.
Uhen Paganini Plays
A New Tranalatlon of Helarleh
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Dentist,
GRAHAM, N. C.
utnee in tne vestai nuiiums,
over Albright's drug store.
Fl rat-class work at moderate
prices. Call on me.
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Attomey-at-Liw, "
GBEBN8B0R0, N. C.
Office In Wrlirht Bulldlnir East of Court
House.
Will .raotlce regularly In the oourts of Alamance.
my two companions were at the top,
working the windlass. I drilled a hole
in the formation, which was very hard,
put in a dynamite cartridge, tamped it
well with broken rock, lit the fuse and
stepped into the bucket. At the first
turn of the windlass the rope broke at
the top and dropped down Into tho
shaft. The bucket fell only a yard or
so, but I plunged bead first against the
side and It was perhaps a couple of
minutes before I could collect my
senses.
Then In a flash I realized my situa
tion and Jumped back into the tunnel
to extinguish the fuse, but it had al
ready burned down to the tamping and
all I could see was a little smoke ooz
ing out through the rocks. I could hear
my partners yelling to me from above,
but I knew there was no other rope In
our camp and the only thing I could
think of was to pick out the tamping
and get at the fuse before It reached
the dynamite. For all I knew the ex
plosion might take place at any instant,
but I grabbed a drill and began to claw
at the tight packed rock. In a few
seconds I realized that it was a hope
less task, so I dropped the drill and
as a last resort ran back to the shaft
and crouched against the far wall.
"If I live to be a thousand," contin
ued the story teller, "I will never for
get my agony while I waited for the
blast to go off, knowing full well that
my chances for escape were almost too
small for computation. It seemed as If
the explosion would never occur, and
all the while a horrible panorama of
death and mutilation was rushing
through my brain. 'Now!' 'Nowl
'Now!' I kept saying out loud, think
ing each time I tittered the word that
the roar would follow, but It didn't. I
could have sworn that 15 minutes
elapsed and I was beginning to feel a
.wild hope that the fuse had gone out
when an awful thunderclap came and
everything disappeared.
' "My partners had secured a new rope
and were pulling mp out when I recov
ered consciousness. ' My left arm bad
been crushed and I was peppered all
over by flying rock, bnt I suffered most
from the doIsodous rases of the nitro
glycerin in the dynamite. Next day picture of the place where 1'aust
they took off my arm at the elbow and
it waa six months before 1 got out of
bed. Strange to say my hearing wasn't ,
I believe that only one person has
succeeded In fixing the real face of
Paganini on paper. He Is a deaf painter
named Lyser, who, Iu his brilliant
madness, drew the head of Pasnulnl so
well with a few strokes of his crayon
that the beholder laughs and is fright
ened at once at the resemblance. "The
devil directed my band." said the deaf
painter to me, giggling, mysteriously
and nodding with good natured Irony,
as he was used to do when he Indulged
In his harmless jests. This painter
ever bad been a curious creature.
Despite bis deafness he loved music en
thusiastically, aud it is said Hint If be
was near enough to the orchestra he
could reud the music from the faces
of the musicians and that lie could
Judge of the more or less successful
execution by tbelr finger motions. Iu-
deed, he wrote-the operatic criticisms
for an Important newspaper of Ham
burg. After all. what Is there wonder
ful In this? The deaf painter could
see the tones In the visible signature
of the music. There are persons to
whom the tonus themselves are only
Invisible signatures. In which they hear
colors and forms.
I am sorry that 1 own that little
drawing of l.yser's no longer. Only In
glaring black, hasty lines could there
be seized those fablelike features.
which seemed to belong more to the
sulphurous shadow realm than to the
sunny world of life.
Assuredly the devil guided my
band." insisted the deaf painter, as
we stood before the Alster pavilion in
Hamburg ou the day when I'agaulni
gave his first concert there. "Yes, my
friend," be contluucd, "it is true what
the whole world Is saying that be has
sold himself to the devil, body and
soul, to become the best violin player,
to fiddle millions Into bis pockets, and
first to get away from the slave gal
ley, where be had suffered so many
years. For see, friend, when he was
orchestra leader In Lucca, he full In
love with a theater princess, became
Jealous of a priest, stabbed bis faith
less Amata iu good Italian style, was
sent to the galley In Genoa and, as I
have said, sold himself to the devil to
get away, to become the best violin
player and to lay each one of us under
tribute tonight to the extent of S2. - But
see youl All good spirits praise (Jod!
