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Her eyes are lit with laughter (They light the world for me) ' For how much would you sell me? Now tell me1, sir," cries she. j 'Tis then I answer somehow, Between a smile and tear: "Not for all the gold in Klondike The gold in Klondike, dear, When the cozy tea is over, With many a frolic fond, I sit and read my paper, And from the room beyond I hear the clink of china, The tread of nimble feet, ; And broken bits of singing That somehow ripple sweet. I hear a rush and rustle Behind my easy chair"; Short, chubby arms enclasp me And choke me unaware ! Into my arms is tumbled Atfrinkled. golden head, A ball of fluffy whiteness A That ought to be in bed. ' She asks her mother's question-- Lkiss the answer clear j 'Not for all the sold in Klondike! The gold in Klondike, dear." In dim and dusty office I dig my bits of gold; I suffer not with hunger Nor perish with the cold. My nuggets need be tiny (I dig them with a pen) But the gold of Yukon's gravel I leave for other men. My treasure lies exhaustless, My claim is staked with care ; , What is all the gold in Klondike Since 1 m loves millionaire? SUNDAY SELECTIONS. love A heart without love is like a violin without strings He who preaches most of Chrjst to sinners may expect to preach most sinners to Christ. . . Life is only so far valuable as it serves for the religious education of the heart. Madame de Stael. Y-rr The end of life is to be like ufiTO God, and the soul following God will be like unto God. Socrates. ' The devil often takes a child by the hands on the day it is told that it is too young to join the church. We cannot do anything for the purpose of pleasing (od without linu ihg out that we have pleased Him. God is the poet; men are but the actors. The greatest dramas of earth are written in heaven. Balzac. Nothing less than the majesty of God and the powers of the world to come can maintain the peace and sanc tity of our homes, the order and se renity of our minds, the spirit of pa tience and tender mercy in our hearts.' -Martineau. Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow and wax strong, we grow and wax weak; and at last some crisis shows us what we have become. Canon Wescott. ' When ambition strangles con science the man is in a bad state. For the fashion of this world passeth away, but a man's character is his closest companion throughout eter nity. How vitally important it is then, if we would be happy hereafter, to cultivate a good character. TO INCREASE THE NAVY. and Provision Made for Four Monitors Four Torpedo-boat Destroyers. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, April 9 The sub committee concluded consideration of the Naval Appropriation bill to-day. The principal additions to the portion of the bill providiug or the increase of the navy were the following : Four monitors for coast and harbor defences, $5,0u0,000; four torpedo-boat de-stroyers,jH,200,000. & Shattered Wervous System. FINALLY HEART TROUBLE. Restored to Health by Dr. Miles' Nervine. B. EDWARD HARDY, the Jolly man ager of Sfaeppard Co's., great store at Bracevllle, 111., writes: "I bad never been sick a day in my life until in 1890. I got so bad with nervous prostration that I had to give up and commence to doctor. I tried our local physicians and one in Joliei but none gave me any relief and I thought I was going to die. I became despondent and suffered untold agony. I could not eat, sleep nor rest, and it seemed as if I could not exist. At the end of six months I was reduced to but a shadow of myself, and at last my heart became affected and I was truly miserable. I took six or eight bottle of Dr. Miles' Nervine. It gave me relief from the start, and at last a cure, the great est blessing of my life." Dr. Miles' Remedies are sold by all drug gists under a positive guarantee, first bottle benefits or money re funded. Book on dis eases of the heart and nerves free. Address, DE. MILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart. Ind. No morphine or opium in Dr. Mlles'sP-UH Pill Cork All Pain. One cent a dose." For sale by all Druggists. Change. JeSly satuth By Cable to the Morning Star. Berlin, April 9. All news of the ffispano-Ainerican crisis is anxiously watched in Germany, as the opening of actual;hostilities is expected, and German commercial interests especial ly are involved. The newspapers, although still hop ing that peace will not be broken, are beginning to, discuss tne proDame ei fect of war upon trade. Public opinion is much divided, many of the papers expressing the opinion that the United States ought to be satisfied with the concessions Spain is offering; others