IIKENSIBE
V
MRS. MARY J. HOLMES
sWsl "snj.ia.s" "TW Eaflu Ofa. -
M Ik Mlla'St,'
aaaaa,- m
"Us. llvwi,
Ouy Mt better, though th. old sore spot XHJTUCKY'S TOBACCO
u uia ueart, Drr kindly l Dial
been, ws. very sore still, and sometime. I v-aie n Art... .
It r-auired .11 bi. power, of .elf-control ldr In"lct., .M.
CHAPTER XIX. fContln ll(l.l I k. Jnmil. ..J I ,. ....
II. ... ..... ...u ... .1. . : . V" """"" ",c wnu Maddy km
Iron, .tood on hi I V 7 a-tected v.rlou. thing, which sh. recng-
b a whit, h.tr bu, MaH Vli U.K D'14 " h"iD fru' Aikn-idi.
ni wuit. nair, but Maddy w ped them ui,. n, .i. hli . . , .
way and listened with . baking heart be. Z ITIJ! "fJ?
.round hi. pith., to thtomb. and of 7?-Zm'.U 't',
nut far to tha Honedal burying (round.
a ... . .va Bllv u.i, IWII lu mill. I M.H.I. .t- I i
.... - .
guet aunllght ; could discrn her mother'..
l.t I . ,n , . , T . ni kD,w tha frh mound. t l..t
were mad be.id. It. Hut were tber.
ZVJZ.y ,nJi?""u' "-' 'Wit lncl. Jo.ph there? By
tayed with her old grandpa She II n- LtMllnf ,pr0M th .j, , ,h,
.... r.. 7 . . "'I"- . . . ,"Q ' ot ou U. distance to th. gravs-
,7t'"""u" 1 ,or 0,0 .r. , " IH wa. .hortened mor. than half, and
Ilk younf ; but I to rry. M.ddy. and Uuld Dot b. mor. than th. Whth part of
Maddy. prwlou. rhlld"; and th. tri-ra-
Tli. fre.h air would do her guud, and
bling hand r.td carslngly on h.r bow- huntlu, up b(f ,onj. unuiMH, t lm.
r T . f . . '".'fT' l,i,,u trtd. .topping one. or
b.. affair, hi. littl. property wh.rh wa. twic, , .... d fiutn.M, clm.
ben after th. mortgng. to Mr. iuy wa.
paid. "I'v. kept up th. Intere.1," lie
uld. "but I rould never get him to tak.
any of tlie principal. I don't know why
b. i. .o giwd to uie. Tell him, Maddy,
how I thanked and ble.-d him Just be
fore I died ; tell him how I uited to pray
over ber, and then continued on until th.
lot .lie .ouk-ht wa. reached. Thre.
grave., on. old and aunken, on. mad.
when la.t winter', .now wa. on th. hill..
the other freuh and new. That wu all ;
I'ncl. Jutwph wa. not there, and vague
t.rror entered Maddy'. heart le.t b. had
for him every day that he might choo t k th a.ylum
toe better part. And be will I'm .are
"I -will get bin. out," .h. .aid; "I will
win, .mue a.y. n. u..n i "- toke car. of him. I ihould di. wlA
of late, aivd though my old .ye. ar. dim. I noth,ng ,0 do. sU(, ( vromimi grmai.
u mrm uim jour airr dbi ut iuw, uj . .
tL i .v- I y
your ac waiter 7 ' """'T Sb uld ft no farther, for th. ru.h
fayed away. Maddy. child, the dead tell . , hl . y.. mnA
no .x-ret., and I .l.all ikM.n be dead. Tell Mtitlt b.r-)lf upon ,h, fTouai clom t0
u... ,Ueu, wu.. ii i. ""'"7" - the new gr.v.. .he laid ber face upon It,
i w. my gin iov. air. wuy . lnj teoil.l
"Oh, grandpa! grandpa!" Maddy moan
ed, laying ber bead beald. bi. own on th.
pillow,
It would be a relief to talk with wrae
one of that terribl. pain, which gr.w
Oh, grandpa, I'm to lonely without
you all; I almost wl.b I wa. lying ber.
in the quiet yard.
Then a atorm of tear, ennued, after
which Maddy grew calm, and with her
wore every day : of that Intent longing . d()wn dd no. hnf
! ..1. ..J V. W..1.....m.s4 Ana I
llr Oil. aiKIll OI lim uriu ,.u ., .,,,,-ruihin. lh. m.nl. .t.n
of (iuy, .till ab...ut from Aikenide, wan- , . . ..,,',, oolllinit ....
derlng nolKidy knew where ; and .o Mad- (h( toul,1,onMli on l0 whpr tht
dy t-.ld the whole .tory, while the dying wa.t.d fljfl)r wa rro,1(.ning U)on tn.
n.an lUtened to her, and .moothlng her fround J( ,,,,, find , . hal(.
linen uair, irieu IO .ou.i.irv .en. whUner called. "Mad.lv M i.lilv
'The wornt I. not over yet," he mid.
Then, indeed, .lm atarted, and lifting
Ijliy Will oner IO oiuae yuu uia win, ....- . u.i l,f..-. k... : .
riflcing Lucy for you, and if he doe., illKt)I1 Fiir'a moment )ie reicnrded him
u I. u r n-tll (.'nil Hnl" I . . ....
" ' .1 tntni.v. tthilo fit kui id to hir. iih. mn
MHimy nenn ieB,.e., .. .. kill(yi . pHyinxlv
I'oor child, you have milTercd ho much,
nd for a moment prevented her from n
wering. for the thought of (iuy'a really
offering to make her hi. wife, to .hleld
her from evil, to enfold her In bi. tender
love, made her giddy with Joy. Hut It
could not be; .h. an.wercd through her
tear. :
"I .hall tell him no.'
"God blew my Maddy! She will tell
and I never knew of it till a few day.
ago."
Mddy atretched ber band, toward him,
moaning out :
"Oh, Guy, tiu.v, where have you been,
when I wanted you ao murh?"
Maddy did not know what .he wa Ray
ing, or half comprehend the effect It had
. , ... ilia, v. (.(... ...... i. rim . iir -.. l l. l.n.l
him no for Lucy, aake, nml .od will on who forg( ,v,rylinc Mre iat
bring It right at la.t. the old man whia- wBntKl h hai, mW( h
pere,l, hi. voice growing very t.mt ami Ulnfti tQ ,ljm ,n hr trolhl( Rn(, ,t
tremuloii.. "She will tell Inm no, be ,,.ir. in re.i.t her .n,w..l
nept repeating, uu n, r,i , ; s.- , prillg h, w Bt ,r ai(,Pi ,,
rr con.clo.mne... lie apoe or lifiin. her hi hi.
eph, and a.ked what Maddy would iki
with him; would le .end him back to the
Nylum, or care for him there? "He
will be b.DDler here," he uld. "but It 1.
asking too much of a young girl like you.
II. may 11 v for year..
"I do Dot know, grandpa. I hope I
may do right. I think I ahall keep I'nrle
Joaepb with me," Maddy replied, a .buil
der creeping over her a. ah. thought of
living out all ber youth and puMilily
middle age with a lunatic,
Hut ber grandfather whimpered bleaa-
lifting ber in hi. arm., .ented himself
upon her mother', grave; then .training
ber tightly to hi. hotom, he kissed her
again and attain. Hot, burning. pax.ion-
ate klNae. they were, which took from
Muddy all the power of rcnixtiince, even
had .he wishrd It, which .he did not. Too
weak to renaon, or ace the harm, if harm
there were, in being loved by Guv, .he
abandoned he rue If for a brief Interval
to the bli. of knowing thnt .he wa. be
loved, and of hearing him tell her ao.
"Darling Maddy," lie .aid, "I went
away becauae you ent me, but now I
ing. orougiu comn.ri w.iu ...em, .uu . have fom b(.ki an(1 autMug ahall part ua
calm iiuict fell upon her a. .he aat there . Y ... . , , .
li.tening to the wor.l. of pr.yer. and voir nioth,.r Krav(, iVecio.ia Maddy,
catching do. ami then ber own name , m n), kllow ,)f aM thi, irPe ,lnv,
and that of Guy a. , Airne.1 letter found n, .In.....
"I am drow.y, Mn.ldy. Watch while . ,, Mountain.. I wi.h I h..l
I .leep. I'erhap. I'll never wake .gain,' ,. ,, ,,,, . Wn ,. ...,,
grand i .aid, and rla.ping Maddy'. hand. , m 8nr tlmt ,( Maddy. Tell me
h. fell away to .l.-ep, while Maddy kept tllnt you uimrd II1H
l.er watch lH-ide him. heraelf falling ,, .mining her hair now. a.
Into a troubled aleep, from which .lie wa. .... h(all -m ...Mowed .,,. hi.
aroumsl by a dummy hand preing on Drm)((ti , he ,.,,, ,lot ,w , tJMmn of
ber forehead, and t ncle Jo.eph a voice, , , h ,.i,toi ted her fctoro. .. I..
which uid: "Wake, my child. There'.
been gue.t her. while you .lumbered,
nd h. pointed to th. rigid feature, of the
c.wly dead.
thiia .pealed to her. Half bewildered,
Maddy could not at tlrt muke out wheth
er It were a blissful dream or a reality,
her lying there in Guy. arm. with bi.
ki.Ke. on her forehead lip, and check..
hi. word, of devotion in her ear, mid the
to keep from writing to I.ucy and aaking
to be releaavd from an engagement ao irk-
aome a. hi. had become. Neglecting to
auawrr Agnea' letter, when be first left
home, .he d.d nut know where he wa. un
til a .hurt lim. before, when ah. wrot.
apprising him of graulpa'. death and
Muddy', were illne-a. Thi. brought
him, while Maddy". involuntary outbur.t
rhrB ths tikt LJ. 2u iU- t.-avryari.
changed the whole current of bi. inten
tion.. Iet what would come, Maddy
Clyde ahould be be wife, and aa euch b.
watdied over her, minting her back t
life, and by hi. manner effectually .llene
ing all remark, ao that the neighbor
whi.pered among them.elvea what Mad
dy'. proapecta mere, and, a. wa. quit,
natural, were little mor. attentive to
the future lady of Aiken.ide. I'oor Mad
dy! it wa. a terribl. trial which awalt
ber, but It niu.t be met, and ao with pray
er, and tear. .h. fortified brnelf to
meet It. while Guy. the devoted lover,
hung over ber, never gucing of all that
waa paaaing in her mind, or bow, when
he wa. out of light, the lip. h. had long
ed ao much to kin., but never had ainca
that day in th. graveyard, quivered with
ang.ii.h a. they a.ked for .trength to do
right. Oh, how Maddy did love toe man
.he mu.t give up. .nd how often went up
the wailing cry. "Help me, Kather, to do
my duty, and give nie, too, a greater m
clinatlon to do It than I now poanea.."
Maddy". heart did fall ber aometime.
and .he mlaht have yielded to the t.mpt
tlon. but for Lucy', letter, full of eager
anticlpationa of the happy tima when
ah. and Guy ahmild never part again.
"Sometime.," ah. wrote, "there coiue.
nver m. a dark foreboding of evil a fear
that I ahall mia. the cup now within my
reach; but I pray the bad feeling away.
I am .ure there 1. no living beiug who will
come between o. to break my heart, and
aa I know God doeth all thing, well, I
trust Him wholly, and ceaae to doubt,"
It waa well the letter came when it
did, aa it helped Maddy to meet tha hour
abe ao much dreaded, and which cam.
at la.t on an afternoon when Mra. Noah
had gone to Aikrn.ide, and Flora had
gon. on an errand to a neighbor'a, two
Dillea away, tbu. leaving Guy free to tell
hia .tory. the old, old .tory, yet alway.
new to hlra who tell. It and her who He
ten. .tory which, a. Guy told It, lifting
by Maddy'a aide, with her hand, in hia,
thrilled her through and through, making
the awrat drop, .tart out around her lip.
and underneath her lialr .tory which
made Guy himaolf pant nervou.ly and
tremble like a leaf ao earnctly b. told
It ; bow long he had loved her, of the pic
ture withheld, the Jealon.y he felt each
time the doctor named her, the wlfl.h Joy
he experienced when he heard the doctor
wa. rcf ued ; told of hi. growing dinnat
faction with hi. engagement, hi. frequent
resolve, to break It, hi. final deci.ion.
which that accne in the graveyard had
revered, and then atiked if she would not
be hi. not doubtfully, but confidently,
eagerly, a. if ure of her an.wer.
(To b. continued.)
Lom of Nearly I.OOO,OOo.
The la.t exploit of t'" ttin.
tobacco nlfbt rider. In irllnK ,.ltj
of Hopkluavllle, dctm)!'' bMll0
worth of jiroowty ami i-rioiiHly
lug two men. ha an.uwd an ku,Mlf
of Intern throughout ft fiaten.j Ur
beyond tu border.. Tb r:dm arp
war that la blng waged by 'hetuUvu
irowera of Keutin ky agnl' ,,lAmer.
ran Toimcvo Cainany. "7 Niiein
th con,tltli lu the buyln of kxhk
co to practically nothing Hie noit-ny
force.1 down the prl of leaf tob.,,
until tha grower, aay they can not p.
Im enough to ry for rall H The
tobacra crop I nil',nJr many
part of Kentucky, nud tboiuiaui, 4o.
Inl on It for their dallT breal
grower, deteriuliie.1 to for tht pn,..
up.
The plan protial In the Ntinnn)r
and which Is atlll belt fc'H'd, w
to form a combl nation of the rmwem
to oti)o the combination of th. n,au.
facturera and by withholding th, to
bacw make the tobacco tru.t to
terma. Many aa'ltlon or gnaters
bave been formed In the dlffennit t,,
bacco ral.lng reglona of KrnfiM kjr. Hut
annie of the growers did not em to
the aaaoclatlon rauk. 1 ofheri rBW
weary of waiting and cold their omj,..
The more violent men In the umriH.
tlong have reaorted to the nieinurMI
that gave rise to the nlgM rlileri,
by destroying the proicrt; of the to.
bacco ooiiiimny and th groweri who
re not allied with them have aoiight
to carry through their plin by force
nd terror.
The Hopklnavllle rail w" the nvnnd
time In twelve month, foot the olrlrt
riders seltel and terrorlied a city. On
December 1, lfKifl, they entrred I-rloc..
CARE TOR IX-PREsmrvT!. t
PLEA OP GROVES CLEVELAND
Vr" Du,T to Make ProTislon for
Who Have FlU.d Hlgh.at
Fo.t in Nation.
Hcferrlnu to the ,.verty of Jefferson
" be left the ,,re.l,lency n. . blow
li Dtl(!llll I. e-.-l.. I. a
wr'ting in the Youth's t'oinpanlon uu
'i.r to title "Our I'eople ami Their ex-
r.ldentM,' argue, that detlnlte and
feiieri.ua .nvuii, ahould be made for
tue liiuliiteiian. of chief magtatrates
t the expiration .,f their teruis. He
deals with the .uhjevt at length and
Mplalns that he fetd. he ran do so
without hi. alwerity being questioned,
'lies he I. M.yiM ,b9 need of aid
from th public treasury.
"The condition I. by no means met,"
Mr. Cleveland writ., "by the meager
nd apaMiiiiMllr relief occa.lotially fur
l"bed under the giiluc of a military
Iietialon or some other pretext, nor
would It be beet met by making coin
pensutlon deieudent iifHin the diwharge
.f aenatorlul or other ortlclal duty. Our
people ought to uiuke definite and dec
orous provisions r.r all caw-e alike,
based on motives of JtmtU-e and fair
lies., and adequate to the situation."
Mr. Cleveland describes the limita
tions that bi. former high otll.-e place
on a retired I'rwident In his choice of
o.vuatl..na and means of llvcllhooil,
and how i.ipulur conception of hi in as a
repoHltory of national dignity enforces
a scale (f living that may not be within
hia private tueana.
'There Is a sort of vngue, but none
the lean iiiiiMM-atlve, feeling abroad In
the land that one who has occupied the
great olllce of Prealdont holds In trust
for his fellow ritlsens certain dig
nity which. In his conduit and manner
of life, he la hound to protect against
ESTATES OP OLD SOLDIERS.
An Ohio County to right United
States for f 500,000.
Frank W. Howell, a Dayton lawye
Is now entitled to the world's record
ss adminl.trstor of eatatea. He ha
been ajHolnted by Judge C. V. Dale as
administrator of 8.4:iJ estate, and ha.
been conrjiellKd to give bond in the
-a Sa2;o,uuf..-
The aptM.lntment aa admlnl.trator
grew out of the following situation:
The central braueb of tbe National
Military Homes Is located at Dayton,
nd waa ewtabllalied by the Tnlted
Bute government, by apeclal act,
March 8. The Jurisdiction of this
large tract of ground, more thaa
mile square In extent, was ceded to the
United States government by tbe Bute
of Ohio April 1.1, 1S.I7.
Upon thla land the Central llranch
of the National Military Homes was
built for disabled soldiers and aallora
who have fought the battles for liberty
and union. As fur aa the L'nlted State
government Is concerned nothing ha.
been neglected, ajid the central branch
Is veritable paradise.
If all the veteran, who entered th.
central branch had lived there would
have been no contention and nothing
to narrate. W'lmi death comes ths
veteran recelvee a d.-cent and honor
able burial, and hi. belongings are col
lected, and If not claimed by relatives,
are sold, and the money, together with
all of the pension money to which l)
Is entitled, la placed In the "posthu
mous fund," which Is In the keeping of
the tres.urer of the Central Branch,
National Military Homes. Sometimes
the deceased veteran leaves consider
able property which he has gained by
investment or speculation with hli
pension money. Four test cases art
now being fought out to determine
whether these estates shall revert to
SKETCH OP COITII ROOM AND CHIEF FIGURES IN THE THAW TRIAL,
CIIAITKIt XX.
Of tbe day which followed, Maddy .ft .uninier ky smiling down uiMin her.
dad no distinct con.ciouBiie. She only Ala., It wa. a dream from which .he wa.
knew that other hand, than her. cared awakened by the thought of acros. the
for the dead. Ih.t In the little parlor a I a,.a. whose place .he had nsumed. .ml
tiff, white tlgure lay, mat ncignix.nng thi. it wa. which brought the grieved ex
prea.ion to her fare a. ahu aunwered
mournfully :
I did want you. tiny, when I forgot;
but liow--oh, Guy I.ucy Ather.stone ',"
Wilb a ge.ture of impatience Guv wn.
about to answer, when .omelhing in the
women arole in, treading on tiptoe, and
peaking in hushed voire, a. they con
lilted, not her, but Mr.. Noah, who bad
come at once, and cared for her ami her.
ao kindly. That .he lay all day in her
own room, where the summer breeie blew
...f.l. ihnmtfh the wiliilitw. hriliffinir tha I t ..n .... . l . .
.win. . nenvv in . in li e l ine n.no rr.m in.
perfume or .iimmer nower., tlie oum ol .boulder alarmed him, and l.fting up the
a tolling bell, of grinding wheel., th. drooping head, he raw that M;idd.v had
note. 01 a low, .a,i nymn, a.i.is in laner- fjtJ. Then hack aenw. the meadow
lug tones and of mni.y f.-et moving from ,;,. p,,,. her to the cottage, where F lora.
th. door. Then friendly face, looked In j,t returned from a neighbor"., whither
upon her. asking Uow ane teit, ami will.- Uhe had gone Usn an errand, wa. look
eruig ominou.iy to cam o.ner a. an. an- nf fr her In much affnglit
I wend: Cp again Into her 1 it t lo chamber Mud
"Very well ; I. gramlpa getting better?" I dy w. carried and laid iikiii the ImmI
Then Mr. Noah wit wuh her for which .he never left until the golden
time, f.nning her with a palm-leaf fan I harvest .heave, wr re gathered in. .ml the
nd brushing the flic. away. Then Flora hot Seplemlier un was r iieiiing the fruin
came up with a man whom they called of autumn. I tut now .he had a new
"Doctor." ami who gave her sundry little nurse, a constant attendant, who during
pill, and powder, dissolved in water, af- the day seldom left her except to talk
ter which they all went out and left her with ami amuse I'm le Joseph, mourning
there with Jew.ic, w ho h.d hern crying, I below because no one ang to him .r inl
and whose oft little h.nds felt ao cool tiecd him a. Muddy tin d to do. lie had
an her hot head, and whose klaae. on her I not been sent to the aaylum, as Middy
lip. mode the tear. .tnrt. and brought a I feared, but by wav of relieving Flora had
thought of Guy, making her a.k, "if he been taken to Farmer Green'., where he
wa. at the funeral. wa. .o homesick and discontented that at
"No," Jes.le .aid; "mother wanted to Guy'. Instigation he was nuffere.l to re-
writ, and tell hltn, but we don't know I turn to the cottage, cr.ilng Ijke a little
where bt Is." child when the old familiar it was
And thla wa. a II Mad ly could recti II of reached. ki.ing hi. armchair, the cook
ths day. aucceeding the night of her last I tove, the tongs. Mr.. Nuah, and Flora
watch at her grandfather", .ide, until one I timiilly offering to kis. the lird iov
balmy Augu.t afternoon, w hen on the I ernor himself as he persisted in calling
Honed. le hill, there lay that .mokv hane I Guv, who d.- liiusl the Imuor.
ao like the autumn time hurrying on I tJuy bad pansed throuch several .fates
pace, and when through her o.-n win- I of mind during the in:. nil in which we
dow atole th. fragrance of the later have seen o llttl. of him. Furious at
summer flowers. Then, aa If waking from one time, and reckles. as to consequence.,
an ordinary aleep, ah. wok. .uddenly to he bad determined to break with Iiicy
conadou.n.ss, ami stsring sliout th. I and marry Mad ly, in spite of everylx.dy
room, wondered If It war. aa late aa th. then, a. a a n. ot honor c.me over him.
western sun would Indli-afe, ami how h h. resolved to forget Maddy, if poaslble,
rame to aleep so long. For a while ah. I an J marry Lucy at one. It waa In this
lay thinking, and as aha thought, a .ad la.t mood, and while roamins over the
scene came back to her, night when her western country, whither after hi. ban
hot handa h.J been enfolded In tinse of l.lunent be had gone, that hs wrot. to
tne fleaa. ana mat fl-ad her grandfather. I.ucy atrange kind of letter, saying hs
aiaoay mi apon tn. De.i, moaning to h.d waited for hr long enough, ami,
narseu, jes, grsnni ta des.l. 1 re- alck or well, be ahould claim h.r ths com
tnsmtstr now. Hut I'ncls Joseph, where Ins lutumn. Tr thla letter Tie k. A m
U hat ITsn hs, too, hv died without .ponded quickly, sweetly reproving Ouy
Biy knowle.!gr and .he looked around for bis Impatience, softly hinting that
la rain for the lunatic, not trscs of Utterly bs had been quit. s. culpable ss
-u.u .u h om loiina. ins room waa berseir In ths matter of deferring their
ta perfect order, aa was everything about union and appointing the wedding day
Oe hsvse, showing that Flora was still for Dsccubsr. Aft.r this waa settled
MEXICO'S HARDWOODS.
Malerlat for tbe Woodworker
Which I. Illte l ee I. Made.
"I Vas a iiin7. si ut the almoHt Infiults
vtirlcty of woods of vulue to wood
workers that tire growing lu the forests
of troplcul Mexico," said a timber eg'
pert who recently made a tour of tliut
part of Mexico, to the New York Hun
man. "There nre several vurieties
mahogany, cedar, oak, rosewood, eb
ony, i!ye imkIs unit ciuIIckh other hard
wimnIs with SpmilHli names, but corre
sMiiillng to our hickory, cherry uud
otlier due Amerlcnn wo.nI. ttmt ure uow
extremely srnr.'e nml costly.
'Many of tlii'is tropical woods r
ns strong as Iron. While the mahogany,
celiir, rosewood and il.vewoo.1 are well
known to us through linortiitloiis from
there, the unknown varieties pf woodi
that are Just as valuable are quit al
plentiful.
Among these Is one rniled lapoU
which grows to a great size. Althinjgb
the wood of this tn-e has peculiarly
valuable iiuulltles for lumber It Is sel
dom uw-d lu that way, the tree bcliii
valued merely as the produivr of rulcl
the sap v lilch forms the b:i.:s for uiosl
clievvlng gum.
"Tbe wood of the r.a.ite :r-e Is dark
red, and Is easily worked until thor
oughly seiisoiMil, when only the Quest
eilgeil tools will have liny effect OU It,
and a sluirp iHiintc.1 nail is d-lveu lutu
it with dilticulty. The lll.-r of the wood
la so dense t tint the wood sink, lo
w ater like Iron.
"In the prehistoric regions thai
almond In these Mexican tropic an
timber, uinl .r frnmi's tluit are at
pcrfii't to-.lay as when they were flrsl
plaos.1 In position. The wikkI takes
inngtillht'iil (iiiish. as do nearly all
these Mcxliiiu hard woods, and would
1 rare article for the cabinetmaker
."There Is tin odd w.mkI iimong thest
foresl. known us the grim tr., whlct
when tiiNsl ylel.l. a blin k sap, whlct)
Is sent lu lark'e .iiiiiitltles to Gennauy.
where It Is used in tlie making of Ink
and dye. Another tree yields n sup thai
I. a deep rcl nml Germany slso take
largely of It for tbe luiiuufi'cture ol
dyi".
"Hexldcs these tlmt nlanind In that
pnrt f Mcxl.ii there are va.t area, ol
pine, a timber tlmt resemble our f
In r and illfTcretit kind, of oak. Muct
to my surprise, more than tl.UM feet
above the sea I found a big sawmill lc
active operation, with a Yankee froti
Maine at the head of It.
"And he wnsn't laddering with suet
eoiiuuonpliii'e log. s niahogiiuy, eb
ony, cedar, rosew.M.l or n--1 1 us that
but was cutting away at the white pint
and onk. for those are the woods thai
the native buyers and user, of tlmbvl
If I it Mli i'illl ri Ii JUOCEtKMJNC
1 t mrii & "ts&m
.11 it JKrCH siifo
AS j i rw IjIAi . l.'UlLJO Ck't.LT
, 'II Li I TlJ.ivtl
r,:tn
ton, Ky., a town of several thousand
Inhabitants, about thirty mile, north of
Hupkln.vllle, t'"k Hi.MO..on of tlie m
llce and fire dcuirtmontH, the water
works, the telephone nnd tehsgrnph of
fices aud with the town shut off from
the rest of the world dynamited and m t
tire to the Stiver & Dollar and the
John C. Orr toba.vo factories, which
sere allied with the trust
The first Bieiiranee of the nlslit
riders was In Novemlier, l'.k.l, when
they dmtro.vtsl some tolmii-o Imrtis and
sinnll factories In Todd County, with a
loss of about $10,ikk. The first raid
came on the night of November II,
1!Hh, when mnsked hand -entered the
towns of F.iMyvllle uud Kuttawa, situ,
nted close together la I-yon and ChI.1
well Counties, nnd destroytsl the plants
of the American Snuff Company and
M. C. Hire, with $u.(nl loss.
Itesldes tlicsi- there have b.'cn ninny
smiiller raids nnd visits to Individual
growers. Tolum-n burns have lssn
buriied. gnnvers vvlni refusi to ki
their tohami have niii taken from
their home and wIiImsI. houses hare
leen flnsl Into iiinl the . isH'Mtits
wotiudeil. The nirtregate losses hy
tlnsse raids amount to nearly f
A Srnlheilfl lleallh I reed.