Bee, there be comes himself, with bis
suspicious familiar."
Indeed It was Paganini himself. He
wore a dark gray overcoat, which
reached to bis feet, making him look
very tall. The long, black hair fell to
his shoulders In torn curls and formed
a dark frame around the pnle. corpse
like face, on which sorrow, geulus and
hell bad graved their imperishable
signs. Beside him danced a short,
comfortable figure, prosaically ornate,
rosy, wrinkled face, a little light gray
coat with steel buttons, saluting to all
sides with offensive, friendliness, but
always squinting upward full of wor
ried timidity at the gloomy form which
stalked, grave and thoughtful, at his
side. One Imagined that be saw that
Is
walking with Wagner before the thea
ter In Lelpslc. The deaf painter made
comments on the two shapes In bis
gladiator, with 'bis spasmodic move
ments, or is It a dead man, who has
climbed out of the grave, a vampire,
with the violin, who sucks, If not the
blood out of our hearts, at all events
the money out of our pockets T
Such questions crossed themselves In
my bead while the master cut bis atro
cious compliments. But all - such
thoughts bad to bush when the won
derful master put bis violin to his chin
and began to play.
With the first stroke of his bow the
scenery around and behind bim was
changed. Suddenly be stood with his
music stand In a cheerful room, deco.
rated In merry disorder with twisted
furniture In the taste of Pompadour;
everywhere small mirrors, glided Au
orcttos, Chinese porcelain, a most de
lightful chaos of ribbons, garlands,
white gloves, false pearls, diadems of
gilt, such as one finds In the studio of
a prima donna. Paganlnl's appear
ance, too, bad changed, and to lira
greatest advantage. He wore short
knee breeches of lilac satin, a sliver
broldered white waistcoat, a coat of
light blue velvet, with gold buttons,
and the hair, carefully dressed In little
curls, played around bis face, which
was all young and rosy, aud shone
with tenderness when be cast his
glances at the pretty damsel who stood
by his side while be played.
Truly, at bis side I saw a pretty
young thing, dressed In the old style,
the white satin swelling below the
hips, the waist charmingly tiny, the
powdered hair dressed high, the pretty
round face looking out freely wltb
flashing eyes, finely painted cheeks.
beauty piasters and an Impertinent.
sweet little nose. In ber hand she bad
white paper roll, and the motion of
her lips, ns well as the coquettish
swinging to and fro of ber shoulders,
made It appear that she was singing.
Butno tone was audible.- and euly--
froni the violin play with which young
I'aglnlnl accompanied the charming
child could I ascertain what she sang
and what be himself felt In bis soul
durlug her singing. Oh, these were
melodies like those fluted forth by the
nightingale iu the evening dusk, when
the rose's odor makes her expectant
spring heart drunken with desire! Ob.
that was a melting, sensually dying.
blessedness! These were tones that
kissed each other, then tied petulantly
then agalu embraced with laughter
beenme one aud died Iu drunken unity.
Yes. the tones Indulged In a merry
play, like butterflies when the one
teaslngly avoids the other, bides be
hind a flower, is caught nt last and
then, light heartediy happy, flutters up
ward In the golden sunlight
Put n spider, a spider sometimes can
bring to such lovesick butterflies
stars, and tbese stars were uiuci
black, like shlnglng coals. But the
tones of the violin becamo ever more
stormy and daring. In the eyes of tho
dreadful player man gleamed such a
mocking lust for destruction, and bis
thin Hps moved so frightfully fast that
It seemed as If he were muttering ac
cursed words of enchantment of a long
dead time, wltb which one calls tho
storm and looses the wicked spirits
that lie fettered In the chasms of the
sea.