declaring, however, that the United States is right in demanding the abso lute independence of Cuba as the only means of preventing a recurrence of the disturbances and quieting the just indignation in America at Spanish mis rule. , . L ' .. . TIi. Hardly anybody in serious political circles doubts that j War is Coming, the points at issue being deemed irre concilable, although very paper does full justice to jrresiueui. mejuuicj o moderation and evident desire for peace. The Nationlal Conservative newspapers have taken the occasion to point out that in the event of war Ger manv oucrht to seize the opportunity to attain objects whicn her politicians have been aiming ai for years. The Deutsche Zeitung, thi leading organ of this party, expresses the hope that the German Foreign Offipe is arranging to "appropriate Samoa, drive the Ameri cans from there and tjake possession of one or more of the Antilles, if possible the Danish islands, as Germany, after Cuba has become American or inde pendent, will require a coaling station in those waters for her navy and mer chant marine." Itis learned at the foreign office here that the Cannamaba Incident has been satisfactorily settled, Spain agreeing to pay 450,000 pasetas dam ages for the destruction of German property and the lives taken by the insiiro-ents in that Dart of Cuba. In consequence of this settlement the German Warship Geier has been or dered to Brazil instead of going to Havana for the purpose of collecting an indemnity and punishing the per petrators 'of the outrage. The news papers, however, call upon the government to send at least one warship to protect German interests in case of hostilities, and it is understood the Navy Department has instructed the .officials at Kiel to send a vessel across the Atlantic. In the event of an outbreak the official atti tude of Germany will not be changed. Under nO circumstances will she de part from the strictest neutrality. The Spanish ambassador here, Senor Mendenz de Viero, made another at tempt during ,the past week to secure Germany's intervention or mediation, while Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, renewed his personal and con fidential solicitations on the same sub ject with Emperor William. It is said on unexceptional author ity that the Queen Regent is the in itiator of the movement to enlist the Pope in Spain's behalf, and Emperor Francis Joseph aided her; but Em peror William warned them that the step was Ilikely to meet with the de cided disapproval of the majority of the Americans. -Spain Ready For War. A diplomat, at the Spanish embassy,, in an interview, said: "Spain' is ready for war, jf it comes. While it is true that a large number of the Spanish people are anxious for war, the government is trying to avoid it. In the event of war the Spaniards can be depended upon to stand by the Queen Regent and the young King, in spite of all the democratic conspir ing which is going on. It would be cowardly for them to act otherwise. The Yankee republic will find the present generation of Spaniards chiv alrous as their forefathers. " London, April 10. Special dis patches from Madrid received this morning say that Senor Gullon, the foreign minister, having received im portant telegrams from Washington, immediately went to the residence of Senor Sagasta, the premier, where a protracted interview was had Senor Gullon then went to the palace, where a cabinet council was held and the prime minister imparted the contents of the telegrams. He said that the ambassadors of the Powers had asked Spain to grant an armistice, with a view of allowing negotiations for a settlement of the whole question. The council had a long and anxious dis cussion, during which Senor Sagasta went out and consulted with the Queen Regent, and it was finally de cided to grant an armistice, which should last five days upon the follow ing conditions : Terms of Armistice. That the United States should im mediately cease to lend moral and material support to the Cuban insur gents; that the American squadron in the vicinity of Cuba- should be with drawn, and tnat tne American war vessels near the Philippine islands also should be withdrawn. If the United States decline these conditions it is declared that the Powers will openly lend their support to Spain. j L The correspondent in Madrid of a news agency nere, says that if the in surgents shall not have laid down their arms by the end of five days, the war will be resumed and Spain will receive the moral support of the Powers. Minister's Refuse Information. iW..ViP. Pin ban crisis has reached an empasse from which there is no issue but war, or the hauling