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GBAPTER Vil.—(Continuad.»
Th« president looked round tba aaaetn
bly, rose In th» uildat of a profound el
lence. stretched out hie arm toward the
gaswrai. who stuud cold and passionless
before him, and. after dart lug at btan a
• Itberlug glanc» through th» holes uxade
la tb» crop» that ouncaaled b>e face. Le
•aid, la a gravs, stern aud Uaprxpsl'»
Vuire ;
"Caballero*, remember th» words you
ar« about to hear
lu th» firet pine». In
order to reassure you and restore your
freed.on of mind, learn that you hare
not fallen Into th» bands of
Indian»
thirsting for your blood, or of pirates who
intend to plunder you first and aaase
slna'e you a/lertyard
When you hav.-
actevi as Impartial wltneeeee you will b»
at ll’erty to continue yuur J»urn»y. with
•ut tbe forfeiture of a single artlcl» Tbe
■ten »rated on my right and left, although
maeked. ar» brave and honest burlters
Th» day may perhaps arrive when you
will know them ; but reasons, who»» Im
portanre you will •¡■evilly rwrognls», com
pel them to remain unknown for lbs pre»
•nt."
On» of th* travelers belonging to the
swond rarsean stepped forward, he «a»
a young mao, with »l»gant and ouble
features, tall aud well built.
"Caballero." be anewered. In a dla
tlnct voire, "I thank you. In th» name of
w>y companion*, for th» rraraurlng word*
you have •¡■>ken
I know b»w lmpla>*
hie are th» lawe of the de«ert : but per
nilt me to aeb you on« question."
"■peak, calnlkvo"
"1» It an act of vengranc» or Jugtire
you are about to carry out?"
"Neltbe-, seoor."
"Enough of tbla." the geueral »aid
haughtily, "and If you are. ae you snaart,
• n honorable m«u, «how me your fare "
"No. In-. •).'»• an.’L raid the proal
dent, "for In that cas» th* gam» would
mrt )•» »ven Iw-tween ua”
The general attempted t«> »mile, but In
spite of L Im eel f tbe »mile died away »n
hie lip*
The president looked round
with Hashing eye« and began »peaking
again In a »harp, cutting voice
"Now. Ileten. sanoras," be »aid. "and
Jtxdg* thl» man Impartially . but do nd
Judg» him according to prelrt» law but
In your heart*. Gen. l>«>n HetwMlan Gu»r
rero, who 1» »landing ao bold and upright
before you at thl» moment, 1» one of th»
great rat notilemen nf Mexico.
Ill» for
tun» 1» Immense, almost incalculable
This man. by tbe mere »trength of hla
will, and the Itnplacald* egotism that
form» th» luiel» nf hla •Larai-ter. Lee al
way* euew-ded In everything be ha* un
dertaken
Coldly ambitluue. he l>aa cov
•red with corpora the bu-ely road be has
fallowed to attain bl» pr<>i--eed object.
• nd he has done ao without hesitation or
retnore» ha ha» looked on with • smiling
fare, when hi» deareal frleuJa aud rirareat
relation* fell by bls «Ide for him noth
Ing which men rrapret ex 1st»
lie had a
dnugkt»r, who waa the P»rfev lion of worn
•n. and he coldly lareratv-i her heart he
finally drove her to aul'-ldo, and th* blood
of the poor girl spurted on hie forehead
while be waa triumphantly «Itnerahig tbe
legal murder of the man ah» loved, and
who« death 11» rraolved on boMU»« h»
Tbla
refused to palter with bis bouor
human (»<•»•1 tiger, thl» monstsr wltft th«
mocking akeptlcal fare, you »e«. señores,
has only uh* thought, on» oiijsct, on«
drair» to attain tbe hlghret rank, even
If, to effect It. he were compelled to elaiu
twr over tbe panting corpora of hla near-
e»t relation» and frleude »nd If h» can
not rarv» out an Independent kingdom In
thia collapsing republic, »hl. b 1» called
Melter», be wlehe» to seiae. at Iraat. on
tb» aupretn» magletracy, and !>• elected
prraldent. Thia tran I* Gen Dm Hrl>ae
tian Guerrero, military governor of Ho
nor*."
"Oh!" the audience raid Involuntarily,
ae they ln»tinctlv»ly revoilvl In horror.
