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fcljc hntl)am ttecorb. il)c !)ull)nm Hccorb. H. A. LONDON, Editor Aud Proprietor, RATES OF ADVERTISING. One Mjmiro, ono insertion 81.00 Vim square, tu )iiHt'it:oLM l.f0 One Hijuuro, cuo month '2 BO For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Con tracts will be ma do. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 Per Year. Strictly in Advance. VOL. XXVI. PITTSIJOKO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, SKI'TKMHKK 17, 190.;. NO. :. 1 VV y o THE-MY5TER.Y- OFTHC 5Hs BY Author of-"The Mouse on Itic Aarsh," ck-j I CoryrlKtait IN, by llnb-rt liunnrr'a tiuus. : CIIAl'TKU XXI!. Continued. "I Ihought ll was Miss Theodora. Sln was always running In nnd mil of llii' garden, feeding tlii' chickens or looking fur ogt;s or fetching wood fron llie Mack at tin' side of the house or water from tho well." "So that you Just thuught it was she, n lid then troubled yourself no more about it? -Yes." "lid you hear, or think you henril, her entile In again?" There was a pause. Then Nell Whis pered: "Yes." "When was it 5" 'It was a loiijr while nfler. Just lie fore I took the tea into the dining loom." t Sir NeXille laid ilowtl the pell which lie had heeii holding, clasped his bumfs iind IooUimI over his writing-table t Jier with an air of exasperation. , '"Now. my dear girl, why on earth iliuii't you tell the coroner that?" I couldn't have told thetii that In my answers to their lllestiolls." replied Nell, earnestly. 'Hon't you remember that all they asked me was whether I hail been outside i lie house, not wheth er I had heard anybody else go in or out '. Sir Neville did renumber. He a.-kod no more iiiist ion. "I have heard a report that a canvas bag containing the money collected for tlic shipwrecked sailors on the night before your uncle went nut of his mind was found In your room. Is thai true?" '"No. sir. Meg. my uncle's servant, and I found il on the mat at the foot of the stairs. And Hint is really nil I have to tell you. sir." said Nidi. Willi an air of relief at having Mulshed the odious recital. "Well, that Is noiigh for our pur pose, fortunately." said Sir Neville, as In- rose to ring the bell. "And now ytui must come into the tlruwing-ro.itu and let l.ady Neville give you a glass of wine. You are a little bit of n her oine, although you have certainly Hot done inc. Ii j facilitate the course of justice." he wound up. with n dig liilie.l shake of tin- head. I In t Nell refused to go to be shown olT In the drawing room, refused even to have a glass of wine or a ctp of tea brought to her iu the study before she went. She was white, trembling, mis erable. Hill she felt that she wanted 1k be alone. I i cry he!- eyes nut at the 1i rrible fact lli.it she had been forced nt last to assit the justice which sin woiilil have diverted from the crim inal if she collltl. due question, how ever, sh- liail i.i put in her turn before the left the plc-elli-i- of the magistrate. "They will bring It in that she was r.iad. of course, will they not?" she nsked. anxiously, but with an attempt to npptar quite sure of his answer. Sir Neville's answer was not reas rutlng, .-tin! tin- look which accompa nied it was Mill less so. "That is a nmiter for after considera tion." Nell walked to the door wiili stag gering feet. Miss Theodora a murder ess: Iu danger of penal servitude, if net of hanging! The thought was too overwhelmingly horrible: Nell tottered to the cab and was driven back to her lodging at C.uirt Malrs in an almost fainting condition, a few minutes before llie police scr pant who had been her escort to Sir Neville's startt il for Shingle 1'n l with a warrant fur Miss Postal's apprch-u-fcion. f'HAI'TKK XXIII. It was the police sergeant who had taken Nell Claris to Sir Neville l'.ax who had brought to Shingle Kud the warrant for Miss Hostel's iinest. This warrant he had not. so far, had an op portunity of showing to tile Colonel. Now. however, that the lady had dis appeared, and it hail become necessary to seared the place, and mure thor oughly, the sergeant respectfully turned to the obi gentleman to inform the latter of llie authority by which he acted. Colonel l'.istal. divining the man's Intention, made a gesture of horror, ninl without staying either to hear the man's explanation or to look at the variant, retreated hastily iuto the liotise. Clifford, however, caught sigjit of tho p.". per in the officer's hands, and some thing of the truth was suddenly re vealed to him. It flashed upon hi in so abruptly, this knowledge, that the tdiock turucd him sick aud giddy. It was some minutes before he could ask iu a hoarse and tremulous "Is that a warrant?" "Yes. sir." "For whom?" "Miss Costal." And the policeman continued &is f "arch about the gardi-u and tho h .uc frr the lady who had o mysteriously l.