Sometimes, when he, thrusting his
naked arm, gaunt, far out of the flow
ing monk's sleeve, swept the air madly
wltb bis bow, then be seemed Indeed a
magician who rules the elements wltb
his wand, and then It bowled like mad
In the sea depth, and the fear stricken
blood waves then sprang so mightily
Into the air that they almost flecked
the pale canopy of heaven and the
black stars wltb tbelr red foam. It
bowled. It shrieked. It cracked, as If
the world were about to break Into
ruins, and ever more stubbornly did
the monk scrape his violin. He meant,
with the might of his raving will, to
break the seven seals with which Solo
mon bad closed tho Iron pots after he
bad Imprisoned the conquered demons
In them. Those pots bad been sunk
In the sea by the wise king, and they
were the voices of the pent spirits that
I beard while Paganlnl's violin growl-
ed Its angriest bass tones. But at lust i
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Sowlnar Seed.
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and pushing along the preparation of
land for small grains, and The South
ern Cultivator, with Its usual fore
sight, gives a very pertinent talk upon
this matter, as follows:
There are mauy who think It In
jures land to turn It up to the sun
shine in August and September. This
Is a mistake. Sunshine does not in
jure soil. But If we turn up the sub
soil when it is wet then the sun Dakos
the lumps Into bard clods. In this
way the plant food Is locked up or
made Insoluble. But If the clay Is dry
and we follow the turn plow with
roller and barrow then the sunshine
helps the land. It aids the circulation
of air and water and helps to form the
acids needed to dissolve the plant food.
How deep shall we plow? Just as
deep as your teums can pull tho plows.
What plows? A turned and a subsoil
following. And you may have as
many horses or mules or oxen to each
plow as you please. We know a suc
cessful farmer In Georgia who uses six
strong oxen to each plow. There U
absolutely no danger In this direction.
The ouly risk Is In plowing when the
soli or subsoil, one or both, is too wet
When you have thus broken your land
below the hnrdpan, then follow first
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arenL ' - - i
affected and. as yon see, I have no
scars on my face. So I may consider
myself very lucky on more counts
than one.
"By the way, there was one very
strange incident connected wjjh the af
fair. As I said before, it seemed to me
that I lay there an Interminable time,
waltina for the blast to go off. After
ward, when I was convalescent, I men
tioned the matter to one of my part
ners and he looked surprised. He told
me that be was at the shaft mouth
when I crouched down and that the
explosion occurred Immediately after
ward. - He was Intending to drop his
coat over me, but didn't have time to
take it off." New Orleans Times-Dem
ocrat
racial Irsvsjwlartts"
"Physiologists tell us." said a lawyer
in the writer recently, "that no two
tnrm. an exactlv alike, and I think they
are correct, although we often bear of
one person being fbe exact Image of an
other. That this Is largely a matter of
imagination can pe proved by investi
gation. I have in my office a clerk who
is constantly mistaken for mysettr Ser
1 twtnnUi ear ha resembles DM SO
closely that I nns be Joking when I
deny the relatsooamp.
"In order to ascertain how mocn reav
.1 tliMs. statements I
tnk th fellow to si pbxHographer's one
day las week and We rxxa naa onr pw
I ares taken together, and I would defy
any one to point odt a single pout w
v. w. derk. however, re
gards the matter as a good Joke, and I
half enspect ne acanowsDug
sbip in a good may cases intenUosml
ly, ao as to catMe complications. I hare
shown tbe photograph to mrrtrt w
who hare made the mistake, bat it has
no inflnence upon them wnaievw.
it ieimpoasible to eonrince them against
their win. Weaning
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An emm at the ijres of aoold diary.
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own fantastic way and called my at
tention particularly to tbe measured,
broad steps of Paganini. "Is It not so,"
ssked be, "as if he carried tbe Iron bar
still between his ankles? He bss ac
quired for good the habit of walking
that way. See. too. bow contemptuous
ly Ironical Is the glance which be sends
down on his companion when be bur
dens him with bis prosaic questions.
But be cannot rid himself of that com
panion. A bloody pact binds blra to
this servant who is nobody else than
aatan. The Ignorast public It Is true,
thinks that this companion is Harris,
tbe writer of comedies and anecdotes,
whom faganlnl has taken along to
manage tbe finances. The public does
net know that tbe devil merely borrow
ed bis body from Mr. Ueorge Harris
and tbst tbe poor soul of that poor
creature is locked up In a chest In Han
over wltb other rubbish lo wait till tbe
devil retnma Ita flesh envelope. I "rob
ably be will nr-rorupany his master.
Paganini. In ant!H-r form through tbe
world then-namely, aa a Diaca poo
dle."
If Paganini srcined fablelike and
weird to me In tbe bright noonday,
ander tbe green trees of Hamburg's
Maiden lane, bow did bis frightfully
bizarre appearance amase me la tbe
evening at tbe concert! On tbe stage
there aDfwared a dark form thai Beam
ed to bare risen from uw aaoer
That waa Paganini In black gakt dreaa,
tbe black coat and the black waistcoat
of a dreadful cut as perhaps beuisa
Mbinvtte mvecrlbrs at tne coon or
Proserpine, tbe Macs truest rs .n
Mr fluttering around tbe tbla legs.
The lone anna seemed even keagtben-
rf aa he betd tbe v toll a la one hand
and la the other tlie bow. aad nearly
toocbrd the pryond with tbem wane
he displayed bla nameleaa bows Derore
th nabtie. Is the snrnlar rtmtoroooe
ef hia body there waa a dreadful wooc-
aad also sometnuig grotesqeuy
aalmalllke. ao that one bad a strange
desire te laogb; bnt his face, which
seemed still more eadaverotwy one
m tbe bright right of toe stage, naa
gometilog as beseeching, ao atapMly
k amble, that a horriDte ptty rer
. a k, Etmmm VIA
away the oesna a-
- thsM awooas rraa mw
tomatoa ar from a dog? Is this W
glng look that of a dying "
there behind It tbs Bataralae humor ef
la this a living anaa w
sudden bitter fate. Did tbe young
heart forlode such a thing? A mel
nueboly slgblug tone, like a premoni
tion of a disaster stealthily approach'
lug, gilded softly through tbe most en
trancing melodies that glowed out of
Pagiulul's violin. Ills eyes became
moist. , Adoring, he kneels before bis
Amata. Alas! As be bends to kiss her
feet, be sees under tbe bed a little
priest! I know not what be bad against
tbe poor fellow, but tbe Uenoan be
came palo as death. He seises tbe lit
tle one wltb furious bands, boxes bis
ears and kicks bim, throws him out of
tbe door, then pulls a long stiletto out
of his pocket and thrusts It Into the
breast of tbe young beauty
But In tbls moment there sounded
"Bravo! Bravo!" from all sides. Ham
burg's I'ntliuslaHtlc men and women
gave their best applause to the great
artist who bad Just ended tbe first part
of bis concert, and who was bowing
with even more angles and contortions
than before. In bis face, it seemed to
me, there whined a humility still more
beseeching than before. In bis eyes
stared a fearful terror, like tbst of a
poor sinner.
As Paganini began to play anew, It
became somber before my eyes. The
tones did not transform . tlieinwl ves
Into bright colors and sbnpcs. Tbe
form of the master rather draped Itaolf
In gloomy shadows, from the dark
ness of which bis music walled
with most stabbing tonea of lament.
Only sometimes, wben a small In tup
tbst bung above bim threw It
dim light on him, could I see his
pallid face. In which, however, youth
had not yet been extinguished. Strange
was hia costume, split Into two colors.
of which the one was yellow and the
other red. On bis ankles there weighed
heavy chains. Behind him there moved
a fnce whose physiognomy hinted mer
rily st that of a goat and long, hairy
bands, which, as It seemed, belonged to
tbe face, occasionally reached helping
ly luto tbe strings of tbe violin which
Taianlnl was playing. Sometimes, too.
they guided tbe band which held ibr
bow, and a bleating laugh then areola
panktl tbe tones that welled ever more
painfully and bleeding from tbe violin
Those-were tonea tike tbe song of fall
en aagela wbo bad reveled wltb daugb
ters-of earth and. bowed wltb alia me.
are descending Into tbe nnderworld.
Those were tones In whose abysmal
depth neither comfort nor nope gllro-
niered. Wbea tbe holy ones lo heaven
hear a neb tones, Ibea tbe praise of God
dies on tbelr paling Una, and. weeping
they cover tbelr gentle beada. Some
times wben that goat laugh bleated
Into the tortures of this playing I could
see In tbe background a horde of little
women, wba nodded la erll meniinenl
with their a gly beads. Prom the violin
then there msbed sounds of fear and a
pitiable moaning and a sobbing as has
not been beard oa earth before aad as
never may be beard oa earth agaia
alliens It be in tne valley of Jehoaba-
pbat wbea tbs eoloeaa! trumpets of tbe
Judgment are wound and tbe aaked
corpses crawl from tbelr graves aad
await tbelr fate-
Had a string really brokeaT I ao not
know. I noticed only tne traaangnraiioa
of tbe tonea, aad with tbem Paganta!
and bla surroundings seemed totally
enanged agala. I eoold scarcely recog
nise him la tbe browa mona s nawi.
which bid him rather than dot bed bim.
Tbe wild face, half aecreted ta the
hood, a rooe around his alps, barefoot-
ad. a solitary, defiant shape. Pagaalnl
atood oa a rocky aromoatory ty we
aea and played tne violin. It was the
time of dnsk. the red eveniag aoooea
tbs wide ooods ef tbseeeaa. watch be-
rrer more ruddy aad reared ever
solemnly,-la mysterious accord
srith the atralas af the rtoila. Bat tbe
more ruddy tbe aea beeaate tbe more
pallid became tbe heaven, aad wbea at
last tbe awaiting bflVsws looked aU Uke
eanrt bloed, tbe sky above Became
demons monsters of fnliled ugliness.
crocodiles with bats' wings, snakes
wltb antlers, sen dogs with patriarchal
long beards, green camel heads.aU star
ing with cold, sagaclotis eyes and
reaching wltb long fins at tbe fiddling
monk. In bis madness his hood bad
ialleafronLhlsjras&aDLJIej:urllUB
hair, blown wildly by tbe wind, twined
around bis bead like black serpents.
The appearance was so crazing that
I closed my eyes. Then tbe whole cn
cbantment vanished, and when I look
ed up again I saw the poor Oeuoan In
his customary shape, making his cus
tomary bows, while the public applaud
ed without end,
Quietly Paganini brought his violin
to his chin ngnln, and wltb the first
motion of the bow the wonderful trans
figuration of tbe tones began once
more. But they were not so glaring In
color or so decided in outline. The
tones unfolded themselves calmly, ma
jestically, surging and swelling, like
those of an organ In a cathedral, and
all the surroundings bad expanded
wide and high to a space colossal, such
as not the ttodlly eye, but only the eye
of the spirit, can grasp. In tbe middle"
of the space floated a flaming sphere,
where there stood, gigantic and proud,
a man who played tbe violin. This
sphere was It tho sun? I do not know.
But In the features of tbe man I recog
nized Paganini, ideally beautified, ce
lestially purified, lovingly smiling. Ills
body bloomed In strongest manliness,
a light blue garment Inclosed tbe enno
bled limbs, around his shoulder billow
ed In shining curls tbe black hair,
and as be stood there, firm and sure,
an uplifted Image of God and played
lbs violin. It was as though tbe wbolo
creation barkened to his tones.
He was tbe man planet, around
whom the universe moved wltb meas
ured .solemnity and sounded In celes
tial rhythm. Those urge lights, which
floated around him In such peaceful
splendor, were tbey tbe stars of heav
en) And that sounding barmony that
rose from tbelr motions, was It the
song of the spheres, of which ioets
and seers have told such delightful
things? Somotlmes, wben I strained
my sight Into the da wnlug "distance, I
thought to see all flowing white gar
ments, wherein were hidden colossal
pilgrims, with white staves In tbelr
bands, and, cnrlous. the golden buttons
of the staves were the great lights
whk-h I had thought were stars. These
pilgrims moved In wide circles around
the player, ever more shining did tbe
golden buttons of the stares become
from tbe tones of bis violin, and the
choral songs that came from tbelr lips
and those I bad thought were the
songs of the sphere were really only
the dying echoes of that violin. An un-
namable bofy fervor dwelled iu these
strains, which sometimes trembled,
hardly audible, like secret whispering
oa the water, again swelled, sweet
thrilling, like the bunting horo In tbe
that they cannot easily dodge the bar
row teeth, which should follow tho
roller. It Is better to go over with
tbese several times. The Cutaway or
Acme either will do. Tbe use of first
one and then tbe other Is better. This
should be done some weeks before
sowing the grain If you can. When
this Is tbe plan, then run over with
the hnrrow ouco every two weeks.
Manuring should be done differently
wltb different manures. Stable ma
nures and other rotting vegetation
should be spread on before the break
ing. If commercial fertilisers ,or cot
tonseed, then It is best to wait until
you are ready to sow the grain. Then
get add phosphate, 14 per cent goods;
cottonseed meal, 7 to 8 per cent; muri
ate of potash, CO to 75 per cent, or
German kalnlt, 12 to 14 per cent Mix
these as follows:
Cottonseed meal, 400 pounds; acid
phosphate, 1,200 pounds; muriate, 300
pouuds, or kalnlt, 000 pounds.
Mix well and sow broadcast, from
400 to GOO pounds per acre. Harrow
this In well with any good barrow.
Then sow one bushel per acre of Red
Hulsey unless you have an acclimat
ed variety you prefer. Plow tbls In
with small plows so as to cover the
seed about 1 Va to 2 Inches. All wheat
grain or oats covered three Inches or
deeper are lost.
Then go over with roller to make
seed bed firm and Insure a good even
stand. Then scratch with thorns,
Thomns smoothing harrow or other
very light barrow so as to preven'
baking should hard rain follow soon.
Relief in Six H onrs.
Distressing Kidney and Bladder diseases
relieved In six hours by th "New Gbka
South Aiikhioah Kmnar Cubs. This new
I remedy la a great surprise on account of Ita
exceeding promptness in relieving puln In
X"'" "T, " '" .uicumijr uuu viu- the urinary passages in male and female. It
lence, should confess himself the per- relieves retention of Water and pain in pasa
petiator of crime is not' .ral enough. 1ns it almost immediately. If yonwapt quick
Tbe prospect of relief frcm actual pain relief and cure this Is your remedy. Bold by
is a temptation that blinds tbe snilerer , T. A. Albright, druggist, Graham. N.C.
to the future, lint It may seem strange,
and is indeed one of tbe niott inoxplica
ble things in human history, that men
have been induced by religious exhorts
Tho State Normal
Col legi) of N. C.
and Industrial
Offers to young-women : thorough
Hons and other means of pervasion to literary, classical, scientific, and in-
sign their own death wnrranU by con- , dustrial education and special ped
fessing crimes actually never commit-. v ri1'"" "
ted. Such in England wn. tho case of IfUT8' An""?1
John Perry, executed near Cnmpden in ' for nn-residents of tho
1861, with his mother and brother, lor -State $150. Faculty of 30 mem
murdering William Harrison, steward bers. More than 400 regular stu
for Lady Campden. The testimony dents. Has matriculated about
against them was chiefly tho confession 1,700 students, representing every
of John Perry himself, but, to the as- county in the State except one.
ll Zeat al' Ba"ty'a 7b had Practice and Observation School of
been kidnaped and carried off, return- , -i,-,, Kr.n ..:i w . j
d two year, after tho execution. I P1'0"1 5o9t PuPlls' T secu.r? board
In 1818 a man named Russell Colvin, .dormitories, all free-tuition ap-
llving at Manchester, Vt., disappeared, l'"cuuunn snouia oe maue Deiore
Correspondence invited from
those desiring competent trained
teachers.
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A l.cfal Implement.
The Illustration from The Farm
Journal shows a plank clod crusher
that has a smoothing barrow accom
paniment, short
pieces of round
Iron Itflnrr tlrtv.
V" w en Into tbe low-
APLAMKCLoncnusiiER. cr edges of tbe
stout planking. Tbese pieces of Iron
need not be stout nor long. In tbelr
slanting position tbey will not clog
and will break up many clods that tbe
crusher has not entirely mastered.
leaving tbe soil loosened aud fine.
Strips of board ran be laid on top and
a weight added If needed.
Catll.tr mm4 Carina Cotvpeoa.