"If thia man la th» ax governor of
Honora,” th» huuter who had already
spoken aald. In diagust. "he le * wild
traet, whom bla feroelty has placed be
yond th» pot» of society, and It la th«
duty of honeet m»n to dratroy him."
”11» must die! I m must dial" the new
•omars »sclsimed
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CHAPTER VIH.
N’onssns«," Mid ths «•'nerol, shrug
glng bls «houl'ier» with • rentempluou«
•mil»
"I know now who you «re; your
hatred of ms bss unc<ms<-"U«!y dlacvv-
•red you. Reinovs that ve»l which la no
longer of any use. Y u are tbs French
hunter whom I bars constantly met In
n»y path to imped» my pn-Jecta, or over
throw my plana."
"Add," the hunter Interrupted, "and
whom you will ever meet
llruthers.” h»
added, turning to hie AMietanta, "my mask
•lone must (all; retain your*, for It la
Important for my plans of vengeaac« that
you should remain unknown."
The four men board their asaent and
tbe hunter threw away the crape that cor
ar«d hi« feature».
"Valentín» Guillo!»the general ei
claimed: "I •«» »ure of It."
"I.lsten then,” the hunter coldly con
tinued; "when my unhappy friend t»n at
Guaymaa, In my paroxysm of grief I
allow that I Intendeil to kill you ; but re
flection *oon came, and I saw that It
would b» better to let you lire. Thanks
to me, one week after the Mexican govern
tnent. not satlsfled with disavowing your
sonduct, deprived you of your command
without Inquiry and refused to »»pitta tv
you the motiva« of their conduct."
"Ah. ah," the general aald. "It wav to
you. then, that I owe my recall?”
Yea. general, to me alone."
1 am delighted to bear It."
You remained. then. In Honora. with
out power or Influence, hated «nd daapls
ed by «II. «nd marked on your forehead
with that Indelible brand which was ln>
printed on Caln, tbo fl ret murderer; but
Met Ico la a blraaed country, where ambi
tious men like youraelf can anally fish In
troubled water«, when, like youraelf, they
•re not restrained by any of tboa« honda
of honor. Hut you could not remain long
bowed beneath the blow that had fallen
•o you and an y«u re»olr«d t» leave So
nor« and proceed to Mexico.
wb»re.
I Laubs to your roioasal fortune and lb«
uflueuce II would nereaaartly glv« you,
you could carry on your «mbilloua pro
)«cta
Yuur preparation* were «uon mad*
liatM alteatlvely. geueral, for I smuii
you that I bar» raacbed tb» tuo»< talar
eating part ef my uarrallvw
".’.s ycu fau< led. for certain reason»
wticb It la uaseceeeary to remind you
of, that your enerul»» might try to lay
■ oom amtiueb for you. you thought It
n»»e»«ary Io tab» th» following precau
thus, th» Inutility of sum» »f which I
pr*»um» that you have re-ognixed. U'lnl».
for th» purpu»» of deceiving your vnemire
you startsd lu dlaguis». and only scrum'
¡>sni-d by a few ruen. for California in
•■rder to return to Mexico ocrea* th»
Iturby mountains; wb l» you gava qu»e
<loner* the fullrat details of th» road you
intended to follow, with your men your
teal object «•• different. Th» msn In
• horn you placed your roufldetxc», !>on
leldru Vargs«, who had bnown yoa when
■ child, and whom you bad converted
Into your tool, took th» akortaet, and.
consequently, most direct rout» lor th»
capital, Laving *|th him oot only tw»lv»
mules loaded with gold and silver, th»
fruit of your plunder during the period
of your command, but a more precious ar
ticle »till, th» b-dy of your
unhappy
•inughtar, which you hsd embalmed, snd
• kick tb» captain had orders to Inter
« I) 11 jour s I>. ■ »c.r» • ’ . ■ r 11 ■ I. let* del
I’almar
Your object In acting thus was
not only to divert attention from your
111 g"”»u riches, but alao tn attract your
enemies after yot.reelf
1‘nfortuaately.
I sm an oíd hunter «o dlflletilt lo derelvs
that my rom redes gavs me long ago (he
gioriaoa tltl« of ih« Trell bunter, and
hence. I alón» waa oot dereived "
’’»till your pressnre here gíve» a strlk
ing denial to tb» assertion,' the griwral
lnt»rrept»d
"You think e> tenor Th»t proves you
are not thorongkly acquainted with u>».
but pstlencc, I Lope that you will, »re
long «¡»preriat» m» tert ter.