The "bni'k-to-natnre" movement, of
hirh the most prominent leaders are ir
. II. Kellogg (if llattle Creek, I r. I w-ey,
ref.. Fisher and Chittenden of Yule and
n.f. Metrhnikoff of Hussis. Im tic,w
Hind a synthetir.iiig eo.itioii at 'h
and. of Dr. Dnniel S. Stiger in s n
.mik published bv Stoke., entitM. '"I'he
Art of Living in Good Health." Thi.
new apostle of the simpler life, with the
a.'iled authority of a siicrcraful "M. D.,"
(suiimeml. much of tlie work of thus.
pioneer, and found, hi. system on i
ned, the vest p.s ket edition of win. h i :
Urenthe disi ; chew long; drink eneuith;
eat little." r.athilig, exercise, early "l.-eti
and cheerfulness are other articles.
I
ilemaii.l. A. . matter of fart a Mevl.
enn luuilspr dealer would lv willing t cii'ty. Dr. Mirhclsou is the di
trmlc you maliogiiiiy for our jeliow
I'ine, log fur log."
There Is llltle stury going round
the House of Commons atmut a certain
member who abstained from voting on
tho deci'asc"! wife's sister bill. Ques
tioned by one of his friends as to tbe
reason for his abstention, he replied
"Well, my dear fellow, it'a juat Ilka
thla my wlme hat sister."
American Ulna brl Prise.
The I'niversity of Chicago hears tint
thi hed of it. department of physi'..
inf. Albert A. Miehelson, is t" rei'eiv.
e year'. Nobel prize for tlie Isst work
in his line. Prof. Mirhelsnn is new m
Union, where tlie Copley medal tin" '"'"ti
aw.ril.d to li i lit in tbe London in""1 '-
nT nf
method of mensiiriiof the vrl.M i.j nf
light. Tlionch born in Germany, lie
lived here since childhood and i" a gi'ad
nste of the Naval Academy at Anni'ob.
He is now ofl.
The British Museum contalna booki
written on oyster sheila, bricks, tile
bones. Ivory, lead. Iron, sheepskin and
palm leaves.
Boyce I understand that Smith la
pieceworker? Joyce let; b
bash ta a reatauracl,
Carnegie Abolishes A.e l.lmll,
On observing bi. 7th birth.Uy mm
versary recently Andrew Carnegie ev
pressed the opinion that s man", useful
ness incre.se. with sge. When k'd if
a man could accomplish as much at i' ai
at 40. he replied: "More, bles. yon. for
Al' thing, being equal, a man's efficiency
Is Increased at 70. lie I. equIpP! W1,!l
greater experience." Tbe recipe h. gn
for happlne.. waa "To obey h. J"-U
within and make other, happy."
Ths report" of th. bureau of mannfac
tures Jusg lued sets ths vslue of
annual jVietlow by msnnfsctnrrs la
XM UaltW ttauss it $13.UtW,Mk .
loss or deterioration. Oliedlenee to this
obligation prcscrllies for him only auch
work ns In sptilar Judgment Is not
utidlgtillle.1. This suggests without ar
gument a reciprocal (smius'tlon be
twei'ii the curtalliiietit of opportunities
and a reasonable obligation of Indem
nification." One division of the Cleveland article
Is devoted to the "Ikvupntlons of an
ex-Presldetit," and 111 It the former
President reveals tlie multiplicity of
things which persons endeavor to bring
to the attention of the retired states
man and the class of affairs he la asked
to engage In.
Striped Wall. Abolished.
John V. Coggey, commissioner of cor
rection at New York City, has announced
'he abolishment of striped suit, and the
lock step at the penitentiary on lllack
will'. Island. The reason given for thi.
sition i that It save, the prisoner from
humiliation which be can never forget.
lie give, it ss hi. opinion that there i. a
germ of decency i" every human heing
nnd that with proper treatment there is
belie for the reformation of many of
'hose who pas. through the prison, of
renter New York. Particularly (Km-.
this aiil.lv to first term offenders, but to
'ifford sny prosect of success in tins 01-ns-tion
the heart must not he crushed out
f the unfortunate by piling humiliating
indignities iiMin him.
NEWS OF MINOR NOTE.
Fire in the York building in Boston
caused a loss of Iisi.is s to several matin
facturlng firm, and lo the owner of the
building.
Judge Strlmplo, in Cleveland appointed
"wen 1,. Wilcox a. receiver for the Cleve
land and Sharon Klcotric Kailway Com
pany in order to defeat tlie alleged plot
"f majority stockholders to freele out the
minority.
Dr. John M. Fl.nt. formerly of Chi
'ago, now of the I'niversity of California,
w:'s cli n lo succeed Dr. William Car-
tuall ss head of the department of sur
gery in the Yale Medical school st New
Haven, Conn.
Sir John Roger, Governor of the Fng
I sh Gold Coast colony, told s Philadel
l liia audience tlie negro wns the greatest
problem confronting civilization and was
Issuming ss acute in the F.ngli.b colo
nic as in the I niteil Stat.1..
tjnc.ii Alexandra of F.ngland spent her
hiithday at Sandringham. where the cus
t' niary celebration, were held. The K'lig
and yneeii of Norway were among the
visitors. Handsome gifis were revived
f'oin most of the crowned head, of Ku
rupe. According to advices received from
Washington, the government officisls r
not satisfied with the new double eagle
l-lng coined st the Phil.delphts mint,
nd have ordered coinage .topped temi
r.rily to permit a change In the process.
Th. delgn of the coin will not be ehang
d. James Donglss, vice president of the
American Institute of Mining Kngineers,
his presented to the government four
teres of land on ths palissdes of the Hud
son, nesr Fort I-ee. as a sit. for a monu
ment to commemorats the deed, of the
ntinental soldlsrs during ths Revolu
tionary war.
the Montgomery County treasurer oi
the United States government. It Ii
contended by Mr. Howell, the admin
Istrntor, that the money left by the old
veterans who die Intestate belongs to
Montgomery O.unly and should go to
ward the schiNil fund, t'nlted rttatea
District Attorney McPherson of Cin
cinnati Is looking after the Interests of
the government. He claims that the
money belongs to the l'nlted Stats.
The amount Involved In the cases rep
resented by Mr. Howell, the adminis
trator, Is something over $,ViO,(Ngl.
Sea Teat of r.fro.rope.
The claim made wmie time sgo ths..
steadiness might I Imparted to ships at
sen In heavy weather hy means of a gyro
sxHipe wa. received with soma Incredulity
hy prsctical mariners. Kw-ent dispatch
es from London, however, Indicate that
the matter ha. been put to a thorough
test, with most gratifying result.. The
exs-riment were made In the North Sea,
off Tynemoiith, under tlie direction of Dr.
S. hlick, the Inventor. The vessel used
wn. a Isiat of the torpedo class, the See
bar, It'! fret long. The water during
the three days of the test wa. such as to
cause considerable rolling of vessel, of
even greater dimensions. The effect of
the gyros-ope wns most remarkable.
While the vessel heaved lip ami down
with the waves, the deck remained almost
horiiontal. It i said t lint arrangement.
re Is-ing made to install the apparatus
on several commercial line..
An Apostle of Happiness.
Mis. Isinrcnce Alma-Tadema, d.ughtet
of the well known artist and author of
several siwvessful novels, ha. come from
her Knglish home to lecture in America
on "Happiness." When ssked by a New
York reis.rt-r to tell what .he meant by
k Miss Alma-Tadema ssid it
lin,''i it-.
would t.k. ad hour nd twenty minute,
to 'ell that, and It hd taken her ttv.
month, to write down what had required
year, to learn. As to hw It could be at
tained, .he i. quoted as saying: "Hy man
aging one', self; by working hard and
developing one', self to th. I1n.lt. It
never comes except by being sought. It
Is not a matter of condition o of wealth.
It doe. not depend on ni.rringe." Hap
plne.. lie. In the curtailment of desire,
IX without things
Owe lan.fctorlnaj Oalpnf.
John M. Carson, chief of the Dure
of Manufacture, st Wssh.ngton, now esti-m.ti-s
that the snnual production of man
ufactures in tlie I lilted Mate, is .,-
ibbm.si.i.s). this being the total puhltsiie 1
In hi. .nnunl retsirt. Of this total, about
I ns', (i.i worth wer. exports!. In
cluding f.aidtuff. partly manufactured
ind pnrt for further use in manurnctui ".
ITils wns over half Uie entire export trade
of ths year.
Law Kaempla llahf I rrles.
I'nder ths wheel tax law recently pass
ed by the Illinois State legislature, and
which the Governor ha intimated ma in
tention of signing, every vehicle In Chi
cago on wheels tbst uses the city streets.
with ths single exception of natiy car
riage., will pay wheel tat. Ths money
thus raised la to be expended on the re
pair of tht streets. It la expected tbst
the revenue will amount to $jU0,'JUU cb
. .
AMERICA IS RICHEST
AMONG THE NATIONS
William V.. Curtis Says Cree.u
Waa Pauper Beside Our
L'ncle Sam.
F1GUEIS SHOW Bid OSOWTi
far Capita Wealth In 1S70 Wat
779.83; In 1007 It Waa
11,310.11.
Aa a rule, the average newspaper
reader (linn ii"t like statistics, but here
are some figures tliat everybody shoiilil
read, because they mean so murh. They
measure our greatness ss nation ntnl
our prosperity aa a people, and al
though they are so stupendous that th
bumnn mind almost refuses to compre
hend them, they carry a lesson that er
ery citizen and every school Ix.v should!
harn. l'ncle Sam Is richer thin sny
other nation that exists or ever hae
existed. Croesus. King of Lydla. whosw
naiisr has been a synonym for wealth,
for ages was a pauper compared t
him.
From the report, of the bureau of
statlstlca, the cen.ua bureau, tlie Treas
ury and Agricultural Department Wil
liam K. Curtis, tbe Washington corre
sodent, has compiled a few significant
figures showing the material develop
ment of the Fnlted States within the
last thirty-seven years. He ha. select
ed the year 1K70 aa a basis of compari
son, because that wss the beginning of
new era In American comnien-e ami
Industry that followed the Civil War.
Although the panic of arrested th
growth of the country for time, the)
present period of development began)
then.
Th. population of th. country In 17s
waa &S.rKVt,371, or 12.74 to the square
mile; the population on tbe Both of June,
1U07, according to the estimates of the
cen.u. bureau, waa H3,rU3,3(3, or '.'8.JH
per s.uare mile.