Cut tbe vines wbeu the pods are
about full and leave Iu windrows or
small cocks for two or three dsys, ac
cording to weather. Then rick up
loosely, and two or three days biter
tbey may be put under shelter loosely
or placed In roll pens with crossrslls
every three or four feel for ventilation.
We have placed tbem thus for 20 feet
In height, advises Texss Kara and
I touch. Tbe vines may be stacked un
der shelter In alternate layers of straw
or bay a foot thick, vines three feet
Tea vines can be ssved In good condi
tion wltb more sap than any forage
moonlight, aad Ihen at hint roared oo i l'nl e know- T" abeuld not be
If a thou- ! curru outdoors until dry, for tnen tne
leaves shatter off, but there should be
wltb unbridled delight, as
sand bards were striking tbe strings of
tbelr barns and raising their voices to
a song of triumph. These were strains
such as the ear never bears, but only
the heart can dream wben It lies at
night oa tbe bosom of tbe beloved.
New Torfc Press.
A Weeder That Work. Welt,
The weed it ebown In a cut from Tbs
Sural New Yorker ia owned, as a cor
respondent of thst Journal tells, by Mr.
Rhode. farmer of Portage county.
0. Tbs axle Is aborttned ao that the
wheels ars about seven feet apart Tbls
width Is soiled to three foot rows of
Tbs right bsnded lever is a lock
m
ai ealf aaaIfM?rT
jm a- m mvsaas I la ttat
r. .u TbeTrcar, ilk. . dy.a, I gwl, pa-, -n-blu. greM
uc in suv jr. - i ad tnreateaJug there came' out th.
saiTauaswfKDKa.
lever and ia J tut s it uss oa tbs orig
inal bay rake. Tbe lever directly ia
front of tbs seat wss tskea from a sulky
cultivator and ia attached by a chain
to tbe- back set of teeth. Both arts of
teeth are raised with this lever. Tbs
extra art of teeth la sa exact duplicate
of tbe other oas except that the timber
repreaentltig the aile may be a trifle
lighter. Tbe two axles ars hinged to
gether by means of irons snoot a foot
long, proprrly shaped so tbst tbe back
art of teeth stsnd st tbe same angle as
tbs front set Different makes of rakes
would probably reqoire different treat-meat
Mr. Enodes says: "AH weeder wltb
teeth slanting backward are wrong la'
principle. Tbey tend to pack tbeaoiL'
tbls weeder with tbe teeth panting
forward will lift tbe soil and keep it
loos, oa top. I bare tried other w coders
right by the aide of this, but this oaa
beats them all
no dew or rain on tbem wben stored.
Take a wisp of vines and twist tbem
tightly. If no water ran be squeesed
out of tbem, tbey sre ready to put un
der shelter. Tbey may beat somewhat,
but It will not injure the hay.
A Charter oa Peas.
It waa not until 1780 that a Blrmlng
bam manufacturer named Harrison In
troduced Ibe metallic pen to England.
Even then. 23 years later, wben a
barrel of tbem waa oo sale In London,
we read that tbey were by far too ex
pensive for general nee. We do Dot
know tbe price Ibea asked, but at the
time of tbe battle of Waterloo we read
that Sheldon of Sedgley waa selling
them at 18 shillings Ibe dosea. In tbe
IT years following that data tbe price
fell to two-thirds this sum.
Today, on tbe average, ISO pens can
be nought ror the price which our
grandfather paid for one OO years
ago. Tet liter Is a good deal of work
ta be done oo tbe successor of Byron's
"Gray Oooae Quia" Each of tbe mil
lions tamed out every year (It Is a
thousand million la England aloee) has
ta go through 14 separate procaasea.
One EngUab writer oa this subject
says: "Should we, la place of rolling out
tbe sted lata strips the thickness of
peas, null It out lata oo aqnar bar
baring tbe width and height of Its
crow area each three as Tenths af aa
lack, then we abould get a bar 471
miles long, which eoold be bant ao
that oo end af tb are rested ta Loo
Son aad tb atber end ta Edinburgh.-
London Cbrooicia.
eared Mia Bate OwC
The Pari Progrea Medical record a
most remarkable recent can abxrwing
tb effect of fright oa to hair. A rig
orous peasant with abundant hair not
yet showing gray saw hia small child
trampled under a horse' hoof aad was
orrrrocbe by fright Ha trembled and
bad palpitations and a feeling of cold
and teaaioa in tbe face and bead. Oa
th. fnTinwin dor th. hair of the head.
