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CHArTKU VI.
Mffyp!tl,ts mm day vu're ftiU of th?
"Jirlxlon JUstory," as they termed It.
KaohAfk'fcdrg hmitiut of the f
fair, and eui had leader upou it lu
vXtua S 3uMLiAnuLlVi in thorn
vhU-h was new to me. I st ill retain la
n'-Hwn'WiwiilNilu(t nl
txlrHcta btvylni; upon the raxt).
KripfiSvniHrfcpJ Hint
ewl!fciliy tf nxiino Ahm had sd
liom boon n tragedy which presented
stranger features. .iv -'i .
The Herman name of the victim,
Wwliww t U.tiwOHiid-.HiM'lri
It tor Inscription on th wall all point
" W'b1' WUUm x i MlUcM
iffiutfo iiuVT foVolUHohflli,.,i ' '
3ai'Ut'iitAiWI. Ivu(.l branehe
In America, ant th deceased hail, no
'uMr'titfWvjN'4 thet nnwrttten law
ami boon tracked down by thorn.
Marchioness do llrtnvllliora, the lir
,AI vMikiaa'.tUvl thai M"iilo aC Mivl-
UjuauA.Uiq lUtcAia" Highway mur
-rtrWYrfetrrrerottclnrted by ftdmon
.lakuxCaJ' sovvrnnimit and advocating
K) a.okfj iJi,iKo (oraUnuni lu Eut
eSrUfcnf Jie rfm .,t -.-.ei ,
nwtaTlM iHambud couimn.td upon the
fact that lawless outrages of the aort
nlmstraliou,
Y5d M'HfroiR thf mlittllnR of
the HiTiida of Tlio'm'hssos and th con
soquwKqiJvitiU uf all .authority.
The deceased wa an American gen
.tlMIurtvkitt! had I been 'Holding for
aome weeka In the metropolis. Ho hda
.'.tSM,M at tk hoardinehwiae off Mmn.
'jjr pfMit lor. In Torquay Terrace,
1trW,a, accompanied In hi tfavola
hy ! lirte'eiH-retary, !Mr. Joaoph
Stanijerson, The two bid adieu to their
lamlMdyMlprm 'Twaday, the th Inst.,
and departed to Kimton atatlnn with
the avowed Intention of cntrhliift the
4verpool expreiia. They were after
vafd seen toKether on th platform.
Nntblnit .mor la known of thorn un
til Mr. Prebber'a body waa, aa re
wwtfhwi. jliaeovar! in an empty house
In the Urlxton road, many miles from
fKljjn .
4t Jiw' he rnme there, or how he met
Ma fate, are queatlons which are still
Uwotoed In mystery.
Nothing; la known of the where
abouts !' Stangoraon, We are Rlart
to lenrn that Mr. I.eatrade and Mr
.v.flrunoa. of Scotland Yard, are both
enicaeed tipon the case, and It la con
vsAUuUk .ajvtWwkted that these well
known officers will speedily throw
liKht (ipon the raa'ter,
5lh Pnily News observed that there
waa no doubt aa to the crime being a
pollttca! one. Thu deapotlara and hat-
led of Liberalism which animated
the Continental governments had had
the effect of driving to pur shores a
numbur of men who mlKht have made
excellent cltlxena were they not soured
by the, rcCQllicUon of all they had un
dergone. Among these men there was ' n
stringent- rode of honor any Infringe
V O"1?1 oI 'n,('h puniHhcd by death.
W n li er rtfort should bo made to
find tho secretary. Stangeraon. and to
. (ascertain some particulars of the hab-
SJ iu of the deceased.
A grout atop had been gained by the
wvdiacayory of the address of the house
at which he had boarded, a result
1 . wbliji ra entirely duo to the aeute
1 liess arid energy of Mr. Gregson, of
Scotland Yard
Sherlock Holmes and ! read these
, notices flver toother at breakfast,
and they appeared to afford him con
. gldemblo amusement
"I told you that, whatever happened,
Istrnde and Gregson would be sure
to score."
wVv-jf,iiiK flrienilf) on how it turns out."
"Oh, bless you. It doesn i matter In
ji the least. If the man Is caught. It will
be on account of their exertions; If he
l eicapejlit will be In spite of ; .elr ex
'etiiona.' It' heads I win, -tails you
, Icse. Whatever they do. they will have
followers. A fool always finds a big
s,i''ger fool to admire him."
jus "What on earth la this?" I cried, for
at this moment there came the palter
ing of many steps In the hall and on
,. t stairs, accompanied by audible ex
plosions of disgust on the part of our
eVVUMHMlrY V A,
"It's the Daker-street division of the
detective police forre," tald my rom
panlon, gravely; and as he spoke
there rushed Into the room half a doz
en of the dirtiest and most rnggod
(treat arohs (hat ever I clapped eyes
on. i ' t . st
"Tcntlon!" cried Holmes, In a
, sharp tone and tho six dirty sconn
" drels stood In a line like so many dls
. reputable statuettes. "In future you
a ' " shall send up Wiggins alone to report,
and the rest of you must wait In the
street. Have you found It, Wiggins?"