down of the Spanish flag, it has been found in President McKinley's reply to the ambassadorial note, presented at Washington on Thursday last, so strikingly reasserting the determina tion that there is only one way to pre vent the United States intervening to end the intolerable situation. As a matter of fact, no confirmation was wanted, for Europe's only real hope of a peaceful solution of the question was based on the belief that when they realized the futility of the high-strung talk about their honor, the Spaniards would accept the alterna tive and surrender. Great Britain has nothing to thank Spain lor. When ever commercial questions have been raised. Great Britain has iounu opaui obstructive, intractable and arbitrary, as the United States finds her to-day, and the medium of sympathy found in some quarters is simply a sort of sen timental pity at the fact that Spam should be deprived of her last great colony. One of the few discordant notes in the paen of sympathy with the aims of the United States comes from a quarter it was least expected from. The Freeman's Journal, the can of the Irish nationalist leader, Mr. John Dillon, a paper claiming to represent the Irish party, after fiat footedly expressing the hope that Spain will win in the expected war, says: "In our opinion, the United States would be better employed help ing Spain to make autonomy a suc voqg ratlipt- t.bn in forcinsr a deplor able war. The latest advices show the Americans do not want to deliver rinhn to the Cubans." The Irish Independent Leagu has protested against this pro-Spanish de claration and has passed a resolution with the United States repudiating the declaration of the Freeman's. Jour nal. During the course of a conversation, a high official of the British Foreign office said: , "The President's policy is statesman like and essentially humane, and while we may view apprehensively the ultimate results to America herself , of the necessity for introducing order in the government of Cuba, the solu tion of the insufferable scandal will not be too dearly pur chased at the cost of war. The maleficent rule of Spain in Cuba has got to end now, for neither America nor any one else will trust her promises, especially after the tell tale correspondence which resulted in the recall of Senor Dupuy De Lome. "Nevertheless," added the T'oreign Office official, "America has taken up an unenviable task. After driving out the Spaniards she will have to send troops to crush the Cubans, who are rebels at heart, and who will not submit tamely to any form of govern ment which will deprive them of their occupation of fighting." NO CHANGE IN THE PROGRMME. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. 8HY OF THE CAMERA. The President Holds to Intention . to Send His Message to Con gress Monday. THE SPANISH ARMISTICE. Conditions Proposed May Accentuate the Hostile Feeling Already Existing in Congress Military and Naval " Preparations. By Telegraph to the Morning; Statf Washington, April 9. President McKinley received a cable dispatch from Minister Woodford at Madrid to-night announcing that the Spanish government had granted an armistice for Cuba. In making this announce ment Mr. Woodford conveyecTit as a piece of news in ' which this country was vitally interested, but not as an official communication. None the less it conveyed the essential fact that Spain had conceded what the Powers of Europe and the Pope had f of many days been urging upon her, and that the concession dispelled for the mo ment the darkness of the war clouds and brought in.their stead what was regarded as at least a faint hope of a peaceful solution of the pending diffi culty. Has Not Changed the Situation. The receipt of this news hats not, however, resulted in any change of the administration programme relative to sending the message to Congress. It was authoritatively announced to night that it was the intention ; of the President to send nis message to uon Tobacco will cure well, have a bright, rich color and flavor, with good burning properties, if liberally supplied with a fertilizer con taining at least 10 actual mm- - TtTl ll . 