I beard aad eteiavws trarmeneed to fall
Out Minnie Cough Care, car. I ia qnaatiUea ao that after eight days h
timt s warn H was asm tar. was abaI bald, la a lew wjekaj
and suspicions of foul pluy1 were enter
tained. Public opinion attributed his
murder to Stephen and Jesse Boom.
Still, as there was no definite ground
on which to arrest tbem, the excitement
gradually drew away. In 1819, how
ever, a Mr. Boom dreamed that be had i
been murdered by two men, whom ha
fixed upon as bis nephews, Stephen and
Jesse. The ghost of the murdered man
even specified the place of tho murder
and the old cellur liolo whore the man
gled body had been thrust. Here a knifo
and buttons were found, which were
identified ns belonging to Culvin. On
this tbe men were arrested. Stephen
and Colvin lind qnttrrcled just before
the disappcHrnuco of the latter, and
Stephen' bad been seen to strike bim
with a club and knock bim down
In a short time Jckko confessed that
be and Stephen, with their father, after
Stephen knocked him down, hud curried
bim to tho old cellur and cnt bis throat
wltb a jRckknifc. He fnrther ststed
that tbe next yeur they nindo awny with
wont of tho bones of their victim.
Stephen, after a time, admitted tbu
truth of Jesse' confession. On this they
Were convicted and sentenced to be
banged on tho 28th of January, 1820.
Tbey applied for commutation of the
sentence, snd, ss some believed their
Innocence, advertisements were inserted
in various papers for Cclvln. Not long
afterward a letter appeared in tbe New
York Evening Poft. signed by a Mrs.
Chadwick aud dated Shrewsbury, N
J., Dec. 6, 1810, slating that a slightly
deranged man named Itussell Colvin
bsd been there five years hcfoie. This
was generally looked upon as a hoax, but
James Wbelpley of New York, wbo
knew Colvin, resolved to follow up the
clew snd srtnslly found Colvin st tho
bouse of William Polhe.-nnt st Dover,
N. J . where be bad been since April.
ism.
Mr. Wbelpley took him to New York,
tbs common council gave bim means to
prooceed to Vermont, snd be srrived at
Manchester on the 83d day of December.
Tbe whole place was in a state of
wild excitement. People gathered in
from all the snrrounding country to see
the desd olive. A cannon wns brought
out, snd Colvin was saluted with a dis-
cbsrge of csunon and small arms.
Stephen Boom firing tbe first piece.
There wss much discussion a to tb
motive for tbe confession, some attribut
ing it to tbe effect of imprisonment, a
general sort of panic and terror, and
others to Ibe injudicious advice snd ex
hortation of s clergyman. Wonderful
Events
Greensboro, N. C.
OABTORIA.
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1J,-iV'i EVER IV. A'A-mIt.6!
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Call.se Clrl tlnaa.
Colb-ge girls hsve a language of tbelr
own that I not contained In tbe ologie
and lams of student life.
Tbst oe of "grand" at Vasasr col
lege spread like s contsgioos disease a
few year ago. Everything from a new
gown to tbe awsrd of a fellowship re
ceived lb magnificent appellation.
That was a reason of grandiloquence ia
other respects a Ira, for no entertain
ment leas tbsn a "ball" waa ever givea
at the college. If yon went to tbe senior
parlor Id response to an invitation to a
ball, yoa woo Id probably And that
aom on waa serving tea.
Both to Vaasar aad to Yale belong
th word "stunt" but it I used in
quite different senses. At Vsaear it
a peculiar trick that belongs to a
eertaia individual. At Ysie it stands
for any idea or plan.
Where girls "dig," Harvard and
Yale men "grind" or "bone;" wber
"frirola" tb other sprats It"
Brya Mawr ha a peculiar alang term
of Ita own for th girls wbo do not en
ter with a regular olaaa, but com in at
tb middle of tb year. Tbey ar known
as "half breeda' to tb end of their
course. Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
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