-.ipp. ;;ivd. "Then it is Miss UoMnl whom -urge Claris wants to see?" Tin' innkeeper, who had now sui s. led into a stolid silence mid u-aii-q.tility. was watching the front door i..' the house. It was Hemming vt iio unsvvt red: Yes. sir. He's not unite himself y. i. but he's uoi too far off it to have h- en of use to us. W e've had him uu di r our eye thi last few days, aud whenever he fcct-s the thaucw Li Uik WIHilllliilllMIIHiH O. sinilglil for this house, ami clamors to see the woman who roblied him. So we brought him with us tonight to confront her. She wouldn't give us the chance till we got the warrant." "She doesn't seem to lueaii to give you a chance now," observed Clifford. Hemming affected to think thai her capture wits only a mailer of minutes, as he kept to his post, wntching the front of the house, while the other lueii searched the premises at the back. Hut he hardly looked so confident as might have been expected from his wordi. Indeed, he had cause for uneasiness. It was he who had lirst conceived siis. plciotis of Miss Theodora, and it had taken all the Ingenuity of which he was master to get together enough evi dence against her to .justify him iu asking for a warrant. The sight of an old sear mi one of her little hands, oil the occasion of one of his visits to Shingle Knd. had suggested to him that she might have been the woman whose hand he had burned Willi tin fuse at the inn. I'm It had been a long time beforo he could make out a case tioi. indeed, tiuill f had thought of u-iic; the now hali'-witlcd tieotge Claris, whom lie had got out of the Ii.iiiiU of simple Nell under a promise, which had been faithfully kept, that he should be well taken care of. and that he should re turn to her very shortly. Kveti then the ditlb ttltles ill the way of the polieo had been great. At first Claris w.-n sullen ninl taciturn. No iiic-.tioim would obtain from him a dear answer as to the events of the night which had turned his brain. I; was not until thai. Very llflelllooll that lie laid accused Miss liostal by name of the ih.-fis. and this furnished the police with enough data for further proceedings. Clifford listened in dumb bewilder ment. "Wiiai can r-hc have done ii fori l.i she mad?" nsked he. presently. Ilcininir..; shrugged his shoulders. "Poesii't look much like madness to have shot the man who was going to inform against her." said he. dryly. "liood gracious: Then you think she It was hard y coiicciv able to him even yet that the prim, rigorous little eld maid, who had liccti so nun-ii shocked nt his walking along a eouuiry road oil Sunday iu a light suit, could have been guilty of the .i.vsteinat ie crimes now laid to her charge. In the silence which followed bis Wolds one of the two Sevan policemen came up. "She's got away." said he. ill a low Voice. We've limited all ovi r llie place. There's no way by whiih she could have got back iu o the incise." "How coilM she have gel far wiiii thai shot i strut of youi" asked Hem ming, lucre dtil iiisly "I don't know, on; she's d"iic ir. I'm going to search the house, so you keep your eyes npcii." Til- f-ont do...- had bccti lei' open by the Colonel, whom the sergeant found in llie dining room, sitting with h'"! bent over ll e dying embers el llie lire, ilie man fell sorry for him and spoke ill a subdued Voice. "He,; pardon, sir. but I shall have in "..in h tie- hoes,, again." The old loan acquiesced by a tmd, and llie oili -cr withdrew, l'roni th'. MVUtid floor to tho tirs, iloor. from the tir-t Iloor to the attic--, he huniid iu every corner, llaeily iu vain, l-'or all hough he did inn l.r.d M iss r.oMal he found evidence Enough "f her pre datory habits to cotnince any jury of her guilt of the minor crime of th-.; at least. I'lider the boards of tin- an in.