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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-6-21, Page 7DOINGS OF TiiE WEEK ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM AROUND THE WORLD afraned. Punctuated and Preaereed itt Pithy paragraphs for the rerueat ot . Practical people -- personal, PoUUcal and Profitable. SUICIDES. lira, Henry Hull, London, Ont., coin - nutted suicide on Friday morning at her home by outting her throat while tem- porarily insane RAILROAD RUM$L]NG$. The "Imperial Limited," trains on the C.P.R. started from Montreal west at e.afl ran, on Sunday fot Vaneous' . B.C., and from the latter city at 1.15 p.m. east for Montreal. They are to reach their respective destinations in 100 h rs—t at Thursday. h is of a 7. ursday. THE RU$INESS 'WORLD. Marcus Daly of Montana and his asset - Mates have sold out the Anaconda Min - lug Company's interests to John D. Reatthefelter and syndicate for$e3.000,000. Amos Campbell. boot and shoe manu- ateturer, Montreal. has assigned. with litimetteee $3'1,1.0:, and assets $113,0:4. Campbell r eentiy suffered severe loss by firs. The British Government has decided to appoint *pieta/ comnaer+ ial attentt at the b�aiinra Ameericen and Continental he- dustriel centras for the purpeee of report- ing on methods calculated to develep British conunerce. TEE 14.4.13011, WORLD. On Seturday morning the Hamilton Smelting Werke Company gave .Pater Petor;on, the sub -contractor from Tona- wanda, Litt noon to till the places of the etrileno. Peterson failed to get men, the contract was cancelled and the company took the old hands on again. Petersou. watt pelted with stomas and mud on Sherman avenue at noon. On Saturday the Cleveland street ear °Metall refused at the last moment to meet the roanae union: inen. and the sulkers and their friends to the number set 40W) people held Clark street and Pearl avenue against the pollen. Several penile on both sides were sodomite' in- jured. All negotiations have heen declared off by the strikera who declare the com- pany meted in bed faith. THE l'12U: RF:('ORD. Ouring the violent thunderstorm on Warn elav night the barn of 'Martin Myers. tire runes northe ant of Tee;water. ,vas atrtrek by lightning. and with its' eautetnt' wan burned to the ground. Four alma were cremated. Dalton Bros.' large apice mill in To- ronto was badly damaged by fire and water early Sunday morning. The toes will be about $4,000. There were several other small fires In the city, the loss aggregating 83,000 more. The residence and contents of Edward Diann, Owen Sound, were destroyed by fire very early Friday morning. Tha tiro had gained so much headway before dis- covery that etre. Dunn had to drop her four small children from an upstairs window into the arms of Dr. Howey. CASUALTIES.. The United States sniokotete powder -works at San Rade', Cal., blew up on Saturday afternoon. Four mon were killed. At the sheep ranch of M. L. Butler, San Antonio, Texas, every living thing wee swept away by a cloudburst on. Tuesday night, and the entire Butler tawny, eon;isting of father, mother and w•a t ebildren, are reported to have per- lsheu. Henry Carver. on the cattle ranch lower down, wan drowned. Thomas Woods, G.T.R. passenger con- ductor between Kingston and Montreal, met with a painful accident at Kingston •Junotion on Friday morning. While attempting to board a moving train he missed nis hold on the rail and fell, both teat going under the wheels. While they ware badly crushed, the surgeons have hopes of saving them. FOR MEN OF WAR. The Second Divisional Camp olosed on ls'riday at Niagara. A mile of soldiers marched past His Excellency. The clos- ing review was very fine. The cruiser Olympia, with Admiral Dewey on board, sailed from Singapore at daylight on Friday morning. The next atop will be made at Colombo, Ceylon. Advices from Simla, India, say that Wazeris are raiding the Bannu districts and a number of villages have been burned. Troops have been sent forward. The Duke of York has decided that his •non, Edward, will ultimately enter the ,army and join the 10th Hussars, of whioh the Prince of Wales is Colonel, and the late Duke of Clarenoe was an officer. •+i.Major Drummond, military secretary, acting for the Governor-General, an• aounoes that the Gordon memorial college Lund from Canada is now closed, and the -total sum of $5.064 has been remitted by the Bank of Montreal to the Hon. George .Peel, secretary of the fund. THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD. The farmers excursion from Stratford and points north to the Agricultural. College, Guelph, by the Grand Trunk on the 13th inst., was participated in by -0,000 people. At Smithville- a meeting was held on Thursday of representative fanners, fruit growers, nurserymen and merchants from all the municipalities along the line of T., H. & B. Railway, asking the Post- . office Department for a postal car service twice daily each way from Hamilton to Welland. The antiquated coach service atilt prevails in the section. A amain of the fruit growers of St. Catharines,' Winona, Stoney Creek, Beamsville and Grimsby was held uiader ,the auspices of the Fruit Growers' .A.ssociation of Ontario at Grimsby on Friday night. It was unanimously re- solved to petition the Ontario Govern- ment to restore the operations of the suspended San Jose scale fruit law and enforce it thoroughly. It was also re- solved to ask the Government to recon- sider and increase the compensation to 'fruit growers whose orchards are destroy- ' :ed bvthe process of the law. UNCLASSIFIED. Figures of the population of Chicago, given out by the pollee on Saturday give 8,088,430 inhabitants to the Windy City. The Presbyterian General. Assembly at Hamiltonon Saturday spent most of the day discussing the afters of the Indere, rain College. 1 ge. Big:, London hotels are full of rioh. Americans' these days, and last week some of the latter could not secure the .a000mmodatlon they wanted: The Press Associatie," of tbe Eastern Townships, numbering, about 60 persons, passed through Ontario Saturday en route to Muskoka on a special Grand Trunk train, An arbitration is in progress between the town of Galt and beim Addison of Toronto for a piece of property belonging to the latter which the former wants to. complete Ainslie street. The value- Miss Addison places on the property is $12,000.. A Toronto policeman killed a horse left on the Street with a brokexi leg by a market gardener with an as. The Toronto Humane Society have taken the matter up, as the animal, after being struck several times, lingered for an hour in great agony. Dr. Qiirie and J. Chapman broke the wheeling record from Hamilton to "etagere Falls and return Saturday after- noon, making the century in 6 hours 22 minutes and 6 Metre 23 minutes respeo. tively. They were paced nearly all the way. R. C. Ripley formerly held the record, his time being 6.28. Ci+tIi& AND CRIMIINA.LS. Peter Sherbet, an Indian living at Sbarbot Laine. bas been convicted of treating an adopted child. Sentence was deferred. Thursday night burglars broke into the Chesley postoffice and blew opon the vault. They only got a few coppers for tbelr labor. The trial of the four Lyndeners for burglary of Fair's cigar store at Brant- ford has been fixed for Friday, June 23, before the judge alone. eke Napanee rhe grand jury brought in a true bill against James U. 11111, Con- way, charged with bodysuatching, in leaving removed the boder of Mary Jane I oung, an aged wartime, on April 30. and shipping it to Kingston In a barrel. After deliberating for ewo home the petit jury! aoquitted the accused.. Edward Gray, a negro, who was re- leased at New Orleans on Wednesday night from jail, after a year's confine. meat, be &use the authorities could find no evidence arming hint, was lynched by a party of men on Thursday morning early. Ile was sick and so weak that be could not walk. Judge Rost bas given instructions to make every effort to bring the guilty parties to justice. rttetELY FISRSONAL. Fred. W. Barber of Georgetown, nephew ia! Mr. don R. Huber, M.P,P.. has been appointed superintendent of the big Northwest farnn now being established by Sir William Van Horne. The $100,000 testimonial to be raised to Sir Wilfrid Laurier is making satisfac- tory pro;re.'s. Half of it is now in sight, one subscription of 1+10,000 having been received at Ottawa on Saturday. Walter Barber, a nepbew of Mr. John R. Barber, M.P.P. of Georgetown, bas been appointed the London, Eng., repre- sentative of the Allcroft & Son .large veneer factory in New Brunswick:. D. J, Walker, clerk of the County of Froutenao for many years, was dismissed by the County Council at Thursday morning's soasion. The excuse given was that be had outlived his usefulness. Rev. Alex. MacLachlan, principal of the American Collegiate Institute, Smyrna, Turkey, who spent the past year with his mother and brother at Chatham, is, with bis little son Bruce, on his way back to Turkey. Mrs. Huntington, wife of Collis P. Huntington, president of the Southern Pacific, bas arrived with her party at Banff, Alberta, and will remain for the summer in Canada. Mr. Huntington himself will join the party later. THE DEAD. Rev. Dr. Wood, former president of the Wesleyan Conference, is dead at London, Ont. Frederick S. arobaeologist, at his home Wednesday. ,Toe Juneau, one of the pioneers of the Yukon. after whom the town of Juneau was named, died at Dawson May 13 ot pneumonia. Mrs. