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a th: 7 PRESS, VOLUME XX. FUANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1905. NUMBER 26.' THE OLD Aa old lam, an old gate, old nonee br A wild wood,' wild brook they will not let no bo i la bojrhnod I know then, and atlll the rail to mo. U" SSTJl n" 1 Throooh ttar-mlsta behold them beneath Dowa deep hi my heart 'a core I hear them Ildf bee-boom and ruoe-bloom and rchard lando arloe. I hear them : and heartsick with longing la my son I, To waik t lie re. to dream there, beneath the eky'a bine bowl ; Aronnd me, within me, tha weary world .. made whole. . To talk with the wild brook of all the long ago ; t To whisper the wood wind of thtnga WO used to know V. . 1 .1 . 1 -l I J3hQ Doctor's Trunk. ', By CHARLES 'ADAMS. ' ' In the old New England county v where the writer's boyhood was passed. ; All Fools' day wag never forgotten! and he was a wary lad who escaped be- . lng "fooled" In some way during th twenty-four hours following the mid night of March 31st The form of Jolte or trick most I rogue was of the nature of a harmless "Bell," as, for example, that which my mother who was a very merry person played upon my brother Napoleon and me da' the morning of my .story. Instead of giving us eggs boiled In the . uaual way at breakfjst, she blew the contents of the egg through a small hole at one end, then filled the shells with salt and water, carefully cover ing the hole with tissue paper. Our surprise' on breaking the eggs was complete. But some of the pranks played on Ail Fools' day were less harmless. My father's younger brother, Jar vis, or Uncle Jarve, as Foley and 1 called him, perpetrated the worst one on record. The governor of the state had to be called in before the affair waa settled. Another young fellow waa concerned In the prank, but Uncle Jarve bore the brunt of it. Uncle jarve was then about eighteen rears old. Grandfather Adams had sent him off to Follefs Mills with eight bushels of corn. We raised our corn In those days, and had to go to mill often. The distance round by the main road was four miles. Uncle Jarve set off, but had not gone he overtook a young fellow rnge1 named Alfred Alfred. rt'f-p still, Jarve. Let's will notice us." tor VJ-ears andJ years Doctor Dan bridge to his gig, with his little leather trunk under the seat, had been one of the most familiar objects on the town highways. He had settled at Follefs fc.lls In 1840, when a atudent fresh from the Medical School of Harvard University, and had lived there all bla r Hf- ' In these early days he Is said to have been a very jolly person; but we of the younger generation knew htm as an elderly man who had passed Into the venerable period of life highly es- ' teemed and respected by the entire community. He used to drive one or the other of two sorrel mares with full white ... faces, looking so much alike that no on could tell them apart. Often he was driving day and night, with little time for sleep, many of his pa tients lived six or eight miles from the .' Mills. . - Other, doctors came and gent, but Doctor Danbridge retained most of the medical practice there; and at the date of my story it was a common circum stance to meet him on the road asleep in his gig, the white-faced sorrel mare trotting on quite as it she knew where to go. People passed him smiling, tak ing care to give him a good share of . the road, and saying to each other after they were by, "The old doctor was ajl all last night I guess." B time this habit of sleeping on the road becarn so well established that . he dosed along whether he had been "broken of his rest" the night before or not." With us boys it was a con stant wonderment how he could sleep In a gig and not fall out! Uncle Jarve turned out and stopped; and they sat still to see the old doctor "go by. ' It was rising ground here, with trees and bashes beside the road; tbe ' white-faced mar was Walking slowly; and sure enough, the old doctor was v asleep, with his little leather trunk set snugly under the gig seat --Alfred pointed to the trunk and finked to Uncle Jarve; and without ' topping to reflect much about it, Un :le Jarve hopped down and took the little trunk out behind. , , ' Their notion was to stick it up on a post beside the road for a Joke on the old doctor. They supposed that he would find it when he came back along the road, and would wonder how It had got there. : w ;s. But there was no post suited to th purpose near (by; so the two boys ' drove on for a quarter of a mile, till tbey came to the. first