Again, you
Lav» not reflected on th» time that ha»
rlsp»e)| »Ines your departure from liar
moalllo."
"What do yoti mean?" th» general »»k
ed. with a euddvn »tart of spprehvnelon
"I mewn'tbat (»fore attacking you. I
resolved to »»ttl» inattere Brat with Ih»
captain.”
"Ak !"
"Well, general, It la my painful doty
to Inform you that four data «fiar ha left
Pltlc, our brave friend l>on foidro fell
Into an ambiun-ade resembling the one
Into which you fell today, with this *x
ceptlon
“
’’Wb*t exception?" the general ssbed.
with greater Interest than b« would bar»
liked to display.
"My men were so Imprudent," th»
hunter continued, "aa to Irav» th» raptaln
th» means of defending himself
The r»
suit waa that ha died, bravely fighting to
•ar* tb» gold you had I nt ruated to him.
•nd th» coffin containing your (taught er'»
cor pa».”
"W»ll. and I preeum» you plundered
the caravan, and carried off th» gold and
silver?" he ashed, contemptuously
"Ho. most prolwhly. you would hare
acted under th» circumstance*. |h»n He
haatlan,” the hunter answered, "but I
thought It uiy duty to act differently.
What rould you »Xpert? I, a coarse, un
rsltirateil hunter, do not know how to
plunder, for I did not learn It when I had
the honor to serve my country. This la
shat I did. so soon •• th» captain and
tb« P«OM h» command»«! were ktllrol for
the poor devils, I muM Ao them th» Ju»
tire to say. offered a desiienxta resiatanro
— I myaelf. you understand, friend, I my
self conveyed the money to your Hacienda
del Palmar, where It now remain» In »sfe
ty."
■nd • foe m-mes’a l«i»r tb« ex rare« lot
!b« fort of tb« Chichttawiurs.
When tb« Mexican» bad •’ )»ppe»red n>
tk* winding« of th» road A'alvntiM »merg
•d from tb« grvfto. and »«Iked courtreu»
ly up to th» buster*.
I orglv» m»." b« mid. “not th» ietsy.
but tb» laioluntary alarm I caused
but I ■■» romp»ll»d to act •• I did.
•re going to Mexico, where I »hall
5» myself, and It Is puasibl» that I
require yuur teetlmoay eut»» day."
"A trailmony wbkb will not be re-
fused.’’ U m first bunter grac»fully answer
rd.
I»
"WbalT tb» buntre
exclaimed
• naxetneot "«re yon Frrorbr
“Yre. and all my • oui; aulona
W«
bars ixsw frviu Nan E ranci eco. i where.
thank» to Pruvidvoee. ae amassed a for
tun». a bu b wo bo|>e to double In th»
Mexican rapltsl.
My name la Antoine
Itailler, «nJ Ibra ar» my bro)here. Ed-
• ■rd and Augustus, lb» iso ladle» abo
a<company ua are my mother «nd »ister."
Th« hunter prraeed tb» baud bl* coun
tryman offered him.
’Then.” be said. "I will not let you
go «Ion» ! Three mounts Ina are Infested
by dangerous bandits, but sltb my pro
tert .on you cao pa»» anywhere "
”1 heartily «crept the offer; but why
do you not come with u« to Mexico?"
'That Is impoeelbl» for tb» present."
Two hours later (he Foet of the (Til-
chimeque» bad returned to Ila usual soli
tude . wl.lt» men and Indian« bad «ban-
•loixed It forever.
CHAITF.lt IX.
W» will now Irap over shout two
mouths, and lot lie tb» reader to accom
pany im tn tb» heart of Mexico, to tb»
capital
Half past nine wa» »trlklng by
tb» cathedral cl*» h at th» moment »ben
• dull aound resembling the rustling t
reed» shaken by tb» wtnd was audible on
the gigantic highway Joining tbe city ta
mainland. Thl» sound e»ou booms more
distinct, and changed Into tbe trampling
of boreea. which »•• deadened by the
damp air and tb» ground, softened by a
lengthened rain
A bla< k tnaa» emerged
from the tog, and tao boreetnen wrapped'
In thick elroke »tovd out distinctly in tb»
mminllght.