-, sewn up ill the mattress of tin- lady's own bed. hidden away iu holes in the dis used chimneys, the oiiini- found a hoard as varied as ii was interesting. Money, in notes ami silver and gob!: jewelry, ef little aIuo for the most part and apparently taken m w from shops; half a dozen men's watches, pencil cases. pm-M-s. pieces of si tilt', scraps of lace, card cases, silver spoon.: and forks. These were ;i part only oC what he found. Covered with the dust of year- l:lo.-t of them were; the gold and silver tar nished and discolored with age atel damp, on the w hole a line e-ll. eiioii. aud ninoium.ig in value t some hun dreds of polilll's Nothing less than n sheet w.:s of any use to hold the collect ion. and even when the sergeant made his way down the stairs with a huge bundle on his back h- felt by no means certain that there wasttot more behind A bent figure sto-nl in tront of him at the opening of Hi- dining room door "Am I under arrrst. 'ooi" asl;-.l the C'oloucl. in tranquil tunes. ' No. sir But we've got to watch th" house." "And what have y ,u got there?" The policeman. In the dim light of the lamp in the passage, displayed his ,111.1 ill s.i-llee. In s;h lice. ;l!o, the ',.;, ill. 1 !,-oi.cd. and immediately wiill iliew into tin- loom. The sergeant iei't 'he bouse and met Clifford nil the lit- ; 1 1. 1 1 h Ici.iim: ii I ked bis head i .' of I he b"l'.s. "Sorry for -I id he ill a low o . i the gat-, in i in- die Hi :' u: n-maul" said C's about broke '- moping there. him up. h:.s ih.s. !;,-'- n," all i.y h,ms. " ." Xo be Continued. .... rORESTRY MADE EASY. How Uip Sunt lii'iii New I ngliiiiit Turn"? I'riictlrrs It mi llts Woiiiltnl . A unique way of dealing with lorest problems is to Illustrate and solve tin m by means of diagrams, as has been d-iie by Henry S. Craves and It. T. Fisher in a bulletin elitilbd "The Wooillol." issued by the ISllloau of Forestry of the Itepartineni of Agri culture. The bulletin is intended for the guidance of fanners and m In r mi it ers of small timber holdings iu south ern New F.nghiiid who desire to im prove the condition of thiir limber. In tills bulletin fore-try has been reduced to a series ,.f pictures outline drawings of trees of various sorts iu different relations to one aiiollnr. The simplicity of the idea is such that the reader, even without any technical kuowlcdge of forestry, can g;et from the pictures jn-t the informal ion he needs in order to practice forestry on his lands. In the scries of thiny out line drawings every problem In im proving woodlots that occurs in south ern New F.nglnnil is included. This means that any New Fnglninl farmer can find the conditions on his own woodlot definitely shown by the outline ill a wings; and he can see fl I the same drawings just what he should do iu order to prat-lice real, sound for estry on his land. of course, the bulletin cannot make offhand a forester out of a fanner: but if tines give li a i it such spceilie iufonnn tion thai he will know Imw to go about the task of handling his own forest problem -find that Is just the sort of Information the fanner has be n a-king for. F.verywlnre iu New Fnglninl there Is the keenest iiiten si in forestry, and the l'tireaii of Forestry has not men enough to answer the demands made upon it by farmers who ask for pi r (.otial Instructions iu putting their woodlots under foe st in.iiuigcineut. Tilt' WooilhU" was prepared iu order to supply such mi u with the informa tion of which tin y wen- most in need and which would enable them iu most cases to In- indepi mlcnt of the services of the forester. The tlr.iwinis Were mail, front sketches iu the field: they represent stands of timber as they ii tualiy appeared In the locality named III the iitle beloW. Filch fee is label, d with a number and the mime of the species, and on the opposite page is explained what IP-is should be cut and what should be left, with th- pasons for sttch treaiineiit. A clear exposition Is made In tho first pari of the bulletin of what N mount by