farmhouse. As It chanced, an itinerant tln-ped-ler had Just stopped there and gone Into the bouse to trade; and he bad left the little folding doors at the rear end of his cart standing open; the cart "itself ' was piled high with sacks of paper, rags and wool, v This time Uncle Jam winked to Al fred, who, Jumping' out, slipped the doctor's trunk into the cart behind and pushed it nnder some rolls of cot ton cloth and calico. The pedler wus .indoors; no one saw th prank. -Uncle Jarve and Alfred then drove on, chuckling, 'and concerned them selves no farther about the business. Dootor Danbridge's name wis on tho too of the trunk. They supposed that yufredj'" HOME. Whoa wo were old -companions, befora sy . heart know woo. Ta walk with the nomine and watch Ita roie untold; To drawee with the noontide, lulled oa Ita T, II. wTth ttatabMlM . droa. th. . ' dreoma ot old. , neari 01 goia; To tell to the old treea, and to each listen ing leaf. . . Tha longing, the yearning, M In my boy. hood brief, Tho old hope, the old love, would taao my heart of grief. Tho eld lano, tho old gate, tho old house by the tree, Tho wild wood, tho wild brook thejr will ' wot let mo be: la boyhood I knew them, and atlll they call to mo, The Criterion. the pedler, who seemed to be on hla way to the village, -would carry the trunk to the doctor's house when he iliand that the matter would end Seii won ilarl III vho dowl furtll trunlj said to anl tAit hJ at flnl drove 1 arrived he stojl Meant reachetl trunk. out,, anl every hi seen It When I a the. Is Vai the i rn it, and then UityJt!f$AhtMy enough, that he had found the trunk in his cart, and also said that he was Intending to take, it to the old doctor's house as soon as he finished his dinner. Un fortunately Dlngley's record was not wholly good, and It is not strange, per haps, that no one took a charitable view of his predicament. There was some question as to the value of the trunk and contenta; and ao far from being vindictive, the old doctor set the valuation so low as to make the charge of the nature of petty larceny. But at the triaf the next day the Justice sentenced Dlngley to pass thirty days in Jail and to pay the costs of trial. ' Up at our farm nothing was hoard of this till the following evening. Grandfather Adams had been trying to have Uncle Jarve pile up the sea son's firewood in the shed that day. He would never work ten minutes at a time, being one of those boys who are forever tinkering, or making fid dles, waterwheels, or something of the sort. - . Aunt Louisa, who was three years older than' Jarve, had been at tbe Mills that afternoon, and had called at the doctor's to get some medicine for grandmother. At the supper-table that night she had tbe whole story to tell, how Dlngley, whom we all knew well, bad stolen the old doctor's trunk, and was In Jail for It She noticed that Uncle Jarve stopped short and turned pale, and that he ate hardly a mouthful of supper afterward That set her to thinking. Aunt Louisa was the brightest on In the whole family. She understood Uncle Jarve, and knew very well that he did not car enough tor Dlngley to turn pale or miss a meal on his account She at once Jumped to the conclusion that he knew something more about it than She had told at the table. "As soon as possible after supper Uncle Jarve slipped away and went over to SkllHng's place, to consult with Alfred. But Alfred, it appeared, had heard ot the trial that morning. In stead of coming to see' Uncle Jarve and deciding what they ought to do about It, he went away very suddenly on a visit to an uncle's family in an adjoining county. : - Uncle Jarve cam home and went to bed. He did' not know what to do, for he did not like to expose. Alfred. He slept but little that night, and looked very uneasy the next morning and all the next day. Aunt Louisa was observing him. Toward sight she asked blm what the matter was, but Uncle Jarvls would tell her nothing. That evening a letter came, to him from Alfred, who was evidently afraid that Uncle Jarvls would confess. .-; The letter consisted merely of a few words scratched with a lead pencil on bit of paper, namely: Tha old doctor's trunk has raised Cain I They've got that pedler in Jail for It Keep Still. They can't hurt us If you keep - still. Nobody saw us. Now you keep, still, Jarvls Adams! tint 1 am glad to record that Uncle .larva was finding it bard to "keep st .1." He had some unpleasant traits haracter. - Conscience, - however. nrstt k was not wholly dead In him. its was feeling badly, but could not make up his mind what to da Again he want to bed early, but he count not go to sleep; and at last he made up hi mind to go and tell the old doctor all about It, and to go at one. About half past ten Aunt Louis heard him get up and go quietly down stairs. She had not gone to bed her self; and after waiting a moment, ahs followed him out to tii stable, whert be bad a lantern lighted and WAS cau tiously harnessing old Nanc to th driving wagon for Uncle Jam never would walk even for halt a mils if he could avoid It, Aunt Louisa hastened back and got her jacket and hat,' then cams out again Just as Uncle Jarvls was slowly rolling back the stable door to drive out She got Into the wagon before he fairly sow her. : "I'll go with you, Jarve," she ald.--..--.-.-;,'-i.-.-:'---.. Somewhat to her surprise, h offered no objection whatever. They drove slowly through tha dooryafd without speaking, so as not to wake grand father and grandmother. But When they were but on the road Aunt Louisa said, "Jarve, you tell m all about this." - And by that time the affair had Worried him so much that he was not sorry to talk It over with some one ot the family. He told Aunt Louisa what jrour rested night Aunt Louisa and Uncle drove home and awaited developfncais. I The next day a statement of the case was forwarded to the state capital, and the governor and council were asked to act In tbe matter. ; There was some delay, however, and the pedler spent eleven days ! in jail before being set free. ,'' We expected that he would at once prosecute -Uncle Jarve r.id, Alfred 8..itngs for placing the trunk in his cart; but the poor man was so glad to get out of jail that he appeared not to think of it Grandfather Adama paid the costs of court, twenty-three dollars Itr all, and made the pedler a present o. fifty dollars. l -- Alfred did not return home for a month or more, and bore no share in tbe expenses resulting from the prank. He always boosted of the way he got out of It Youth's Companion. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. The official figures show that there are 17,000,000 children In Russia be tween tbe ages of six and 16 who are not getting any signs of an education. The telephone system of. New York Is the largest In the world. The first of the year there were 154,934 tele phones In use In the city, and Chicago has only 90,000. Arabs Invariably wear beards be cause Mahomet, the founder of their religion, never shaved. . A long, flow ing beard Is regarded by them' a a Sign of distinction. The finest building stone hi the world is neither granite, sandstone, limestone nor marble, but the Fijian fossil coral.- When first quarried it cuts like cheese, but after being expos ed to the air it quickly hardens. With the years it becomes Incredibly hard and ao more enduring stone Is known. During the list and 14th years a man's hair grows quicker than at any other period. " It takes an eyelash SO weeks to reach a length of .429 inch, and then its life Is from 100 to 150 days. By means of camera tho wink ot an eyelid ha been measured, and It was found that. 20 winks can . be made in four seconds. - "Mancbnow, th tallest man on earth," Is creating a great sensation at the London Coliseum. He is 26, was born In Trsns-Caucasia, 'measures 9 feet S 1-1 inches In his stocking feet He was t feet 5 inches tall when nine years old. He eats six times as much as an ordinary man, but drinks only moderately. He weigh 44S pounds. For the first time in history, it Is said, one of the pyramids has been struck by lightning. The pyramid struck is that of Khephren, and the fact Is another Illustration of the gradual change that Is being brought about in the climate of Egypt, by the great dam at Assouan and the Irriga tion works made possible since British occupation of the Nile Valley. 'II ' The welsh revival Is ssld to he a pood thlpg lor,tfie bakers. CORNERS THAT FAILED, AD CORNERS THAT COLLAPSED MAN'S FOOLISH AND FUTILE EP FORTS TO "BEAT" NATURE. Unforeseen Events That Knoek the Plans of th ., Manipulators Into - Cocked Hats Som Big Deals that ' Collapsed,- John W. Gates seems to have suc ceeded In escaping from his attempt ed "corner" in wheat without having any of the roof' fall on his shoulders, Me Is renortod to have' unloaded his great holdings In the staple at a sab stantlal gain but he appears to have been obliged to admit that his efforts to obtain entire control of the market and "boost" the price of ,beat to $1.30 a bushel are vain. ,.;,' The history of the Gates " deal Is very much like that of all previous at tempts to