''"" "No, sir, we hain't," said one of the
youths.
"I 'hardly expected that you would.
. You must keep on until you do. Here
ere your wages." He handed each of
them a shilling. "Now, off you go, and
come baok with a better report next
""time."
He waved his hand, and they scam
pered away downstairs like so many
rats, and we heard their shrill voices
next moment In the street.
"There's more work to be got out of
, . "; 3 one of those little beggars than out of
" " a dozen of the force," Holmes re
marked. "The mere sight of an official
looking person seals men's lips. These
youngsters, however, go everywhere
and hear everything. They are as
sharp bb neodleg, too; all they want
. tc organization, j
"Is It on this firlxton case that you
are employing them?" I asked,
awifi.v "Yes; there la a point which I wish
Ma to ascertain. It Is merely a matter of
time, Halloo! we are going to hear
some news now with a vengoanee!
wvYtBut) Oregson coming down the
road with beatitude written upon ev-
nry feature of his face. Bound for lis,
I know. Yes, be Is stopping- There be
I Is!" ,J'.f,
There was a violent peal at the bell,
and in a' few seconds the fair-haired
detective came up the stalra three
j'jii steps, at a time, and burst Into our
8!ttlng-rocrai. ,
sO jit. 4-ytj dear fellow," he crletf, wringing
Holmes' unresponsive hand, "congrat
ulate mc! I have made the whole
thing as clear as day."v
A shade of anxiety seemed to me to
crons my companion's expressive face.
"Do you moan that you are on the
rw right "track?"" he asked. -'"
"The right track! Why, sir, we have
10'd th man under lock and key!" , ,
"And his name la?"
"' '."Arthur Charpentler, sub-lieutenant
illn, her .majesty's navy," cried Oregson,
pompously, rubbing his fat hands and
l.'fliUlhg hlH chest.
Sherlock Holmor gave a sigh of re-
f
IN - SCARLET
urr Mid related intif rtflW """
Tuk a. Mewt'ttii4'ir"rUinf these
cigtiiW-oo Mddto-rwo nr luitlmi to
Wmw,hov you Biajwvid. it. . you
"l tloht tiihiii if t ttrt,- t1JlrN-1li
anawtwd.' "Tha' tromulniui nWm
will. j 1 liav konn tliMiish diy Uiti he
livst.day , or two bave .ovu, suk.out.
Not so much hodlly exertion," you mv
deratanci, aa the strain npnn tli mhid.
ion will appreciate -that. -Mr..' HhoH
Imk llolmos, for wo are both bruin,
worker.' .-t' i ! j
' .Wui do mo toy. emrh hNmr,"vniil
Holmes, gravely "U-ts.boar how
jou rrtvo4 t this nioHt grutlfylna
rosult., " Ji . -!,'.,"
The dotwtlve sen ted himself U,tht
atnioliulr and puffed complacently t
his rlgar,1 Then snddenly h' sliipped
tla thigh' In a. imroxyam of amuse-
."TUe fua of It' Is." ho rr'liC "that
tnat fool I.ostmde. who tlilnks him
etf so swiirt. has (fine off inm the
vtwng track ultogotlwr. ll la aftur
th at'crwnry, fitumr(in. who bud no
more to da with tho crluin tlina the
buhe unborn, t !iv no doubt that
he has eanght Tilm by thla time."
- Th Idea tickled (IrerHoa a much
that M liuiKhted uutll be choked.
. "And how did you got your clus!"
"Ah, I'll toll yon alt about It; ' Of
course, Tr. Watson, this I strictly be
tween ourselves. Th first difficulty
which wo had to contund with was the
finding of this American s anteced
ents. Pome people would have waited
until their advertisements were an
swered or until parties came forwnrd
and volunteered Information. That Is
not Tohla CI region's way of going
to work. You remomlmr the hat be-
aldn the dead man?"
"Yes." said Holmes, "by John Tin
derwood & Sons, 129 Camherwull
road."
Gregson looked quite crestfallen.
"I had no Idea that you noticed
that." ho said, "Have you been there?
"No"
"Ha!" cried Gregson, In a relieved
voice, "you should never neglect a
chance, however small It may seem."
"To a groat mind nothing Is little,'
remarked Holmes, sontontloualy.
"Well. I went to t'nderwood and
asked him If he had sold a hat of that
slxe and description. He looked over
his books and came on It at once, tie
had sent the hat to a Mr. Prebber, re
siding at Cbnrpentler's boarding es
tablishment, Torquay Terrace. Thus
I got at hla address
"Smart ery smart," murmured
Sherlock Holmes,
"I next called upon Madame Char
pentler," continued the detective. "I
found her ery pale and distressed,
Her daughter was In the room, too
an uncommonly flue girl she la too;
she was looking red about the eyes,
and her lips trembled as I spoke to
her. That dl1n t escape my notice. I
berran to smell a rat. You know the
feeling, Mr Sherlock. Holmes, when
you once come upon tho right scent
a kind of thrill In your nerves. Have
you heard of tho mysterious death of
ycur lute brother, Mr. Knoch J. Drot
ber, of Cleveland?" I wked.