The tangible wealth of the country, tint
true valuation of real and personal pror
erty, according to the census of 17", wnsj
$:Mi,iW,.'.lN,(iiiO, while In 1!K)7 it is -sii-mated
at more than three times tliut
amount, or $lir7,im.-l 1.JM7.
A. far back a. IS..) th. per capit
smith of the l'nlted State, was esti
mated at $.K7.".!. In 1N70 it had moio
than doubled and wa. est inm led st
I779.KI. In 1IHi7 It had almost d.eible.l
again, and has reached the auui of .fl.
810.11 per capita, which prove. Hint we
sr. th richest people thst ever existed.
In other words, If the real anil personal
property belonging to the Inhabitant, of
th. l'nlted State, could he equally dis
tributed among them, each man, wouinit
and child living on the ittnh of June hs
would have been entitled to fl..'tH 1 1.
In 1H70 the deposit. In national hanks
for he whole I'nited State, amounted l
f.V12,2il1..-.il.'l. while on th. frith of See
temher last they wer. f l.322,Nsi, It I.
In 1S70 the deposit, in .avings bunks
were f .".-irt,S74.3."sS, while on the,.'tiih of
September, 1IM7, they w.r. $.l,tl:Hi,i7S,
04.1.
Taking the two together and including
all the banks national, State, private.
and .aving. the deM.alts hsve Increased
eightfold during the Inst thirty s"v.
years from l,(!LM3.,i;i in INTO In
S,frj3,2KH,KH in 1ISI7.
I'he bank clearing, for the entire conn
try .re not given for 1N70. The earliest
available figures sre for 1S!S), when the
tntsl for the l'nlted Slates ws. f.'iS.SI.'i,.
27l,refsT. which bss increased to 'f 1.77.
74II..12A.013 for the last flues! year.
Th. national bank circulation in 170
was 4'JKN.tW.IWl, while on Dec. 11 last
It wa. l!7.".,231,:Kl.V
In 170 we had only 2.ii.ii silver
and gold coin. To-day we have Jl.i'i.'l,.
7ttt,Ni!, of which f 7.H1,tW5,Hil!l is gold
nd th. remainder .liver.
The intere.t-bearing debt of the I'nited
State, ha. been reduced from f .'.('t'l. I.Vi.
722, or $'XK4il per capita of Hiuilnilon,
In 170 to fi,ilo3.oi(, or Jlo.'.'ii is-r
r.plta, in 1IS)7. lb. .nnunl interest
charge, on the public debt have Isen re
duced from 9 1 ts,TN4.1Mi(i. or f:i per cap
ita of population, to f'JI.tl'.'H.iil , or '.'."i
cent, per capita of isipulation.
Notwithstanding the reductions In w.r
taie. .ime l7o, th ordinary revenues)
of th government have Increased from
f.'l!i.',!l..!.H.'14 in thnt year to I'i'i l.l I'l.t.U
In V.nfi. and the ordinary expenditure
h.v Increased fiom $HV4.4.'I.Mii' in
$,..M.4'-,2,r.S!l. Thi. .lis, not include ths
receipt, or expense, of the postal serves,
which Is slmost self .iiataiiiiii.' Last
year the receipt, from patnire were x l:t,.
r.H,"i,lii.- snd the eisuie. f in .I'M. '17.
lesvlng s deficit of fl,lY".,3H Ie paid
out of the treasury.
Tli total revenue, of th government
In l'.07 wer. ff '..72.1,33!) Slid the total
expenses $l'.I.HHI.l.Vl.
The Incrmse in the penalon mil h.s
been enormous. The tot. I In 170 wa
$2M.34o,2ti2. nd in HK'7 It la $ i;::i :.i!i,
M4. The cost of th srmy In l7n wi
.'.7,.VWI,H7o, snd In l!s7 f r.'J.".7'l. ta'i.
The coat of the nnvy during the snine s-
rlod hn increased from $21,7i.J.to !
'.i7,12,4'll.
The Imis.rt. of mrchsndise in 170
amounted lo t .'t"..".M,40, and our ex
port, were $:l!'2.77 1,7'W thst nr. while
In 1IH7 the imisprts wer. f 1. 1.; t. .M . .'.
snd the ei.rt. $I.S0.H.',1,07 In 17"!
the eisirt. pr capita of population were
$'.1.77. aud, notwithstanding the euoniKius
Increase In population, th. per capita in
',s7 was f.'I 'KI.
The foreign commerce fit tbe I'nited
Htnte. for the calendar ye.r of 1 : i7 h.s
been l.rger tbnn in .ny previous er In
the history of the country, both in Im
ports .nd m-orts, ami our trade with,
every grand division of ths world is In ex
cess of sny previous ye.r. The minor's
during the eleven months endc Nov. 30
exceede.1 t l..Tl".""0.'l. while '! exsirt
were worth f 1.7 !'!. ',' . If Hie in
crease ha. continued during !'' tuber the
total of exports will re.rh n. .r v ii
billions of dollars. The eisirts for No
vember were tbe largest for ntiv s;nels
month on record nml reached '"I I14
t's'iii, which was nearly fyrn inillion. a
day. Our ii,rf to i'.uniiK- were $(,.
(i,r..) more than In lis.'., when they
wire Isrger than for sny other jesr. Our
Xiorts to North American countne. .!.
gained t ).' ' Our exports to South)
America gained $7.oti. to A1s til,
msi.iao and to I'orto Klco, the Hawaiian
I. lands snd ths l'bilippinea mors Ihsk
ten millions.
In 1H. there wr only 251..W1 d poe
Itora In th .svings banks of th I'nited
I Bute.; la 170 thla Dumber had iucr