1 "T1 gress on Monday, w newer, ne win make any addition to the message re ferring to the proposed armistice by Soain could not be ascertained defi nitely. It is scarcely to be doubted, however, that a development Of this character would receive attention at the President's hands, although it could not: be learned to-night ttyat this attention will be more than a recital of the facts. After conferences at the White House to-night, gentlemen who are in the confidence of the President expressed the belief that the granting of ah armistice would not materially change the policy as already matured. One of the gentlemen who had a long conference With the President to-night expressed the opinion that the proposed armistice tended materially toward a peaceful solution of the Cuban question, although he declined jto ven ture even a suggestion as to How the proposition would be received py Con- Tarboro Southerner: E. Miller made an assignment on Monday for the benefit of his creditors and named Mr. H. B. Parker, Jr., of Goldsboro, as assignee. The liabilities are stated to be about $2,500, the assets consist ing of the stock of goods in his store. There are a number of preferred credi tors named, amounting to about $1,600, the largest being his wife. - Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligen cer: Mr. A. E. Waddell, of Anson ville township, has invented a guano -distributer which fills the bill better than anything ever seen in these parts. A number of the best and most practi cal farmers of his section have seen the machine in operation and each and , all of them speak in terms of the high est praise of it. It not only distributes anv amount of fertilizer wanted, from - . " T . - 1 50 to 1,UW pounds per acre, eveniy and accurately, but is equipped with two plows which cover the fertilizer and ridge the land at the same time. Raleigh Post: Dr. Joyful Laughter Ramsey, editor of the Pro gressive Farmer, went to Groldsboro to appear before Justice of the Peace J. D. Broadhurst, in response to the sum mons charginghim with criminal libel, which was preferred by ex-Judge W , R. Allen. Mr. Ramsey waived the , preliminary hearing and a justified fond of $500 was required for his ap pearance at the next term of Wayne Superior Court. The bond was given and Dr. Ramsey returned to the city ;j Friday night. . . Murfreesboro Index: Mr. Jesse : Holloman was shot and killed a,t ! Union last Saturday by a colored man, I Jacob Moore, an employe of the Camp I Manufacturing Co. It is aid that the trouble between them was caused by Moore trying to hire some of Mr. Holloman's hands. Moore fired three shots, striking Holloman each time, the last taking effect in the region of the heart, causing death in a few min: utes. Moore was arrested but made his escape from the officers and has not been re-arrested. The county offers a reward of $200 and the family $100. Moore is black, weight 205 pounds, five and a half feet high, broad slick face, no heard, large eyes and mouth, hump 1 shouldered, and legs short and little bowed. Elizabeth City Economist: It is with real sorrow that! we chronicle the death of Dr. David Cox, who departed this life in Hertford on Wednesday ; aged 69 years. Dr. Cox was one of Perquimans county's leading citizens, and before his sudden stroke of par alysis, which terminated in his death, there was no more useful or intelligent citizen in that county!. Departed this life, at CurritucksCourt House, oh in the form of sulphate. The quality of tobacco is im proved by that form of Potash. Our books will tell you, jnst what to use. They are free. Send for "them. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St.. New York. BOTTOM FACTS In the Maine investigation make startling News. The bottom facts In connection with our hard ware stock reveal the largest assortment and lowest prices for quality to be found anywhere . Everything comprised in the term of "Hard ware," ,all of the besT: quality and marked at prices admitting of no argument. Dealers can here find the best source of supply for their wants. Put chases delivered at depots without ex pense, and patron's Interest carefully looked after. OUR PENINSULAR STEEL RANGES must be seen to be appreciated, and it will be a pleasure for us to snow you their construction and management. A Hue and varied line of Cooking and Heating Stoves constantly on hand at low down prices. Try us and we wil convince you. Our lines of general Hardware, Cutlery, Brass goods. &c, are complete in each department. J. W. MURCHISON, mar 30 tf ORTON BUILDING. -Nervine J Restores ,9 JuLt Hearth Madrid, April 9, 7.15 P. M. The ministers Upon being questioned by the reporters refused to give any in formation regarding the negotiations ; but it is 1 understood they are based upon an armistice and the withdrawal 01 the American squadrons from Cuba and the Philippines. If the war is not concluded immediately, the United States is to withdraw all moral and material support from the insurgents. It is believed here that the presenta- ! tion of McKinley's message to Con- 1 gress will be again postponed, the i Epoca thinks, until Friday next. El Correo (official) says: "While America asked for an armistice, Spain refused; but to the voice of Europe and thePope, even Spain, without dishonoV may accept the arrange ments proposed in the interests of peace." London, April 9. If anything was wanting to confirm the European be- Seed, Seed, Seed. NEW CROP JUST ARRIVED. All Varieties. Lowest Prices. Truckers, Country Merchants and Gardeners will save money by buying from ROBERT R. BELLAMY, Wholesale Druggist and Seedsman, f eb 80 tf Wilmington, N. C. Skin Diseases. Foi the speedy and permanenr are of tetter, salt rheum and eczema Cham berlain's Eye and Skin Ointment is without an equal. 