The mother nodded. She didn't
seem to get out a word. Tho daughter
hurst Into tenrs. I felt more than ever
that these people knew something of
tho matter.
"At what o'clock did Mr. Prebber,
leave your house for tho train' I
asked.
"'At I o'clock,' she aald, gulping
In her throat to keep down her aglta
tlon. 'ills secretary, Mr. Stangerxm,
cald that there were two trains one
at 9: 15 and one at 11. Ho was to
catch the first.'
" 'Anil was that tho last which yon
saw of him?'
"A terrible chango came over the
woman's face as I asked the question.
Her feature turned perfectly livid. It
was some seconds before she could
get out the single word 'Yes,' and
when It did come it waa In a husky,
unnatural tone.
"There was silence for a moment,
and then the daughter spoke In a
calm, clear voice. -
" 'No good can ever come of false
hood, mother,' she said. 'Let us be
frank with the gentleman. We did see
Mr. Drebber.agnln.'j'
"'God forgive you!' cried Madame
Charpentler, throwing up her hands
and sinking back In her chair. 'You
have murdered your brother!'
"'Arfhur would rather that we
spoke the truth,' tho girl answored,
(Irmly. '
" 'You had best tell me all about It
now,' I said. 'Half confidences are
worse than none, llesldes, you do not
know how much wo know of It'
'"On your hot.il bo it, Alice!' crlml
ber mother; and then, turning to mo.
'I will tell you all, sir. Do not Imagine
that my agitation on behalf of tify son
arises from any fear lest he should
have had a hand In this terrible affair,
lie Is utterly Innocent of It. My dread
In, however, that In your eye and In
tho oyes of others he may appear to
be compromised, Tlint, however, Is
surely Imposalblo. His high character,
his profession, hla antecedents would
all forbid It"
" 'Your best way Is to make a clean
breast of the facts," I answered. 'De
pend upon It, it your son is innocent
he will be nono tho worse.'
" 'Perhaps, Alice you hnd better
leave us togethor,' she said, and hor
daughter withdrew. 'Now, sir,' she
continued, '1 had no Intention of tell
ing you all this, but Blnce my poor
daughter has disclosed It I have no
alternative. Having once decided to
speak, I will tell you all without omit
ting any particular.'
" 'It It your wisest course,' said I.
"'Mr. Drebber has boon with ub
nearly three weeks. He and his sec
retary, Mr. Stangerson, had beon trav
eling on the Continent. I noticed a
"Copenhagen" label upon each of their
trunks, showing that that had been
their last stopping plane. Htangerson
wns a quiet, reserved man, but bis mv
ployer, I am sorry to say, was far
otherwise. He was coarse In his hab
its and brutish in hlB ways. The very
night of his arrival he became very
much the worse for drink, and, In
deed, after 12 o'clock In the day ho
could hardly ever be Bald to bo sober.
His manners toward the maid servants
were disgustingly free and familiar.
Worst of all, he speedily assumed the
same .nuinner toward my daughter,
Alice, and spoke to her more than
once In a way which,' fortunatdly, she
is too Innocent to understand. On one
occasion he .actually seized her In hie
arms and embraced her an outrage
which caused hi 'own secretary to re
proach him for bis unmanly conduct.'
'"But why do you stand all this?' t
asked. 'I suppose that you can get rid
of your boarder when you wish.'
"Mrl. Charpentler blushed at my
pertinent question.
'"Would to God that I had given
I pe ill. Hut It was a sore) tempt.
t li U I'ouiiiiH'h. m' It, m kd ,thh In a
Shield eaon. ! 'l.ew. ai bit
lu Uo vsvv. bv wilt jva much. I
f'c,'ti .! ,h mouojf. 0 su .i for
th iior4-Ji'il.-.hHli ijiuch.
lowovor, and 1 ;hvo hlm'notfi i tn
leave on account -nt It That wus tlm
T.u!'l otod.S',11 f
Antlr. bran IUkuI wIhiv I saw
Mm drive away. My sun Is on lnive
just now. but T did not tell hlui any-
fhlluc'Qf tlbj.fpr hbf tniii(r In violent
and be Is paNlomi(cly fund of hla sin
ter. When rtoRPd the door behind
iHelrk n load HnM,i ti lt itiu from
my mind, mas! In loss limit nil lii itr'
tlr was a rtng nt th hiiV and t
Warned that MT. Drebber had re
turned. ll was much excited and
tvldooHy he,wofs for drink, lie
forct'd hi way Into the room whoro !
was sitting with tny rtntn:htnr And
made' some Incoherent rrnnnrk about
havluK Dilsncil IiIh. trnlii. He thmi
t'.icned to Alice. 'and, befnrO my Very
tac. proposed to b'f that she should
tly with hlui. "You are of ago," lie
raid, "and there Is no Inw to stop you,
I have money enoimU, and to apnro.
Nevar tnJnd th old girl here, but
come along with m now straight i
away. You shall llv Ilk a prluooss."
Poor Alice was so frightened that she ,
shrank away from Mm, but ha cnue.ht
Iter by th wrlet and endeavored to
to draw her toward the door. I
kfreamed, and at that moment my Bon
rthnr ram Into th room. . What
happened then I do nut know, I
heard oath nnd eonfnsed sounds of
seutn, I was too terrified to raise my
ueud. When t did look up I saw Arthur
standing fn the doorway IntiKhln.
with a atlck In bU band. "I don't
think that fine fellow will trouble us
again," he said. T will Just r after "
him and se what h docs with him-'
self." With those wonts he took hi
hat and started off down the street, i
The next morning w heard of Mr. '
Drebber' mysterious death.' j
"Thl statement ramo from Mr. .
Charpentlor's lip with many gnaps .
and pauses. At times she spoke ro
low that I could hardly catch tho
words. I made shorthand notes of all
that ah said, however, so that there 1
could b no possibility of a mistake.' j
"It's quite exciting." said Hherlm V
Holmes, with a yawn. "What hap
pened next?"
"When Mrs. Charpentler paused,"
the detective continued, "I saw thst,
the whole case bung on one point.
Fixing her with my eye In a way
which I always found effective with
women, I akd her at what hour her
r.on returned.
" 'I do not know, she answered.
"'Not know?'
" 'No; he ba a latch key and lot
himself In.'
"'After yon went to bed?
" 'Yes.'
"'When did yon go to bed?1
" 'About eleven.'
" 'fin your aon waa gone at least two
hours?
" 'Yes.'
"I'osslbly four or Bvef
" 'Yes.'
" 'What wa he doing during that
time?'
"I do not know,' she answered,
turning while to her very Hps.
(T h ennuntisd.)
Thing That May
tntoromt You.
In mtalcrs of yrvut coni-eru, and
whi.-h must I done, there is no surer;
argument of a weak uiind than irremjlu
tlon. Tlllotsoti.
A Tippecanoe monument will be
rooted in niemoty ol (iuuerul William
Henry llarrlmm's defeat ol tils savage
adversary, Tefunisuh, Novetnlier 11,
1H11, at tii cotirlnenc of Hie Tlppeca
no and Walwsh rivals In Indiana.
Congress Is to be askod to appropriata
The White Ptarllne steamer Oltic,
21,000 tons. Hie largest liner alloat,
successfully launched at llelfiist a
lew days ago. Her carrying capacity is
IH,40U tons, and rhe lias airommoda.
tions for 3,0t)0 psisingors. U Is said
thu Codili will be ready for survluo In
the autumn.
Ilerr Most, the anarchist, who lias
enjoyed an iiitarnatlonal ciHrlouee of
prisons,, sums It Up In (he epigram :
"The freer the country the worse tho
juil." "I was tlrnt ImprisoniKl In Aus
tria," h say. "Ther I was treated
like a gentleman. In Germany they
sot mo to work at book binding. Thai
waaeaav. In Ixidon they made ma
pick oakum. That was very hard. Th
first lime 1 was hnprisuuod In America I
I had to lire a funiaco. That was'
hade."
TO STUDY EARTHQUAKUS.
Leading Nations of th World Invited by
Ksltcr to Meet lo Conference. j
An International Investigation of
eurthquake will probably be the next
K'eat inquiry jointly taken up by the
leading nations ol the world. Km
peror William is taking the load in
tliis movement, doubtless not desiring
to have tho czar of HiihmIu suggest all
the propositions having a tendency to
bring the civilised peoples closer to
gether. '
Germany has Invited tlie United
States, all Hie European countries, 1
Mexico, Japan, Rraz.il, Argentine, and
Chili, to participate in a conference '
fer the study ol anlsmologlcal problems.
The invitation to this government was
given directly to Hie statu department
by Count Von Quadt, Oorman charge!
d'affaires. He acted nailer Instructions
from Merlin. It is proponed to hold
the international conference sum time
next spring,
All the countries invited to participate
are expocted to sond delegates. They
will naturally be scientists ol high
standing and especially those whose
duties bring them In contact with th
general topic of earthquakes and dis
turbances of the earth' crust, . No ac
tion looking to the calling of the con
vention will be taken until a consider
able number of tho nations request ml
to send delegates has replied to the in
vitation sent by tlermony.
. Olllcinla here are much intereatod in
the proposition advanced by the Ger
man government. Its importance Is
materially enhanced by reaction of the
recent eruption on the Islands of Mar
tinique and St. Vincent. It is expected
this government will accept the invita
tion, although no definite docisiou will
he reached until the return of Secretary
Hay. .-
In the event of participation export
scientist will ba designated as dele
gate. .,'.
iMTfl
B
An Haslcrncr Taught California
Land Ow ners a Lesson.
1)1) UU I1T U LTK AT LA S I)
This He Turned Into Celery Farm tail
Sta led Ureal Industry.
Flnl Crop of I'rUrjr Hulwd on Laud
Willi U Wm llntiuht fur Hon 1'ro
tliit thm end Marketing- of ilie I mp
la l ull of Intrrral - Matty f lite I'jt.t-
' era rM.itr A r Untitled and Hum
Llluvvjr 1'rullU Are Mad.
i Tlmrn Is tusuy a furtuu lont by not
belug aid lo ructiguUtf a good thing
when mm sec It. Hume uue, a great
n in uy years n,-u, nit Id that uppurtuulty
ritlU but once upuii lb sauiii iHrsun,
He la supiKmod to rap at the duur and
If he get mi uuswer ho pur on never
Id ri'itirti that way. This oumled so
n Uu uint fancirul that It bm-atuw a
proverb, but like many other accepted
saying, bus tint ji grulu of truth In It,
A a miillor of fact, opportunity Is
linuiilng ujxiut each man's ibair fairly
aching iir nn luvllntlnu to come lu, but
most men are u old una they do mt
riiiiKulse hlui. ,
When the old man, Ilervey found, a
few years ago, Hint a goodly portlim
of his lauds at Hiuclucr, (Mange coun
ty, 111 Seiitliern t'lilironila, lay In the
big title sviainp. lie wa sorry lie had
iHiuitht litem, A little later, when a
valushlo toiini with which he was en
doavorliig lo brink up a portion of
tho pent limits became IxHSKnd and
went down and down, lu spite of all
his rlTortN lo save them, till they ,dl-
appeared la-neath the r'.ch, black, oosy
on, never lo reappear, ne was nun
,.A' W'OKK i. llll, Hi',l,l-l'i I II.MI,
jinore regretful. He had, tievertl.el.s, knives made for th purpose, aud lay ! ," STmt ,1,',l"rl Colomdo
B a gmnl thing, but he did not know It. the stalks lo one side of the row where j "1
R The iKig w as opportunity, but It took the packers find them and He thi.m Inm
The iKig w as oiM.rtimlty. but It took
another to discover It.
Klglit or vine year ago a mau from
the i:t wandered down to Santa Ana
and there saw Mexican and Chinese
hauling wagon loads of dried peat
about town, selling the product fur
fuel. Test burns very nicely when
properly prepared, and cool aud wood
Mug extremely senroa lu Southern
California, a mitiilier of person man
aged to get il fair living out of the
big tule swiimp. The stranger bad
never heard of the great peat Img, but
be a iked some quctttlons ami I our nod
all about It. Then he went duwn to
Kincltzer and saw It for himself. Next
he begun purchasing all the swamp
land he could buy.
hlmnurr'a l.eirl limit.
I'ubllc opinion wa divided regnrdiig
the stranger. Ho must bo either Idi
otic or limaue, the people thought, aud
the vote was uhoiit a tie as to which
was the case. Nevertheless the own
er of thu swamp lands Hindu haste to
prollt by hi supposed mental lullrml
ty, and they eagerly unloaded uumt of
the bog upon him, Some of them, Iler
vey nulling the number, retulned a part
of the hog land Just to see If the stran
ger reully had a rational motive In ac
quiring the well-nigh worthless real es
tate. They are now congratulating
thcutKclve that they did so.
Some of this swamp laud brought the
owners ns much as 10 an ncre. Tho
most of t, however, went for less than
half that sum. To-day the land la
worth f-tou an acre, aud off the 3, (MX)
acre which are being utilised tb
owners will obtain this year a revenue
of $:iiK),otx.
Huston, New York, Philadelphia, Htlf
falo, I'ltUburg. Chicago, Cincinnati, St.
I,oii Is, and a hundred other cities lu
the Kuxt are eating celery rained lu
the great tule swamp of Orsngo coun
ty. More than 20 ears a day are ship
ped from the fields and the most of It
goes east of the Mississippi river, It
has taken soma work and expense to
put the swamp In 'Condition to bring
this Income, but nothing compared
with tho return It yield,
The first work wa to drain the
swamp siilllclently to permit of th
land being worked, In order to do thl
a huge dralnnge canal, 14 feet wide
and 12 feet deep, vi run from th
swamp to the ocean four miles away.
The lateral drains empty Into this.
Chinese labor wns employed In digging
tho ditches ami laying the tile through
the spft earth nnd the same lnbor wa
UHc'd lu Hearing the swnmp of the tule
and other growth nnd putting tho
ground In ootnlltlnii to be plowed. Then
came the problem, how to plow the
land. . Notwithstanding the drainage,
tho binds wore still soft nud spongy
and the danger of bogging the horses
wns nol slight, The stranger from th
KiiHt wns ngnln equal to the emergency,
He hnd, lu Hut courso of his travels,
had experience lu navigating uptm
snowHliues, and he proceeded to rig
shoes fur the horses on a modified
snownlioo plan. Now the horses plow
the land, hunk tho celery, pull th cut
ting innclilnes over the fields nnd car
ry nwny tly? crop In safety.
I Iiciiii i.niinr Km ployed,
Nearly all the labor employed Is Chi
nese and Japanese. Thl Is not so
tn mil hocaiiHU that kind of lnbor la
cheaper tliiin other kinds though that
feature of tho cm so Is not objected to
u It Is thut the white men can not
stnnd th work. The planting beitln
lu June and continue through July nnd
August, and the hot suuuner miiu bvsts
ihiwn un the lilil nd tlio limit and
the rank odors of the swsnip, hideii
with fever and malaria, r inure than
th average white limn ruu endure.
The Orliiitiils, however,' keep beiilthy,
a a rule, and du nut seem to iiuicb
mind th bout.
lu a week or so after th plant hsve
boon wit, the laborers ga tbrnuuli (he
patch and press the dirt around the
plants In such a insiiuer as to caus
the stalks to grow nirlhtly and ctono
together. Till proemis Is repented two
or thru time and tlu u the "bankers,"
'n ti in if
UHU SIIOMI WUU.K UV IIU1U1IN.
s the twimhuro piows ar callist, ar
put into the Meld ami th Boll Is
thrown up agnlnst the plants, burying
all but the tops. As the stalk push
upward the banking Is restated ami
(be stalks tiro thus kept bleached and
tender till It Is (line for the cutting.
This Is also dune with horse power.
A four Wheeled Vi'hlcl HI ted With
harp knives which pa under the
rows of celery Is drawn through tht
tlelils, clipping the stalks from the
roots and leaving them still standing
In the row. Ho rapidly do these ma
chine do the work but flv teams and
machine ar required to harveNt th
crop from the entire 3.(kiO aero.
Kollowlug the cutters come a small
army of Celestials who take the set-
ered stalks by the tops and lift them
from the earth, and w ith rapid and
skillful motion shake th dirt (here-
rrom. (rim tile riMits and tops with
the packers find them and tie them Into
j bundles aud put theui lu crates ready
for shipment. The harvest begins In
Octolier and lasts till well toward th
"I'dug. A the rainy season begins
t"nt Novemla r 1, It will be seeu that
the moat of this mirk takes place at
the most dlsagreesblo season of the
year. Day after day the yellow men
, u"g tlioir mud laden feet up snd down
the long rows, and amid the e!tlng,
eniiiy rums worn steadily and unctnu
plalulngly on. receiving at the end of
the week a pittance the white ninn
would scorn; and yet. most of these
laborers hav a comfortable bank ac
count. It take strong so!l to raise good
celery year after year, and this I Jtwt
what the soil of the pent swamp Is.
I' or hundreds, thousands aud perhaps
millions of years the ruins of winter
have carried down to the tide swamp
the vegetation of the mountains mix
ed with Hie soli borne along with Hi
rushing torrents the ruins tend down
their steep side, in this natural Bluk
the vegotatlon has decayed and sank
beneath th next layer brought down
from th "everlasting hills." Thus na
ture has formed one of tho best soils
that could be found, for tbe purpose
for which It Is now being used, Af
ter the last of the crop has boon taken
from the fluids, the ground Is plowed
and sown to barley, Just before plant
ing time, the barley, which ha by thla
time attained a rank growth, Is plow
ed under and Its luxuriance goes to en
rich the soli and minister to the de
mands of Hie new celery crop.
Lust sessou's output of celery from
this erstwhile bog was fully 1,200 cars.
As each car holds 150 crates and each
crnte contains six dir.cn stalks, It will
be seen that the product of the swamp
reached nearly 18,000,000 stalks. Thla
brought In the markets more thnn
$900,000, fully one-hnlf of which found
Its way Into the pockets of the .row
ers. Truly a hnndsome sum to pull
from tbe cozy mud of a peat bog.
What Adam Wa Doing.
It waa mldulgbt. Suddenly In the
Adam residence there waa a cry, then
a series of howls, and ne of the neigh
BANKINU TllUi UkMiatk Uliu A IniL'HLbl 1'LOW.
bora, pasalng by. hesrd the head of th
le.ll.j ns language that was mi-nlaid
to luime the Hiuinlertiolts of heaven on
the whole neighborhood. She stopped,
rau up lo Hie door, and, pniliig the
liiitlon, listened eagerly at the speaking
tube. "What lu Hie world Is your bus
hand dulngV she inked, as the dulcet
vole of l')ve lietulred her errand.
"oh." replied Kve, "he Is merely rais
ing L'alu. "it require strong language
to rnl-e a child Ilk that."
And thus an exprenHlnu wa ruined
which promise to outlast history Itself.
- t'orllatid Oieguiilaii.
DIED OF STARVATION.
Mad U of a I'roavwtor In ht Ort
Ucatbtrau, lb Colorado IXMrt.
J. V, Kay recently returned from a
trip across Hi Colorado desert with
new of the death of i. A. Adams, Dep
uty County Surveyor of San Meruar
dluu County aud a grandson of John
II row ii, th .alKilltlonlst of national
fame, says a correspondent of the St.
Louis Id-public. Adam met with a
horrible death, wandering away from
the urveyrg camp while temporarily
deranged and perishing of starvation.
"We were out on the desert proaiMft
lug for gold." said Pay. "An Indian,
whom we had employed to show os
where to find water on th desert,
caught his foot In the stirrup wbll
mounting his horse and fell on hla
back. The horse darted to run, drag
ging the Indian by on foot A th
ground wa covered by Jagged rocks,
the Indian would bsv been killed bad
not Adams run up aud elxed th
horse by the bit. The inlmsl, wild
with fright, reared and plunged. Ad
sin was twice thrown upon the rocks,
and once the horse's hoof struck blm,
but lie still gripped the bit until Mr.
La'ucr and 1 succeed lu releasing tb
Indian.
"After all the danger was over Ad
sms sat down upon a rock and began
laughing, and when asked If h wis
hurt replied: "Oh, no; I'm only a Utll
tired, but 1 gue you will hav to help
me set this arm.' We then started for
Yuma, Adams riding some twenty -flv
miles that afternoon and never one
complaining, though w could see by
his drswn features that be wus suffer
ing intense pa In.
"At dusk we camped for the night,
and within an hour the sick man was
delirious and raving Ilk a msnlae.
Home time during the night be left
camp. As soon as w discovered that
he hnd gone we made every effort to
dud hi in, but could not do much until
daylight, when we found his tracks In
the aand. We followed the tracks all
that day and until about 0 o'clock th
next day, when we came to a bard,
rocky place gt , the foot of some rock
hills. Here w lost the trail, and, try
as w e might, we could not find It again.
"For three days we sen relied th
hilt, but not a trace of the man could
we discover, though w well knew that
somewhere within a radius of twenty
or thirty miles Isy the body of one of
the bravest men that ever loat his llf
WAITER8 AND EYEQLAS8E8.
Hotel and HtaurnU Object to Hal
Wear In k Optical Aid.
"Kver see a waiter wearing glasses J"
demanded the Inquisitor.
No one could remember, although Just
why a waiter should not be seen with
gtasaes a well as any other man was
not apparent.
"It s Just like the wearing of beards."
went on the Inquisitor. "The proprie
tor of our Important hotels, restau
rants and cafe will not permit either
heard or glasses to be worn by their
miters. It Is possible that In some old
.'uahlonod family or commercial hotel
the servitors may be found with their
noses straddled by optical helps, but
you won't find 'em along Itroadway.
"Now, this Is n fact worthy of note,
because In every other calling In life
the number of persona wearing glasses
Is on the Increase, and even In our
schools a considerable percentage of
very small children will be found wear-
ing glasses. And while, a I say, hotel,
restniirnnt nnd cafe proprietor are op
posed to the glasses, still I have seldom
found a waiter whose eyes Indicated
that he was lu the slightest need of
them.
"You may argue Hint restaurant wait
ers are generally young men. drant
yon that Instantly, but, all the same,
thousands of men of similar age have
to wear them In almost every other oc
cupation. ,
"The majority of these servitors com
mence In boyhood, nnd the demand of
their voontlpn causes no strain on the
eyesight. Consequently that may ac
count In a measure fur the absence of
auy necessity for the use of specs.
Moreover, the steam from hot viands
would render them useless probably."
New York Evening Telegram.
Largest Farm Known.
The biggest average farm In "the
world Is In South Australia, where tb
average squatter holds 78,000 acres.
There la nothing lu the wide, wide
world that bo speedily pounds sense
Into a foolish girl as marriage to an
Improvident men.
AS TO PUBLIO SPCAKINa
rw Great "Speacha Coaa Wlthoal
I'rrviaa rHady.
Pom wonder b been expressed at
th practice David U. Hill baa late
ly adopted t reading his speeches to
his 'lleoc, though It I "U thst
he reti.la -wUb 'siK-li a show of off
band speaking that those In th crowd
who C4U hear blm but cannot blm
do not 'discover any 'dlnVrcnr. Mr.
Hill I a practiced public speaker, and
can uiiqueatloiiahly do bis subject Jus
tice without the use of mauuscrlpL If
liecetodty arise he 1 eminently atl
factory as an xtemiwraneou apeak
rr. These be foruiatlv time, bow-
ever, and be la probably anxious to
keep hi rword straight ud to b
able to produce tb proof against mis
representation. Some kind of speeches are not much
hurt In effect by being read by the
sties ker. Other depeud altogether on
Hie style of delivery. Senator Bever
Idge, of Indiana, would not be a uc-
ce a a speech reader. Deliveries
that dcMud more on flight of phrase
ology aud graceful emphasis than deep
deliberation uiuat be unburdened by
manuscript
Heading speeches I getting to be
quit tb fashion. Gov. Nssb read bis
piHvb a teuiiMirary chairman of Ui
Kcpubllcsn State convention from
typewritten page, and lieu, (iroavenor,
Hi permanent chairman, also read bl
speech.
Kx-Henutor III1I I a busy man, and
probsbly bad not th tlm to commit
bl speech to memory. Kx-l'resldeut
Cleveland ha plenty of time, Mid prob
ably bad bl Tlldea Club remark
"pat."
Of on tiling tbe admiring public
may ret assured: Very few, If any,
of the great ipoecbe come spouu
eously from tbe speaker without pre
vious reflection and preparation, not
ouly a to th sentiment and general
line of thought but a to tbe language
employed. Eren Ingersoll's great
speech placing Hlulne In nomination
for President In thl city In 1870, which
seemed an Immediate brilliant Inspira
tion rather than a study, was rehear
ed lu bed to tbe speaker's anxious
brother before tbe convention met
Th brother went to Kobert'a room
early In the morning to spur him to
preparation. "How will thl dor ask
ed Hubert, as he raised himself from
the pillows. Then that great speech
wns delivered for the first time, and to
onlyon man. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Lady or Tlg-er.
Ail unsolved mystery I that connect
ed with the late Frank It Stockton
story of "The Lady or tb Tiger." At
the end of the tale tbe hero Is left In
tbe arena, about to open one of two
door: behind tbe first I a tiger, and
behind tbe second a girl wbo love tbe
hero. Another girl, wbo a bio love him,
aud wbo knows tbe secret of the doors,
signals blm w blob, cue to open. At this
point the story ends, and Mr. Stockton
never confided to any one bl opinion
of the hero' fate.
"I'm aure 1 should like to tell you."
he said to an Interviewer, "but I can't,
because I really don't know myself."
The atory set everybody guessing,
and ouo day, at a reception, wheu It
was a topic of debate, Mr. Stockten
told Itudyard Kipling that he thought
of going to- India.
"I'm glad of It," aald Kipling, enthu
siastically, "aud I'll tell you what we'll
do with youl Ve'll lure you Into the
Jungle, and have you soiled and bound.
We'll have you turned on your back,
aud get one of our biggest elephant
to stand over you with hla foot poised
above your head. Then I'll say, In my
most insinuating tone, Come now,
Stockton, which wa It tbe lady or tbj
tiger J' "
At one time Mr. Stockton was the
gueat of honor at a dinner given In
Washington by a member of 1'rcsldent
Harrison's cabinet When the dessert
was served It proved to be two large
plate of Ice cream, one an orange Ice
In the mold of a tiger, the other of va
nilla, lu the form of a woman. The
plate were set In front of the hosting,
and she turned to her guet with a pre
maturely triumphant air.
"Which kind do you prefer, Mr.
Stockton?" she naked.
"A little of both, of you please!" !
Willing; to Walt.
Th native of Sierra Leone are not
behind th rest of the world In expect
ing a present at Christmas, but unllk
more conventional races, they have tbe
candor to ask for It "Massa," Inquire
the native, "what yon go give me for
my Ohrltmnr The author of "The
Sherbro and It Hinterland," says that
on other special occasions similar re
quests are common.
In 1887, during the celebration of the
Queen' Jubilee, which happened to
come at the same time as the centenary
commemoration of the founding of th
colony of Sierra Leone, a local char
acter at Freetown approached me, and
eald, "Massa, what you go to give me
for my Jubilee?"
t was not disposed to take the hint,
and be added:
"AYhat! You no give me nutting for
my Jubilee? Well, no mattcrl You go
give m something for my centenary?"
He was again unsuccessful; but
when t told hltn that I would think the
matter over, and be might come around
on hla next centenary, he went away
quite contented.
The Reward of Curiosity.
It eannot be said that the rebuke con
tained In the following anecdote from
tbe Now York Times wns couveyed In
the beat way, but It undoubtedly found
Its mark:
While on a trip through the South
soon after the civil war, a prominent
man stopped over night at the little
towu of Wurrcnton, N. C. The next
morning, while he wns strolling around,
he met a countryman who greeted him
with, "Howdy!" and passed the time of
day most cordially. The native was
barefooted, aud, having some curiosity
about It, the visitor aald:
"la It the custom of the country for
the men to go without shoes?"
"Wal," was the drawling reply, "some
on us does, but most on us 'tends to our
own business."
Increase ot Klootton Dlatrtots.
The number ot election districts thla
year Is Increased from 1,537 to 1,543.
Be sure your sins will find you out If
you are ever a candidnte for ofllce.
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