I
Tb.-ev horsemen »eemed to have made a
long Journey. They at last rea-bed a low
roofed bouse through ah*'»» dirty panes a
doubtful light lanued, which »bowed that
the Inhabitant» were »till ««eke
thl»
Tbe boraemen stopped
before
houae. which wse an Inn. and without
dismounting one of them gave tbe >loor
two or three kicks and called tbe host In
a loud, »harp voice. Th» latter was In
no hurry to answer, and sould nave prob
ably Irft the etrangere fur »ome time In
th« Cob] If the man eho had kicked, prob- i
• !<> (ir*.| o*
ng. iiad’i'ot " ngli! of
an expeditious mean« of obtalomg an an
•wer.
"Ah!” he abouted. •• he drew a pistol
from bla bolster and cocked It, "»Ince thl»
dog 1» resolvevl not Io open. I will send a
buliet through bi» window."
Thl» menace had »cares been uttered
•re tbe door opened as If by enchantment
• nd th» landlord appeared oo tb« thresh
old.
"Itelieve m»_ aenor. that If I had known
what a dlsllngulahed cal«Hero did me th»
honor of »taping before
my
humble
darlllng. I »bould hav» hastened to open,”
be Mid.
"A truce ta »uch Impertinent remark*
• nd open th» <J)>or."
A glance waa auffh-lent for th» travel»re
to umirrotand tb« plare to which neei-
dent had lad thorn, atill they did not dl»
play any uf tba disgust with which tb»
algbt of thia cut throat da» Ina pl rad them.
They •eat rd t liemaa I rea aa comfortably
• v they could at a table, and tbe on» who
bad hitherto addrrseed mio» boat went
Ml
’Txwvk here, w» are dying of hunger.
¡«Iron
could vou not svrr» ua up a
morsel of food?”
USD FRAUD TRIAL
Millionaire Perrin Makes Most
Emphatic Denial.
SATS CHARGE IS FATISELI FALSE
Those wbu have raised tweet« for su
gar know tbe value of tbe two rari
ties shown In tbe Illustration.
The
one on the right 1« the famous Klein
Wsenxe-ltsro sugar beet; tbe other tbe
Imperial. Tin- first named la largely
planted for sugar making, and they
are rich In sugar.
The lmt«-rlal 1«
• Iso a good sugar beet for sugar mak
ing
In thl« Item. however, attention
1« called to these two sorts as being
especially valuable to raise f t the win
ter feeding of sti> k and eet«-clal!y of
tile cow.
Bettig rich In sugar, tbev will «tip-
ply much food matter, and at tlw same
tl.-i»- ilvr tbe fuwded ani'nint of green
or suc-ulctit food w, much needed by
rows during the p Inter
Neither va
riety Is especially new. but they have
■cSffîsS
«nd the result nisy be
Isxndon World
Metter
so free!, piatiteli
they
should be
Tim wed 1» low lu price.
■ ud It will pay any on« with stock to
plant a amali field
Both varieties are
exceedingly productive, and they will
grow In any <<«>d soil.
• love
lv *Mwg
Seals
Iweev-fs.
< «Itlvailve.
Tbe farmer «inaild endeavor to In
crease bl« proportion of wheat by bet
ter cultivation rather than by planting
more a rea. Tb» latter metbrel Is be
Ing adopted In other rountrie» that have
tbe avallabl» area Our |*>>plr bare «n
Immense «re* of wheat culture in for
eign ¡anda t<> rompete with, landa where
latsir 1» citeap. Europe, except pertM|>«
In Ruasia and Routaanl* and India,
bar» dense ¡«q>ul«tloi>a ami are less
dangerous ranpotltor*. European and
Asiatic Russia. Argentine and perb»|«
before many year* Large arena of Af
rica will Iw In the market against n«.
Me must diminish tlx* rost of produc
by
Improv««!
methods—Texas
tion
Ätock •nd Fsrm Journal.
Tb«
lllee
Harrow.
much reliance la placed on the
dine harrow •» a substitute fi>r the
plow There la no Implement more uae-
fnl than th» dlw harrow In some line»,
but Ita plare 1» to cut tip the and apd
render the soil fine after tbe land baa
been plowed though fanner* freqnent
ly use the din- barrow for prejvarlng
•tubbl» land, leaving out plowing al-
togv-tf.«r
Tbcre 1» ■c;i>-thlnj more In
plowing than »Imply
loosening
the
ground f«r a*-<«1
IVlmn land la prffiwr
ly plowed It bolda more moisture», at>
w.rlM warmth rapidly and peraxlta ut
greater feeding capacity for plant*
Prof Tr»q> of the Indiana Experi
mental Station gtiea ti>e following di
rection* In a recent bulletin: In look
ing for tbe »-ale Itiacct moot persons
will pa«« It by unnoth is! on account <f
Its very small aim-
The female scale
Tblnnton Aerie«.
la only one twenty fl fill of an Inch In
The effort Io produce the arrd« of
diameter, while the male 1» only about
apples exhausts tbe tree more than to
half that aim.
m- shape of tbe fe
male la nearly circular, while tlie male produce the much larger quantity Of
■neat, kMBMt - ' ’
in
1« more elongated. Tbe female 1« sharp
larger proportion of the mineral ele-
ly convex or conical In tbe center. Thia
inenta
Aa much meat (or pulp) can I*
last char*Werlstlc will help to dlsttn
grown on !M«t fine, larve apple tree» aa
gul ah It from many of the other more
U|»n l.i««) «malt. Inferior one«, but tbe
common s|«w-i<-a
It« enter 1« nearly
production of ae>-)1s will only be one-
•e hiirk M a hl-Il It Is found An
half as great. Thl« "thinning" not only
other distinguishing character 1« found
add» to the value of tlw present crop,
In tbe reddlati illwoloratlon of the hark
but Sf-omsnlxe« tbe energies of tba tree
Imnmllntelv surrounding tbe wale, ex
for future use.
tending through both tlie outer and In
her bark. These characters will enable
Drww-Ksir» M»»eb.
one with an ordinary pocket magnify
Mak» a lamcb uf *ou>e henry timber
Ing glass to readily ilete>*t tbe presence (2 Inch oak), (1 foot iaag ■ n<l I-.’ • T I A
of tin- Insect.
1n< hr» wMe. Next take ■ piece of <a>ine
20 or ”4 Inch»« long and 3 or 4 Inc bra
OvebsrS Cwver.
« e"»eae
Growers of peai ltea are using cow-
¡was as cover crop« In tbe orchard The
vine« «hade tbe laud, ami may be turn
rd under when tbe |« m 1« are nearly ripe,
or tnay remain aa a mulch In wlntrr It
1« Wore profitable to Use tbe vine« for
ftmd for cattle. but. at tbe name time.
If a mulch 1« required. It la well to
grow the mulch, especially
when a
leguminous plant a new era so well. One
advantage In growing the cowpea la
that It 1« alux>«t a sure crop, and lime
"Humraid the host, with an rm- or wood sabes may ta> uuil aa a fer
barraasm! air, “It la very late, caballero,
tiliser with It. Tlte («meh orchard will
■ ud I don’t believe I have even a malaa
In no manner l>e Injured by growing the
tortilla left In th» whole house."
"Nonaenan," tbe traveler replied. "1 cowpea as long as tbe land 1« given
know all al»ut It, ao let ue deal frankly the benefit of tbe crop by plowing the
with each other, give me some »upper, planta under.
for I am hungrv. and w» will not squab
Haegy I'rerleg II»vie«.
ble about th» price."
A very liamly device to be uarvl In
"Even If yon paid me a plaetre for ev
Th» general brraihe.1 again, and »railed
ery tortilla, etcellency. I rrally could not handling t«4irt>«'l wire la sbowu here
lunleally
"Instead of blaming you,
with. Take two «tripa 2H Inches wide
supply you with two,” the isndlord
aenor," he said. "I, on the contrary, owe
•nd !)<* Inch)-« long and bore boira
plied, with Increased conatralnt.
you thanks for this chivalrous conduct.”
Ibrough rach end
Through these, aaya
(To b» continued. I
"Do not be In such a hurry to thank
Farm
and
Home,
put
old broom ban
me.
th» hunter atiswered. "I have not
<»R«(tir'fl
1 1 r in < rrhlf «»«'f.
diva or any round stick, and fasten by
told you all. Captain I mn Isidro Vargas
Mr*. Itorrl thapman
llanabrotigh. driving a nail through the aquare tim
not only eerorted th» money, but there
was also a coffin
!-«'«ve one loose •> that It can tie
Well, general, why do wife of tlie artilor Henator from North ber
you not ask m« what has tvecome of that
Dakota. I* original among the aoclal ¡•ut through tbe reel of wire as tbowu
««»?•
leaders of the National Capital In that
An electric shock ran through tbe audl
•he )• a clever architect, and were she
•ore on hearing the Ironical queatlou so n't blewavl with plenty of the needful
coldly ask el by the hunter.
gold, she might tie reaping laurel* In
"What !" Ib»n N•'bastIan exclaimed.
that honored branch. Mr«. Hanebrotigh
"The ssmvaln can hare no claim to tbo
d<-*tgnc)t the handaome home In which
body of bla victim, and you are morally
your daughter's murderer. 1
ruobed •be and the H»»i"tor p-s- th* winter.
you of this tsely. which must rest by the Aa ■ remarkably well made gown <'*lla
forth the query, "Who la your
ui<>
side of him for «bom she dl«l."
There was a moment's silence,
Tbe dlateF’ so all of Mr*. Ilntiabrougli'* vl*-
«•nerals fare, hitherto pal*, assumed a (tor* look «round admiringly and a«k.
greenish hue. At length he yelled In a "Who was jrour architect F' Hhe could
hoarse and hissing voire .
have rerelved a noire of onlcra had she
"It la not true; you have not done
wished to enter o»m|«etltlon with tlie In the cut. T!»e spool of wire may be
this
You cannot have dared to rob a
I
expert*
Her dining room, a
sunny enrolled by drawing it over the ground
father of hla chilli's body."
with this «Imple device.
"I have done It, I tell you." tbe hunter apartment with a southwestern expo
aalu coldly. "I have taken possesalon of sure. la a symphony of browns and
Corn I wl«tvarl»n.
the body of your victim, and now you reds with Illuminated bather wall* a
When cultivating young i-orn It mu»!
vuderotand me; never aball you know rolling ¡mIntel In nil by the fair hand«
v her» this poor tiody rests. But thia la of the owner and the grandest of old, be done In a tnanuer to destroy all
wrevla; iraore »hallow mlthatlon may
on’.- the l>eglnnlng of my vengeance What
F'.etulah carvol oAk buffet, tabla* ami
I wish to kill Io you la the soul and not chair*
Mr* llannbrough waa an ar-| not answer, as tlie weeds must be de
th» body . ami now begone, and remember
stroy ml by any method ¡»raiihle. rather
flat before abe wae married to th«
that you will And m» In your path «vary-
•tatenman, but »he has rei-ently taken than to ¡wnult them In the cornfield.
where and »ver."
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jn g But after thr rorn ta well advanced It
a rouree of architectural design
■ line last word." th» general »«claim
may prove detrimental to run tbe cul
ed. aflectrel by the deepest drapalr. "re famous
New
York
Institute
New
tivator deep, ■■ It then cuts many root*
More me my daught*r’» body . »b» waa tb» York l’resa.
Root cutting has been tested and found
ubly human creature I ever loved."
Th« huat*r reg*rd*d him (or a moment
injurious After the werala are killed
*bn»»l»M.
wtth an umleflnabl» »tpreeaion, and then
There !■ nothing finer for th« tern-, tbe only work require)! 1a to keep about
tn a harsh and coldly mocking vole*
per
than « new hat. no balm for hurt an Inch or two of the surface aolt
"Never!”
feelings
like a fresh gewgaw. Ordering loo«», in order to conserve motature. as
Then, turning away, be reentered the
nvs frorks take* ■ woman out of her well ■■ to put an end to any young
grotto, followed by hie aaalMauta.
self
Cut a woman off her shopping, weeds that may be ready to start
I»oo Rcl'astlan. who waa th» more ov«r
whelmed by tbe 1a»t blow becauae It wa»
unexpected. str»>d for a moment like a
man »truck by lightning. At laat a heart
rending eob buret from hie t>osom. two
burning tears sprang from hla eye» and
h» rolled like a rorpae on the ground.
In th» meanwhile th» Jester had or
dered the peons to saddle th» boreeo «nd
load th» mule«. Th» general wa« plared
by two servant* on a horse, without ap
pearlng to no tic* what waa doM to kite.
k.g»et of tb» Vrw Meat La*.
One highly Important result of th«
new law« regulating tb« meat packing
bu»ltw«a may already be aren In the
twu.leucy to keep mure atm k.
"I *m
going to Imre»» uiy b*rd» a llttl».” «
leading farmer «aya; ami tbe argu
ment* b» uar* are tbe*
Mure pork,
bswf and mutton « III be estro here
after
Folk* are aatlafl.-d now that the
packer* will send out only good, pure
n rat. and they will ua» It freely Sum»
one must grow tb» catti» to make thia
meat
W» might a* well all bave a
Ixand la It.
Not that all sbotxld drop
everything els» sod put lb» eggs all
Testimony of Ht«r Witn«** Stricken
Into th» meat growing basket ; If w» did
Out—Accused Espr«*»«« Great
that there would be a big crash, but we
can keep more sto>-fc and make It pay
Hatred for Witn«*«.
And (hi* la a sensible view to take of
th» matter
It will mean better time«
fur farmer« «II over tb» country.
San Frattclaeo, Aug 15—Tb« gov-
dlsastrouA—>
Two
Mallow«
la
Oae
*■*.
Worth S’«’', an egg of a tall, fllght-
lewa bind, tbe aepyornla maxituu* la on
Wb«l th* 9t«rli ! *«rBg4.
Th« Owl—Twin* ehf Ain’t yon exhibition In Liverpool. Thl« gigantic
afraid they’ll displease your patrons? bird made Its home In Madagascar, and
Tbe Rtork Certainly not Cupid only twenty of It* mammoth egg* are
Each la • foot long
says b« often bear* 'em telling e*ck known to ex let
other that two can llv« a* cheaply a* ■nd nearly a yard In circumference.
U m will bold two galloua of water.
DOS 1‘uck.
«
wide, and tdinpe like (C). Nall one cn
each aide, aa tn cut. after having bored
a bole near the middle of each. Nall '
on end piece (D). Nall on (B), bar
ing flrat cblarled a hole d or S Irn-hra
loug and 3 or 4 Inc be* wide In It to
admit of lever (F).
ernrrn nt f strrday In tbo United
Stat«« Circuit Court closed I la CAM
•gal ual Millionaire* John E i)«nsun
and Dr. D. Perrin, charg-d with con-
M of
■piracy
land In Tehama county by fraud.
Th« greater part of tb« morning
session wa« consumed In argument«
OPflf UM admissibility of the testi
mony of Wilford II. Harlan, former
ly clerk of tbo General l-and Ofllr*
at Washington, who in answering
question« by counsel for tho govern
ment, confess'd that ho accepted
1200 from Ilenson aa a bribe to keep
him inform'd In advance of tho
prospective opening of tho i’iumaa
and other formt r«0'Tveo, thl« nn ney
being ¡«ft tut him In a bathroom by
Benaon.
After n dcti-rmlucd struggle by th«
attorneys for the defen«)'. Judge Do
Hav> n
this
testimony
ordered
th!*
stricken out because It antedated
the period of tho alleged conspiracy
between Henson and Ferrin.
Th« case for the government waa
clotu-d by tho testimony of William
E.
Valk, formerly examiner of con
tracts In th)- General t«and Office at
Wuahlngton. who stated that he met
Benaon at the Willard house, talked
with him about th* BCMOM ni'l Hyde
land fraud proiii cutions «nd accept
ed from him "■« n loan,’’ 175. The
motion of the defense to «trike thia
testimony from record »»x denied.
Dr Perrin, dged millionaire from
Arlxonn. took the aland late In th<<
aflertioon in bis own behalf.__
Ho
strongly denied the testimony of
charh-.-t I* Stoll, the star wlt.neaa for
the prosecution.
Dr. Perrin seemed
Indignant against Henson, and when
referring to the land deal* with him,
loir, control of hhm><-lf am! hit?! to be
called to order, lie testified that he
su» owner of 300,000 acres of land
In Arlsona and at one time had 150.-
000 acres near Fresno.
Dr. Perrin
■aid there waa no »ruth In the teotl-
mony of Snell regarding the Te-
hams county land deni.
MILLIONAIRE COMPANY FAILS
Unable
to
Meet Obligation* It Go«*
Into R«c«iver»hlp.
Boston, Aug 15.—The Pope Mun
ufacturlng Company, one of the iti-
Ing manufacturer* of automobile«,
went Into the hands of a receiver to
day.
The receivership, It Is stated,
Is the outcomo of the tightened
money condition«.
It 1« added, how
ever, th.it the aa-ets of the company
amount to many limes It« liabilities.
Albert I Pope, son of Colonel A.
Pope, wns appointed receiver tor
p
company
by
Fsderal
Judge
Dodge (or the district of Massachu
setts
The McManus-Kelly Company
of Toledo, were applicants for the re-
celvorshlp
The latest financial statement of
th« Pope Manufacturing Company,
published In June, place* the current
liabilities at 12.UUO.000. with asset*
at 110,000,000.
PLENTY OF EVIDENCE.
A boat < blebeas.
Keep the early pullet« for next year’«
layer* and kill off all lite young cock
erels for market, So ■■ to glv« the |>ul
let« more room
They should be kept
In gvsx! growing condition. «o aa to
reach maturity tieforo November, In or
der to berume winter layer«. lotte pul
ióte «ridoni tiegin to lay until spring.
Mae Met Moro lo It»»«.
H«nry Can Now Convict Olat* With
out A-d id Zimmnrman.
San Francisco,*’Aug 15
The trial
of Vice President and General Man
ager lxuita G'a«s. of the f’nclflc
States Telephone Company, charged
with bribing Supervisor Thoma* F.
Ixvnergan to vote agntnst the Hom«
Telephone Company’« application for
a rival franchise, wa« begun before a
Jury thl« morning la Judge Mwlor'a
department of the Superior Court.
Assistant District Attorney Francis
3. Henry. In his opening statement.
Intimated that «Ince the trial of
Glass on the charge of bribing Su
pervisor Boxton. which resulted In a
disagreement, tbe state ha« obtained
new and convincing evidence, which
will be sufficient to convict without
tbe tctimony of Second Vic« Prval-
dent Emil J. Zimmer
Many of tire cutrnnoncat pbyalcal de
frets of clvlllxrvl man are due to an
tmperfet adaptation of bla txely to
new conditions of Ufa.
Nearsighted-
tvraa la an rxampir.
C. W. Halrotry, the English writer on
•ctontlfic aubjecta. saya that all the
talk about tbe ifogvnrratlun of
the
hijwtn ex» la “undfl)tt»<1 UtWamse."
Ttr« truth I* that "man waa nut born
to rra<L” An Instrument made for aro
Roosevelt Keep* Out of It.
Ing long dlatau'vm la f-verod to acoxu-
Oyster Bay. Aug
15
President
nxslat« ltaclf tu llttlr mark* ami algtm
on ■ pire» of paper Haya Dr Salroby : Roosevelt will not concern himself
"Tbe rye which wr hav«
Inherited personally
with th« telegrapher«'
from our ancestor« la une that la uara! strike, according to the best Infor-
without effort at long range, merely I mation
obtainable
here, although
rontalnlng within It an apparatus en
I commercial bodies all over the coun
abling It at th» cost of nrrvdus and try have naked hint to do »<>
With
muA-ular effort to t>» na»J at attori I l^tbor Commissioner Neill In Chicago
I
the
government
consider*
that
th«
range."
Th» general need of «lames arlar» I limit of It« function« and authority
from the nr)-realty tn modrrn Ilf» of : In th<' matter 1« being exercised.
thr tier rtf tb« eyre at abort dlstntt'V«. Should matters tu-come serious, how
If the eye were naturally fm-uaed u¡»>n ever. the president Intimates that be
would not hesitate to take a hand.
near objects tlte advantage, aa * Dr.
Saleeby admita, would be great. How
O«t The«« Mor« Operator*.
ever. !>• continue*
If one at art cd to
Portland. Aug. 15
Three addi
make a Hat of the bodily chara etera
tional telegrapher* went to work In
of man which the «maxing drvrligv- Portland vraterday In th» capacity of
nient of hla Intelligence t»a rendered strikebreakers
Two of the«« oper
more or Iona appropriate to hl« needs ator« were assigned to key* tn th«
than originally on« would rojulre a Western Union office early last night,
while the third, Charles Humphrey,
volume."
of Astoria, wax pressed Into the *er-
■ reeaia* aslty Owlens,
vlce of th« Poatal.
With the excep
Joseph 7.u«'h. an eutrrpnalng garden tion of these addition* th« Western
er of Marietta. I’«., suroevxled in rais Union and the Postal office« were
ing a variety of onions which bars salt operating yesterdny with th« «am»
flavor. *> that no seasoning at all la force« that were working Tuesday.
iu"-r»aary.
•tewed.
whether
eaten
raw
or
Taft Ruth«« Butin««*
Washington, Ann. 15 - Secretary
of War Taft arrived here this morn
Vlrpari««.
The difference between repartee ■nd ing and plunged Into the ma«* of
Inault depends on whether you or tb« butine«« to be handled bsfor« hl*
departure Westward, Sunday.
oth»r man make« th« ramark. Llf a
*