corner a commodity. It dif fers from most others only In the fact that the prime mover has escaped th result of his Juggling, and stepped un scathed from under the wreck. Letter, Sully, Partridge, Old Hutch" and oth ers too numerous to mention were not so fortunate or smart they ' reared their house to find too late that the keystone bad been loft out of thd arch, Iniied ifcjeli about their ears before they "'lvJflto.'l('''lto' have be- fidoCs across the rartclsco of tbe Souaands'of bushels ot California storehouses, which had been gathered In by an opposition force headed by Charles R, Fair. Down went the price of wheat and up went tnoN. the Chicago syndicate, who U. P. Hutchinson, a picturesque fig ure of the Chicago Board of Trade, known familiarly as "Old Hutch," made 'an almost successful effort to corner wheat In the fall of 188$, In August ot that year wheat waa selling at between 81 1-2 and 94 3-8 cents a bushel. "Old Hutch" began his oper ations, and by skilful buying at last bad the market so nearly cornered that wheat in September sold at the astonishing price of S2 a bushel. The seaboard cities had only as much as they needed for their own consump tion, there were hundreds of thous ands of bushels on their way to Eng land, and all wheat must be purchased from Chicago.; ' Buddenly reports began to come In of unexpected yields from western wheat fields, yields of which the Hutchinson contingent had known nothing, or. If they had heard rumors had not expected that tbe news could reach the market In time to keep them from Unloading at a tremendous profit. But the telegraph spoiled their plans!! and as the new wheat came In the price dropped till It had fallen nearly to the August figures, and thou sands were ruined. It was In April, 1897, that Joe Lett er, a newcomer to the Chicago wheat pit, backed by his father's immense wealth, began to buy wheat At first his efforts were not taken with any great degree of seriousness by the other operators, but they soon smelted th rat, and the price of wheat rose rapidly, till in May tbe cereal was showing a largo gain in prioe. Loiter continued, however, buying ytvaria- hla nriiw. till in Mu 1HQH T. trv wa. annrised of the V:! - Lelter had "cornered" the I Prices soared as high as 21.85; el, and as the Lelter forces sh disposition to sell until they f own prices, up went bread. It In eastern cities were begin! feel the effects of this glgantl and clergymen preached from A pit against such a "monopoly! foundations of a social war w4 lng laid by this young plunger i cago, when all of a sudden the! of $he rocket that had been- goir up, up, began to turn and come A tremendous fall crop of wheaf announced as a certainty, and sut wheat, of th existence of wblcr Letters had been kept In the dan the opposition forces, was found, it stored all over the country. came the price of wheat, and wlii the profits ot the Loiter syndi. were wined out Their loss on t last deal was estimated at $15 000; their net loss after counting their previous gains, at $3,000,1, Young Lelter was unable to meet j obligations, and It looked as thou there would be terrible ruin In ma quarters when the elder Lelter stepp lq with bis fortune and cleared t ronnger's debts away. That was ti md of the biggest wheat deal. . Th Famous 8ully Corner. Tbe failure of Daniel J. Sully to L win e cor- Nlwent Vnt aer the cotton crop taut year Is wp remembered. His was the rrtoet epc .1 ..".' . - r tacular piece of gambling on record, porhaps even more so than th Letter Case. , Sully was k young broker In Provi dence, R, I,, a few years ago, and be gan to be heard ot when he undertook to build up a market for Egyptian cot ton. In 1903 he came to New York, having outgrown Providence, and be gan his operations by buying cotton at 8 cents a pound and forcing it up to 18. '..... .. Sully circuited in a methodical, Widespread way the news that the cot ton crop was sure to be a small one, He 'Urged every one to buy. He got the government to bellevo that the boll weevil, an insect Injurious to cot ton, was rampant and ready to eat all the cotton that could grow. He scared every one. The cotton planters down south fell In with his line of argu ment and Cried dUaster to the cotton Crop. fhctM went up. All this time Bully had been buying, and with cot ton at the price that It reached In the winter of 1903-4, hlg profits were esti mated to be at least SG.000,000, But they were on papor, for, though cotton was high,, the moment that Bully should begin td sell. In order to real ise bis profits, down