improvement t unings ,'.n i r, production cuttings, why and how they arc made, and Imw tiny are bene ficial. The good effects of thinning are very clearly shown by a series of photographs of forests before ami af ter they have been thinned. The bul letin contains also suggestions for priming, protection of the woods from lire, grazing, insects and wind, and a general discussion of the character of woodlands of southern New linghiud. and of the practicability of forestry. Forestry r.iire.ni Itulletin. I'liinimrcs lttili! ninl Aittri-irii. Kn-siii and the I'niied States art' much alike in many respecis. ai cord ing to 1'i-oiessor l-.nil N. Mil.votiktiv. the well known Kw.s.ian historian, now lecturing tit li e FnivciMty of Chicago, i "Kiipid g.owili." said lTofcs-or Mil-! yoiikov. "is one of tin- marked tea- litres common to your country an I j mine. Neither has yet aliiiincd its full j development, r.o'.h are far from tie-j cay. This rapid growth is the result of Use recent settlement of lite twoj countries. l'.oth have beell cololii.cl ill recent historic limes, and most of their economic and social development I depend on their settlement. The best and richest part of liussin. the south ern half, has been colonized since the middl- of the six! ith century. "The two countries are alike in their physical conditions. The I on Kivir is like the Mississippi, the t rat .noun- tains correspond to the Kuckies. and I Siberia may be compared to your Cali fornia and t rcgoii." Professor Milyoukov surprised his hearers by declaring that "the differ t nee between the social estates is less marked in Kussia li.au in other coun tries. The boundary litu of the classes are not sharply marked, intermingling between the upper n'nl lower classes is easy." As to Kussiaii i hai.ieli ristics. Pro fessor Milynukov said "plasticiiy and elasticiiy -the saute terms that lr. Hryce Used to describe the American people- are the chief traits of llie I..i- r-itt II." Not In ttit Saint, ClMsri. Many persons look down on reporters as if they were inferior creatures. They forget that ninety nine limes in ion the news gaiht tvrs arc of higher caste than those from whom th-y seek information. Kepo'.tcrs are not look ing for anything good about people, for the public would never slop to ri .id ir. They want all the bad a'out ine-i ami women they can dig out. ami il Is the bud things about bad peop'e tl.at tu.-ike the i'ew.-paper interesting. Through long mingling with the il classes reporters become contaminated. ami it must not l worni-ml ar it i there should bo au occasional fall from grace. I do not know any repoitcis i who are augcls. ami 1 do know- some I who are devils with painted wings. I but take them all in all they are th- best set of fallows in the woild. work- j ing like mad for their employers, sp-tnl- j ing liberally, living merrily and ever j eager lo tin a In or and full. I it. I Victor Smith, iu the New York Pu ss. ; Trusts Hull lliive t titiii- to tirli f. Vithin the hist year no less than seventeen trusts have ill one way or ether bad serious ilitliciill ies. ami six of these hiixe had to be rem g.iuized. Poor management, uvcrc.Mpitiilizatlou .n.l iii.siitli. i. in working c.-ipitiil liavt uU H- . ii'i-e- Tiie i.-ipltal Iviu elitcd uUieiiLled tu sjT7r.,u'Jl,W0. Ir. Chapct Prevost, a well known surgeon, of Kin Janeiro. Itrazil. Mis an nounced, after making extensive ex periments, that he has no dollhl of the success of tin- new scrum cure fur opium poisoning. 'I'he Institute of France has decided to divide the l.cinrollsse prize of Sf,. IHKi into four parts, one pan to go to ward the maintenance of the Journal il-s Savants, the second to tin- publica tion of the memoirs of Kiohclieti, the third to the publication of the work-- of I.icbnitz and tin- fourth lo experiment ing iu electricity. The Fcrrocarril Central del Pent is e highest railway ill the world In iht hours it takes passengers feuu e tropics to the denial snows nt uu liniile nearly equal to th,. top or Mutit aiic. the highest summit in Fiuvpe. cost . I.'