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I Word that the armistice hd been granted by Spain spread rapidly through all official and diplomatic quarters and aroused great inteijest and activity tnrougnout tne evening. The first word as to Spain's conces sion came to Mgr. Martinelli the papal delegate at 6.30 P. M., and announced from the Vatican that the papjal nun cio had been advised that an armistice was granted. Mgr. Martinelli sent for Archbishop Ireland and shortly after the message from the Vatican was re peated by telephone to the! White House. About the same time the dis patch from Minister Wjoodford was received. Singularly, thje Span ish minister Senor Polo had received no advices from Madrid up. to midnight. M. Cambon, the French ambassador, who has been foremost in urging the pacific influence of the powers, was also without direct official notification. At all jhe em bassies and legations however,; the ar mistice was accepted as an accom plished fact and there was mutual con gratulations in diplomatic quarters over this result and the expression of belief that it was an augUry o peace. Terms of the Armistice. . The exact terms of the armistice are felt to be the most important feature of Spain's concession. At the outset it was Supposed to be an un conditional grant of armistice. Later, however, the press advices frojm Mad rid and London stated conditions of a very material character. . If these conditions prove to be accurate, they will doubtless complicate the situation here and leave the crisis as acute as it has been at auy time heretofore. A cabinet officer said recently that the administration had never considered the proposition of withdrawing the American fleet from Key West. And while this was some dajys ago. it is not believed that such a proposi tion would meet with any serious con sideratibn. The fact that Spain has granted this armistice as the result of influence ex erted by the great Powers of Europe and til e Pope leads to much; conjec ture as to how far the material influ ences of the Powers will be given in support of Spain, now that she has yielded to their earnest solicitation. It has been understood thus far: that the movement of the Powers wais purely disinterested and neutral, jbut the press dispatches from abroad; indicate that Spain's yielding to these conti nental influences had established a closer bond than had hitherto: existed. Assistant Secretary Day was non committal to-night on the armistice granted by Spain and refusd! to dis cuss it or the bearing it wouldihave on the situation anyway. A New Crisis. With' the conditions suggested by Spain, it is felt here that a pew and even graver crisis may arise. Coming late at night there is no opportunity to judge how the Spanish conditions will be received by Congress, but in view of the sentiments or thp Senate and House, it is felt that the conditions proposed by Spain may accentuate the feeling already existing there The military and naval preparations continued with unabated activity and the strategic experts are for mulating prospective plans iof cam paign, it seems to be the accepted view among these experts : that it will not be necessary to extend the campaign beyond the island of Cuba, unless Spain assumes an aggres sive attitude, in which case tne opera tions of the United States military and naval forces will be extended to the Spanish possessions of Porto Rico, the Philippines, the Canaries and possibly Spain itself . It is the opinion, how ever, that the fighting will not extend far beyond Cuba and Cuban waters, and that after the United States con trol Cuba, hostilities would not be prolonged. Thisj? view, however, leaves out the fact that after righting once begins'it cannot be foretold how far it will go, and the government is preparing for any emergency Intervention Only. It no longer appears to bei doubted that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will change its verdict on the method of recognizing Cuban in dependence, so as not to include the present government of the