it would go, and he would be the loser. Here wag an other illustration, in a different way, of the difficulty of cornering any com modity at a profit. Sully certainly had the cotton "and had forced tbe price up. But he could - not collect his earnings. , His rivals knew this and began to sell. - -Sully had -to buy to keep the price up. Up, down, up, down It till at the beginning of March It down and stayed down just long to make It necessary for the Sully & Co. to announce Its fjses were has not been Son yet, but they were next effort no Is success- a prece- iJBOt- waa soon in on) It is the jr make three two to threemilrtt- sound deep and stay bt face Tor S or 4 minutes. rorqual to lis of from -and then Ath the sur- a whale would come to the surface, therVuld appear always at the whale's rig! sid and just about where his head would connect with the body, a great, long tall or fin, "judged by five fisher men and a number of Indians after seeing it about 15 times at various distances," to be about 24 feet long, two and one-halt feet long, two and one-half feet wide ut the end, and tap ering down to the water, where It seemed to be about 18 Inches in di ameter, looking very much like the blade of the fan ot an old fashioned Dutch windmill. The great club was used on the back of the unfortunate whale in such a manner that It was a wonder to me that every whale attacked was not instantly killed. ..Its .operator seemed to have perfect control ot its move ments,, and would bend It back till the end would touch the water forming a horseshoe loop, then with a sweep it wculd be - straightened and brought over and down on the back ot the whale with a whack that could be heard for several miles. If tbe whale was fortunate enough to . submerge his body 'before the blows came, the spray would fly for a distance of 100 feet from the effect ot the strike, mak ing a report as loud as a yacht's sig nal gun. What seemed most remarkable to me was that no matter which way. the attacked whale went, or how fast (the usual speed Is about 14 knots) that great club would follow right along by its side and deliver those tremen dous blows at Intervals ot about four or five seconds. It would always get in from three to five blows at each of the three times the Whale would com to the surface to blow. The whale would generally rid himself of the ene- rnvwhen It took Its deep sound; es- e water was 40 fathoms or fif the attack THEQUUPIZ ; A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY BISHOP BURGESS, D, D. BnhJeeti Tho Charon's Foundation. Brooklyn, N. Y. In the Church of (he Messiah tbe Right Rev. Frederick Burgess, D. D., Bishop of Long Island, on Sunday preached from the text, Matthew xvl;13-20, and particularly the passages "And whom say ye that I am? Simon Peter answered: Thon art the Christ, the Son of tbe living God. Jesus Answered and said: Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; flefh and blood hath not revealed It unto thee, but My : Father which is In Heaven, I say also unto thee: Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build My church." He said: These words can be scarcely under stood apart from their context. The Author of the Bampton Lectures pointed out that Caesarea was the borderland of the Jew and the Gen tile, and thus was a fitting place for proclaiming tbe divinity of Him who came to save, not one- rnce, but all mankind, Later study of our Lord's life revealed the fact that He was at that time truly iu exile. It becomes .almost self-evident, as we read the Gospels, that our Lord was suffering depression and fyjt that His work was, to a certain extent, n failure. The cities of Caperncum and Corniin, where He had preached and labored, were all against Him; and you can all recall the sad farewell which He gave to those cities. In the Gospel of St John we can see evidence that a large number ot people who at first had believed in Jesus were gradually es tranged from Him by His teaching and by His unpopularity. He had been forced to leave His native land and go Into exile. The words which He spake to the Syrophoeneclan women, "It Is not meet to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs," shows tbe sadness, almost bit ter sadness; and when He came to His owu"'Hls own received Him not." In one way and another, we can see how bitterly He felt and, while we bare no real picture, yet, neverthe less, we can, In fancy, see Him, as we rend i the Gospels, with His little band. g ahead of them through those valleys; snd we know that figure of speech, but the Id: "The foxes have te air h&a had f and disappointment, tliouti did it find expression, namely, on cross ;wlien He said: "My God. Mr I God, -why hast Thou forsaken Me." inis perroa or exile, men, was a per iod of depression. Men had deserted Urn by thousands; tbe people whom He lrftdcured and taught, were all gone nowxAnd perhaps He feared, as He asked RHLapostles that crucial question r "WhoinT!a4ien say that I, the Son of Man, am r-li however, He did fear, whatever He feTHSd was dissipated by tbe perfect fslth-vof Peter's clear, strong snswer: "Thou art the Christ, the son ot the living God." And one who has ever tried to do real work for humanity and to help forward the kingdom of God must have known something of this depression, and must also have known something of this Joy when at least He had found one- man who believed in Him. and in His message and who was ready to stand out before the world and confess his faith. Our Lord, then, founded His church upon a man upon Peter, if you will. He did not found It upon a doctrine, or a building, or an army, or a treasury. No, but on a warm, rugged human heart. He said to Peter: Thou art a rock, and on this rock I will build My church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Those who want to see In this passage a long, bleratl cal line, ever connecting Itself with a bishopric, must, I suppose, be allowed to bug their delusion as long as they live. But a sane criticism will always reveal tbe fact that our Lord was as serting that He would found His cburcb upon loving Laman hearts, upon men who believed,, in Him, In honor and dishonor, through good re port or evil report, In sickness and health, as well as In proverty and exile. Our Lord believed In men; He trusted them. It has been well said of Him that Indignation, even anger, were spoken of men, but to condemn, never. Man, as man,. was worthy of respect, o . ., .. ,, Now that ha not been tbe attlfhde of tbe great writers and generals and leaders of mankind. Alexander. Cue sar, regarded men as so many pawns to be moved about ss they willed. "What are a million souls to mer boasted Napoleon when he was taunted with the loss of au army; so in philosophy we find the an me dl-"-v!ltlng of men. " But, Christ tanghl "!ttcsllrnate of mankind to """"J -Ht. Paul reverenced .thelr si ns nud the loved collci t expresses it: "Thou bast founded upon the apostles and proph ets, Christ, Himself, being the bead cornerstone." To that church you all belong. , Sou have taken tbe step which announces that consciously you have come to yonr full conception of what that church is, and tbnt you are members In It. Now, what Christ wants of you Is, not your money or your Influence, but He wants your heart, your devotion, but He wants you to stand really, purely, honestly, .truly; steadfastly for Him. He wants you to -be built up, ss St. Peter expresses it. "as lively stones" in His church. It has been said that to suppose that' the Christian Church could have been founded by any save Jesus Christ would be as absurd as to suppose that Strasburg Cathedral had beeii formed through the centuries by the conflux of the dust of the streets. Now, It is into that church that you have come, and you are to become stones in tbe build ing. You are to grow strong by being true and earnest, and pure and tem perate. Buttresses and arches and roofs are hot more really the fruit of human architect's work than temper ance and chastity and honesty are the fruits of tho Divine Architect's love. "On this rock I wiil build My church." The Church of Jesus Christ will be stronger to-ntght and stronger to-mor-ow, because you have been confirmed to-day. If you honestly keep the prom Ises you have made to-night. Alter Bot1t1 Whntf The remarkable religious movement which not long since arose In the West like a little cloud no bigger than a man's band, is apparently spreading throughout Christendom. It has al ready asRumrd proportions which com mand attention from all quarters and has wou for It general recognition as "the revival." Every genu.