.oimi.iioii to build this road. one place it was found necissary to a in a river by means of a tunnel and e its ilrv bed for the l racks. The peach is an Asialie prodin t, tin Yang tse kiang coiiiilr.v being the limm of this fruit. The 'hiuese have alwa.Vf I u familiar with th- peach from ear liest records. In the Celestial kingdom llie peach blossom is u-etl ill cereunui in Is. soiniihiiig after the manner of tin orange blossoms among ourselves. Tin I lepartmeiit of Agriculture has hail ai agent in that section of China studying the early history and evolution of tin fruit. S e time ago Professor linrwin. ol Cambridge, pointed out that if a star revolved on its axis with a certain ve locity the star would lend to div ide into two and the form il would take before complete separation would be that of il llllMlb-lioll. or lillher two pears joined top to top. This deduction was purely theoretical. I Miring t lie past two years nn examination of the light changes of some rcicnily discovered variable slats reveals this very condition of things. A new two has been found for teh--graph wins. lr. I.aska. a Polish me teorologist, has sin. led the lniiimi Lim sound they emit occasionally, and has found that it is not caused by the wind, as commonly supposed. F.ydaiu's ob servations, extending over several vcars, show thai these sounds always Jungle 1 1 - A w v Monk "Say. Jnntbleino. why tho knot l-ilephaiit -"Well. Monk. I'll tell yen. forget the ton of hay for dessert.'' j indicate the approach of rain, snow or get even nii the neighbors.-CK-vc-la storm, and I.aska inclines to the be- land Plain Hcil'i. lief that I bey are iu some way caused I.y tcrrcsiiiiil vibrations induced by meteorological changes. An old sea captain, w ho lost his ship on tin- Virginia coast many years age, has since devoted his time to ihe pel let ling of a new life boat. His tlevice cons-sis of ii round shell made from light sleel plates, stirroiltideil b.v il folk belt. The interior is divided into it number of t oinpat l meiits of fresh water, food and general supplies such ils Would be needed by shipwrecked men. It is claimed Unit this globe can in. er be swamped, and that it will pi-s safely over hats ami brtakt-r w here no lifeboat could live. It hits ile- j eoiiiuioiliitii'iis for sixteen persons, iind is equipped with sails ami rudder, so il.-i, it iicv- li., ii.-i v i'-a I eil with lit-l'feel ,.,i.v 'li is . bo ..sled l.v a naval 1 boil id. A White Itlai-khvrrv. : A fruit grower of Santa lios.i. t ali ; torni.l. lliis Slle. ccled ill plinllli 11 a lierffetlv white bhickbeiry. It white as snow, ai.d is so transput' nt tliiil the seeds may be seen in- .tie the ripe liii.t. I'he berries are sweet iind ti nder ju.-t as much so as lie ICIJ urnst 1. 1. o l. 'U.o-J'HI .ne. vetv Cm st iihii i.' errie.s and the seeds .ne quite small This new s.e- i u s was proiiui ei: i.oin tin- wen i.UoWll l.lWIoll beli.v: it IS called tia "iicl'i'lg." Kiursl t,r Mm Aituri. The new phv sioi, . eal labornlmy I -W'iiv do ; . ii he-italc about accept--nd marine aquarium just completed . ,ng the position of king?" asked the lor Professor J.i. qnc- I. neb at tin- I'm- . , iiizen ot a tiubuient monarchy. veisiiy of Calitoi niii is regartled I.y - want to take ti to eotisit't ji experts as the tinest -f its kind in the ' ; h c -tiidi g it . 1 den i want to run lle v'.uiTil. Uudolph Spi'.kh-s gave risk of hav.ng deiojaiotv remarks tO lor lie- iiiutdui!! ami tm expense in id- on. my in lii.d capacity utter uim been sinned iu its cvjuipUH-Ut. 1 '.!... iini.ij'-y i" l OuR. Budget of Humor. Tin- l-oHV llilt'ttiliot. The ...el M.nKc.l I he vvleiic night I'Mlg, Mill . .ml. I li. a tun! tile nii-tte. 'I- pin in- ill. .light- iii 1 1 I ) i ii ii hnu .Vl.l lll.ii.e lo- lll-lne the sweeter. At l.i-t it I to i-'illie to 1 1 1 in . "My tilll-e' .01. al.l'l to gleet her." AI.!