insurgents ana to practically make tne declara tion one for intervention orjly if the President represents the necessity for thus limiting the official action of the country. Wednesday of last week, Capt. Wilson Walker, an old and highly esteemed citizen of Currituck county; aged 82 years. Departed this life, at her home on Dry Ridge, in Pasquotank county, on Thursday, Mrs. Mordecai Elliott, wife of Mr. Mordecai Elliott and daughter of Mr. Hulus Scott, a prominent citizen of this county; aged 23 years. Trouble Experienced In Trying to fiet m Snap Shot mt Some Squaws. "They're out here now, Just acrosslne street. Where's my kodak? QuioS!" The impassioned speaker was one of the lady guests of the Hotel Adams. The place was the hotel lobby. What or who was across the street was a subject of con jecture. Clerk Pierce darted behind his desk. He emerged with a kodak, which the lady breathlessly assured him was loaded for an emergency. She ran out of the lobby, and Mr. Pierce carried the kodak concealed behind him like a wary hut in experienced hunter stalking a deer, as if he wished to disarm the animal of suspi cion and convince it that he was approach ing with pacific intentions. The lady relieved Mr. .Fierce pi uie cam era. "They," whoever "they" were, were not visible to the unaided eye. The lady crossed the street to the Gooding building. When she had almost reached the west side of it, a squaw carrying an olla on her head came around the corner. As soon as she saw the kodak she vanished with a scream. The lady with the kodak hadn't time to take a snap shot, but she went on to the corner of the building. She ad justed the kodak and in ten minutes more would have had a negative, but she sud denly turned and ran toward the hotel, pursued by three squaws, each armed with a stick or a clun. xne squaws TOrneu, ran across the street to a fruit stand and stood in the shade, where they were rea sonably protected against kodak assaults. Mr. Boomer offered himself as a volun teer to procure the picture. He took the kodak and began maneuvering around the squaws, giving them more sierious cause for alarm than they already" had, for he handled the camera as if it were a shotgun. They remained in the shade, however, ! turning upon him occasionally, brandlsh i ing their sticks. j "Drive them out into the sun!" cried the young lady who had incited the trou : ble. She stood in a safe place under one j of the porches, partly concealed by one of I the pillars. "Get on the other side of them and drive them out! Point the camera at them! They're afraid of it!" But they wouldn't drive. "Whv don't you go, Josie, and take tbeir pictures?" asked an elderly lady sit ting in a carriage. "I go!" echoed Josie. "I'm afraid of them. Didn't you see them shaking tbeir sticks." Finally Mr. Boomer corralled the squaws in the confectionery store. The young lady then went across the street and resumed the kodak. She drew a bead on one of the 6quaws through an open window. The squaw ran out of the door. The young lady ran to the front of the building, ard the squaw ran back and con cealed herself behind a doorpost, xne young lady moved around and got in range again. The squaw moved out of range. They kept up this game or nine ana sees until the sun went down, and the glass upon Which that negative was intended to be taken was still dear and unmarked. One of the many superstitions of the In dians is that a photograph brings bad luck. Some of them are induced by gifts to disregard the superstition. It sometimes happens that an Indian whose pioture nas been taken and placed on ezhlDinon in curio stores dies, ills relatives request that the photograph be destroyed or at least removed from sight. Arizona Be I The Morning Star. CHEAPEST DAILY Note the following Reduced THE OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA. A. Bates of Subscription : DELIVERED, BY CARRIERS,; TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS AT 45 CENTS PER MONTH. X Address, I WM. OF ITS CLASS. 1 S $5.00 2.50 V 1.25 1.00 O .50 & 1 i One Year, by Mail, Six Months, by Mail, Three Months, by Mail, Two Months, by Mail, One Month, by Mail, . BERNARD, Editor and "Proprietor, WILMINGTON. N. i c f THE ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK, WILMINGTON, X. C. WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS AND WILL MAKE IT TO YOUR IX- r TEREST TO DEAL WITH US. PROMPTNESS, ACCURACY AND SAFETY GUARANTEED. NO INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS. J. W. NORWOOD, President. J. W. NORWOOD, J. S. WORTH. H. Jj. VOLLER3, J D. L. 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When a man is already feeling good all over, nothing is so conducive to mazing him feel better than a respectful salute, with a title prefixed to his name. "You see how I om fixed, colonel?" said the stranger, stepping up and holding out a right hand, on which were only a thumb and a forefinger. , Boy Ian looked. ' "That ia bad," be commented good humoredly. 'Bnt I'll tell you, colonel," confidently. "I know a place where I can get three fin gers for 10 cents." "Give un? I should say lfliai saia Bov lan, telling the story. "I thought. bad something that would have been cheap at 60 cents. There's where I was taken in. I've told the story five times in my ward, and each time somebody has said pensively. That's so; you did move here last month. ' 'You see the fellow has already worked the district out. "But 1 tell you," said Boy lan. kindling. That fellow doesn't know what a fortune he's got in that hand. I'd like to syndi cate him and manage him on a tour of one night stands. 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A Pi It opens and cleanses yLy 'f ftlLnU the Nasal Passages. AUavs Inflammation. Heals and Protects the Membrane. Restores the Senses of Taste Hmfili. Full Size 50c.: Trial Size 10c.: at gists or by mall. Jan 16 it and Drug- ELY BROTHERS. 56 Warren Street, New York. Secretary. It Would Help the Companies, bat the Fiuenien Might Object. A man came in and said, "I've got a problem for you." 'Becarelui. This is not tne puzzie uw- partroent." "Oh, 1 understand'. This isn s a puzzie. It's a good thing. You've studied me chanics, I suppose, j You know that it al ways requires the same amount of energy to transport a given weight a given ais- tasce. Now then, a conductor on a cable train starts forward from the rear platform just as the car starts to collect a nickel from a man on the front end of the grip. Do you understandr" y "Perfectly." "He arrives at the front end of the car just as the train has traveled the length of itself. Say the grip and trailer are 60 feet long. 'Well, the train has moved 60 feet when the conductor takes the nickel from the man on the front end of the grip, lhe conductor jumps off, waits for the rear platform, swings on and walks forward again, repeating the operation and keeping it up until the train has reached the down town loop. Now, then, he has ridden all the way down town, yet the train has pulled him but half of the time. Isn't that right?" "Well, he was walking forward in the oar part of the time." , "Yes, but he was riding, too, wasn't he? The question is, Did ft require but half the energy to bring him down town that it required to transport a man who sat quietly In bis seat all the time?" "It required only hall as much energy certainly. The conductor rode only half the time." "Well, then, wouldn't it be a good idea to have all the conductors do that? It would be a saving of power unquestion ably. And if the passengers could be in duced to 'step forward' and then drop back to iiho ear platform wouldn't there be an enormous saving in power, which means a saving of fuel and machinery and a consequent increase of dividends for the stockholders?" "Undoubtedly." "Well, then, it wouldn't be such a bad Idea to have cars constructed so that pas sengers would be compelled to 'step for: ward all (the time, riding all the way down town, but being on the car only half the time. It doesn't sound reasonable, but there's no getting past that law about the conservation of energy." Chioago Rec ord. V Effects of Alkalis on Soil. The means used by farmers to reduce the inert matter of the soil to a condition of plant food are many, though farmers may not always be aware of tiic chemical action occurring in the soil. When ma nure is applied or green crops plowed un der, the fermentation of the substances in duces changes of the mineral matter of the soil, and farmers bavo long ago no ticed tbat lime causes an improvement of the soil, the effects of which were apparent for several seasons. The food value of lime is a small matter compared with its physical effect on the soil, as it favors the growth of the nitric ferment and also breaksdown existingcombinatlons. Wben soil is sour, it is neutralized by alkalis potash, lime, soda, eto. and the combina tion of lime with other elements existing In the soil liberates potash and places it within the reach of plants. The alkalis hasten the decay of vegetable matter, and this decomposition also causes chemical action by which the breaking down proc esses are continued, but lime may be use less on soils that abound in potash and pbospbate3, which are ready for the use of plant. Philadelphia Record. 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