-ie Chris tian, at least, will be on tbe'wateb to make tbe utmost ot its best' features and the least Of its blemishes. It Is alike Impossible tbnt the latter can be essentially divine, or that the former enn be exclusively unman. Here, as In all Christian " it Is Imperative that there the distinct recognition or c For it is always true wni more save man. without b man r-mi-Rnre himself W This principle, however, con only to looK witn reverei Divine element in presentl to consider carefully humj tore. Waves of srr ;t?nt for its ch lefes may bring. Here is a clares that unlimited blessing may gained for men through Intercession. Here Is yourself with some knowledge in yonr own experience of what In tercession might mean. Yet God wait and Wonders! Tbe phrase Is not too strong. Remember (be missionaries who have gladly renounced all for the Joy of butting s new light Into despair ing leces but they spend little time In asking for the Light. Remember tha-fSastors whose calling It is to min isterbut they have renounced th Highest and most efficient ministry. Re member the myriads who prate cease lessly about the world's need of re vivalbut they talk little about it to Him who alone can give It. Remem ber what yon say you believe, recall what you actually do and cease to wonder that God wonders. Pacific Baptist. Real Water-Flnder. . The divining rod, or, as it Is called In England, the "dowsing rod," has IIS Alt AHcmrtT POvmcR. - ni'btnrofwonder, aKernat- STORY OF INDIAN MAQIC. v , , 1 Tricks That. Defy Detection and Mys --.'. tlfy All Wh Behold Them. r The following story of Indian magic was told me by the person to whom It was told by the late Lord Lytton. I give it in my own words, for the excel lent though humiliating reason that I ' have mislaid the manuscript When In India, Lord Lytton often sought, out conjurers, but never saw any but the " usual feats, such ss the mango tree trick and the basket trick. The method In each case Is known, or at all events) -plausible explanations have been given by Mr. Maskelyne and other experts. "On one occasion Lord Lytton liked something in the looks of tbe conjurer who was performing in en open space before his house. After ihe ordinary exhibition, his lordship asked the ma gician If he could not do something; ' more out of tbe common way. The. . man said he would try, and asked for a ring, which Lord Lytton gave him. He then requested an officer to take In either hand a handful of seeds; one sort was sesame; the name of the oth er sort my Informant did not knew. ' Holding these seeds and having the ring between his finger and thumb, the officer was to go to a well in the corner of the compound. He was to dispose of the seeds in a certain way I think on the low way around tho well, into the depth of wuich he was to throw the ring. All (his was done, and the magician asked Lord Lytton where he would like the ring to re appear. He answered, "In his dis patch box," of which the key was attached to his watch chain, cr at all events he had with him on the spot , The dispatch box was brought out Lord Lytton opened it, and there was the ring. This trick would be easy If tho ' British officer was a confederate of the juggler's and If he possessed a dup- te key to tbe dispatch' box. ' In he would net throw the ring j but would take it Into . ox and insert the A Good CO After the great Prltfc9. rmVa defeated the Turks In the jr lie oi aenia, no emere to find that jealous spired to defeat the emperor and lng deliberately peror's orders, 1 the gates of th officers who d! Informed him ( rest. "Here Is my cause my empfTor demands It mi still red wltb.-ftre blood of his enemies. I do not wlBh to have It again. if I cannot use It in his service." . The citizens were furious wjen they heard of his reception, and they ; sent-deputations to him, offering to guard him with their lives and rescue him from his enemies with arms. The prince refused all these offers. "I wish no protection," said he, "ex cept the protection ot my reputation and my record.'' - . - - - When the emperor heard this, he announced that he would listen to no further complrlnts against the prince, and authorized him to do whatever he thought best after that on the field of battle without being responsible for his. actions to anyone. Indianapolis News. tr ir r 1 .4 The Haven of Distress. "Cupid Is one of tbe best recruit ing officers tbat Uncle Sam has," con flded one ot the sergeants attached to the recruiting headquarters. "Back of nearly every enlistment thore is a . woman in the case. Lovers' quarrels chase a lot cf fine lads Into the service. Your romantic youth gravitates to the recruiting office after a aerirJftasWsst with his sweetheart as naturally aa""" a duck takes to water. It seems to him the most fitting way In which to' sacrifice himself when- love's young dream is apparently dispelled. Way down In his heart he nursed the Idea of making his erstwhile enamorita sad, and It's the army or nary, with the r-xth In battle for him. X:s material Is re " "i; fellows trls. . J'' 1 V a.