-, I .1- h'lt I lie u i-i'lll III. It'. And yon h'l in- t 1 1 1-1 tin- iin-n-r. New Y-i k T inn i. Itliilltl stlggt'liiill elfil. Ildgiir "Voii wear p.nk all the time; I should like to see you iii a lace-like white frock." I.tiiil "Ib.w iiwfullv awfully tud licit." I'elio.l I 'iff Press. f ii I til. I. I.itib- Jim "Your graii'pii Is awful old. ain't he'." Little Hub "Yes. siree: Why, lie's so old he can't remember the time when In- vva-ii'i living." - Pin k. I lull III Till liilistilllt ion. - I 'in afraid." said Willie Washington, "that 1 lin k ef eolllidelicc." ' f heiT up." said Miss Cayenne. "Per Imps i bat I"; i -I indicates that yuit aie a good jii'lge of human nature." I .ho ,i, ii I lull l-ul.l. "Was it worth while in send your four daughter to iii t fashionable school?" "Sure. I no eiopeil w h'le she was there and ti e others came home en gaged." Willi M Million. Jenkins ' I hcll yoll llieilll to tell 1110 I have told ;l lie?" Chambers "Well, no: I dun t wish to be quite s.l I'llde ils lll.lt, but I Will s.iv tills you'd make a very good weather profit."- Chicago Journal. AiimtvliiK. "Tho way of I he transgressor Is hard," inioied the earnest citizen. "it is, unquestionably." answered Senator Sorghum. "The way people have to employ lawyers and stand in vestigations is calculated to cut doW U profits terribly." stunning Ills Mi, live. 'You can't be dead sure thai ,1 young man is Miiii; to get niarriei! just be cause he stop, smoking cigars and begins iu siimke ii pipe." 'No. In- may be smoking the pipe to Caution. in the trunk'" Flu g-iug sh ..pping iind don't want ,-il cssiitglt 4llir:ll. '-.Mist pcoi.l- euiivi.'ed of crime. s.l ul Ihe Miciulie.-isi. are under thiity live years of ag-." "lines that indicate tint people get better. -is li.ey grow tdder?" "Kitlier that in els- they become more shrewd iiu.l i ant ieu." i, -.- "I h. yes;" he s.i.,1. "I'm quite expel t with li. v aut.'inoleh- imw. Whiii 1 know :i!.oii' road I. ii ng would till an ililei-e-liUg beck." "W hat .vol iloii'l know about il." re plied lie caiiilal iritiiil. "in.-iy till a gei v e for voii s",.n. "-Philadelphia Press 1 m'i,u,tli'ti l.tiYury. "You can afford to simike cig.irs that " '1"11'11' .''I'b'ee." said the less sue essflll friend. 'Thiii's true." ati-wereil Mr. Cumrox, regretfully, "but mother and the g.lK " ; '" 1 simike -ne tii 't in the same as if it writ I'il"'-" ( li II v Neighbor-. "I never see tile ice man stop llO- i fere yuur Uou-e any more. Mrs. Fl.p- perloigh." .... ....., Unvf.-.nc wvt W.-,,-,r ,.. imn' ti,u.' ,,.,,, ti,v-vo been so eo-l In Us thai v e ilel.'t liectl llll.V 1 elp from tin- leliig. taim." Chicago ;;. .i. ul Hci.iiii. Mitlti i l friil.. TOMATO CULTURE IN THE SOUTH. ll.tin Its II h I Ii-f r l-i ifi t-tion in Ml.-ls.q.i'l. The place where tomato i-ullure can lie said lo Inr.e alliiilied its highest de gree of p. rfc-iion is Crystal Spriiigs. Miss., and the methods employed by the growers of th.il section can be .ulvaniagcuiisly followed h i-v.-ry gar dener, if not coininei'i iiil grower. The unusual feature of the system eon. si-is in pruning th- plants, and th- plan has been followed by the writer in his home garden since sn.-,. vv h. n In' learned of il iu the Florida Winter to mato seel ion. Coincident with tie appearm if the third leaf of a young tomato plant will eiiiue a sinker or bram-h: and n the plain grows, ndililinmil suckers will appi.'ir in the axil of each b'.-it until a vigorous plaul will have twenty or mole branches, ihe larger ones hav ing branches of their own. ami tin whole plant spread. ng over an area ot ten or twelve square f. i t. Sin h a plant, of i 'sc. requires nil immense amount of soil nulriiioii ami i stun to support In foliage. The Crystal Springs planters s. i their tomatoes somewhat lieiiiir than do ordinary growers as close as the c by three ami one half feet and w In n the first sucker is two inches b tig it is pinched out. as are likewise all suckers appear ing thereafter. Helot- Ihe plant be gins iii fall, light pine slakes ate diivt-ti iu the ground and the plants tied n t ln-iii with ordinary coMmi strings The tomato is linn trained up thi- stiike, requiring ihr r four lyings. until it reaches the top. four feel feun the ground. T'hell the blld is pitched out. This gives a pi. nil with abmil twelve or foiirteiu great leaves, four times the size of ihe ordinary totnaii. leaf, and live or six clusters of mag niticeiit. perfect fruit. The patch now looks like a diminutive orchard loaded with fruit. P.Ushels of ripe lolualot- are in plain sight as tl ye Wiimb r- over the field. ITitb-r this m-tlioil then is no danger of tomatoes totting oi mildewing; tln-y ripen si vcti or t ight days earlier than If the plants art left to their own devices or stalked i' the ordinary way. and it is pr.t. ticabli to get through the rows at any tine and keip down objectionable weeds, and perhaps the mo-t impm liiut. tin plants having a comparatively suial leaf surface for t ranspirat ion do not reqilie- nearly so much moisture tc mature their 1'ruii If a somewhat bushier plant is de sired, the vine can be trained to twi instead of to i siugl,. stem. Si ii lit i lit AtmTit an. WORDS OF WISDOM. I.ove is delicate; "lovf is hurt with jar and fret." and you might as well expect a violin to remain iu tun- it loiighly used as love to survive i' chilled or drivni into itself. Sir John I.ilbl k. Kcligioti is not the conception of Hod, but the love of Him. It is tint the ;ib- struct idea of right, but the practical j far bey 1 any that tli-y could be sub duing of tight. It is not the absoluit jeetcd to in actual us,.. A topper tube formula of tntih. but the being true ' of one in. h oiit-ide diameter was The substance is more than tin ; plugged on both ends and a guare shadiiw. Aiisiin i birvt-r. If despair oveivvh-lm thee in this abode of gloom, be wise and pivp.ii.' fur thyself a place uf greai. r cheetful- 11, -s. Wishes! Ihntl the light of the grave to In- luminous as day. tarry along with thee ready trimmed the lamp of good works. -Siiiitli. I see begiuliigs iii man. no end: wrestling, not achievement: unfolding, not maturity. Siill he sighs for light, more light. Fpon the borders of the grave he stands, and stretches out his hands to infinity and eternity for light, for pw-grt ss. for new fields resplendent v iM, vorialing light ami glory. -or-iil- Hevvey. "Quench hot the spirit." It is a word tif deep wisdom and warning. It tucaos. oii.e. ' self no harm. Prcserv e your mdiv id- utility, l'o nut impair the life furies. I io not disqualify yourself for reeeiv :ng impressions of reality front the world around or illuminations from the light w ithin. Chill ies i ; Ames. I do not in my best mi.i. ls think of death, but of bfe I would live as though i here was no sinh thing in the world as death I'm me or for others. I would live with my thoughts amid thing- that endure, iu work aud duty ami love, until death ilsilf is consumed in life, the resurrection going on day by day. this mortal putting on iuuiior- t.MllIV. Horatio Stebbill-. Setuliil sig.il" In lllsloi v. Insiiin.es of "s .-on-! sight" aie en melons iii Seett.-h hist-ry. and lligh kilid sei t's an- said lo h.ive f.,;eoi,i th-fat-of Charles I iind the i,-s.-i-;ii.-i; .on of the fainoils lul I P.uckiiighiini. The stiiiuge siimmoii- t" Jainc- 1 iind to the flower of the Scot, h nobility, pro claimed at midnight in Fdinbtitgh by a mysterious voice on the eve of tin- in vasion of Fligliiud. which ell, led ill llie dtsa-ter of Floildeu. des. ribi-.J in "Mnrmioii." but the tale is given with extraordinary detail b.v the contcmpo iiiry Scottish historniiis. and in mote recent times a strange stoix of tlrt-iim claii vi.yaiice is told in connect ma with Hellingliani's n'lr.der of Mr l'.-iceval. Fight or nine days bof-iv this occurred it ts said tliiit a Coni.shtiKin. n mine man.iL'er. John Williams, dreaai-d of he UiUt'li i w ith every detail, and wUeu h- awoke was so strongly iinprosscd Willi the j o;i I is y of his dream lhat be v:is di-, i..iis ei i.iivcbn-: up to l on'uti in wain Mi I'li'i.-va! if hi- ilaiigt-r. nt was tlissiiad. d by h.s frit mi-, -l.ou- doll Tirellielc. -It-el reus. Fat'ly steel pons were so costly licit makers juiv t riisctl tiny would make -it. I, repairs as vv i re iicetary for a .laied lime, gciietiiiiy six inoiitbs. When a man ilamagid his pen he car ried ii bin k lo tl-' factory and hud I ict i ded by an expiiieiKid metallic. y - Iff hit t! tu n- urfevr bell P,edse.ols wiih alarm chicks as pint of the hiiidrail are being made fur South Fond -ai'ly risers. Cri iit Hritiiin spends SI l''..'i"o.oo" a year in the support of the I r. This does not include privai- rlmi i'i' s. tin the SalUoilll l-l.-lllils Ihe coolest 11, h of the Velll i- .llll.V. T he chlllilt,- of ihe island, is thoioii-ihiy t.ivornble to Ann i ii ;i lis. Hilling the llilieleetltl lltUI'.V -' ships, iinmbi'i'less lives and ever ?".o. iiihiiiihi wel'e lost III futile efforts to riili-h ti e Nollh Pole. What i- stippos.,1 M be :i pi'chistoi if collin n.ii'le of a holiovved ti'.'e trunk w as ,i-coeri-l recently iu a sand pit iti S.iltley. I'.irmiiigh.nn. l.ngi.m.l. A lie .1- M .ss P.eeker vv ho has lately ari iv, d m St. I.'.Uis - lie- object of an u,i . t,t w holly local. She i the Iii s-t girl baby 1 m u into the family fur 1 I'I V. il. s. The inni-mil flog -kill o:i ti llcnl i,as b. ell ill llie H"llloe i-xpciniielii of grafting l,a ml of a human pa-siic.-.-s-i n!i y perfoi uii-d ipnihy llospi'.i'l uf the ITiiv er-jl y of Michigan A sleek c p iny is (IclieVil fol the pill pose lli" plan of making a lb tne by means of iwt I. s. T he i'ilte is lo b iig fiiinii'd :it :' carrying cut Ills of Ml'llt tatioiiaiy bill Silk is obi-nn.-d li'i'in Ihe si,.ltisli known ;is tee piSiua. vviii. h is foil, id ill tile M- tlitcl iillleall. 'I'll.- shelllish lliis the power c' spinning a v is.-nl -ills w hich in Siciiy is inade nilo a regular n n.l very handsome fabric. The Servians have long been tiot"f-it.n- fur the cruelty exercised by I'inii in tin- pimi-hiu-iit of politieiil prison ers. T'hey ar. mined iu siii'tee.'aiii an cells, w ith .ills! air enough I" keep thclll alive. The fortress at Hclgrade con tains a i.M p well, dating back to Un man tinns. which is believed to contain the skeletons of many of thc-e prison ers. J riinii- Tet or -tuiiii Tniii-". An i-xperimeiii tried by an l-lnglish naval engineer lo test the strength of the small tubes ill water tube boilers showed tint they resi-tei! the pressure fastened on. It was set over a black smith's forge and steam raised I" -"' pounds per square inch, vv h.-ii u burst. This lube was not inch Ihick. the ten sile strength of the metal being only six and ii half tons per square inch. A steel tube of one and a quarter inches diameter coiled into a t in lo uf six inches diameter and t'.Tol inch thick sto...l ITss it iii i n I - per square inch before hur-iiug. Through defects iu the material they sometimes give way ill ".oil pounds per square inch. Iron Age. A rour !M:iilt- Mtgiir I enr. If the maple sugar of coinuterce were wholly ilepclldclit on the s:ip of the maple tree, that luxury would be very tlear this year. The crop was very I -1,.,,-t owil . , to the wa nil spring. ! (icattga C'liintv. Ohio, ordinarily pro duce- :i large pari of the -ugar made iu this coiiiitrv. Last yea iiim.st',1 1,'ce- were lapped, producing o'.l.liCi pounds of sugar and Ml. Ill gallons of syrup. This vear only .ill.ov trees were tapped, producing pl.ri'.io pounds of sugar and .".;!; g.iliMis of syrup. Teat I'llel I or I neiouottvi-ii. Pent fin-l ill freight locomolives In Sweden has hauled the maximum load, the tost being aboil' the same as Willi Fliglish coal. Tu avoid the expense of an i-via lireii.i'K, however, the peat is le iw mixed Ui'l) iltl eq'l.ll vvt-i.;l,t of c e'.l. .-led th- n .sen- has proven s,, s.llist'iictory II is t" be tlic, I en p.i-scngcr na.:i.J til. I. -I Tlo-.lt tltf hiisliiin I in. S w ,; ,"cn. vv h !c digging grate at Wendell. .alTfoti Wiilib-n. Fnglaml. unearthed fl mi.v rudely tln-orat-d , ineraty UK. ctii.iaiit.g :l quaniiiy of .hirk ..mil mixed apparently with the creiuated i-eaiaiti-T he mil if pi'ubab id" Ci-U.c origin. t a huuiali being. Jin i.i v i ill s old and I n, tn. tib- in Itnssin. lev i I'lin:, nt agi in.- and Un-shin sub ie. is .rle building Hour mills, faeiorics and nii iit packing establishments, and aie e pining iiiiu.s and selling goods ih'-.'iighon: Mam Inn in. privileges w hich Ann rtciins nr.- not pcruiitt-d io t'ijoy. Chicago Chronicle. A liticstion. The following recently appeared in the New York Sun; "To the Ftlitor of The Sun - Sir: Kituily answer the eilinvv ing; Mow niii.il w 1 would a w 1. I- n k chuck ;1 a w ooilchui k w ould clun k w ood ? "W(HI." fli.inli Ti-iu-t- an. I I mm I iff. Mrs. Maigiucla 1 H'elIi. of Cam britlge. Minn., is i:',J year- old. She is ill- mother of two Swedish ltaptist minister- and ascribes her long life to her sirich adhercU't- In the tenets uf the vhutvh, Suicide i- rare among the aged. Aiilrini. ll' hind, ha Millie Ihe 1'iliglllg of li" nightly.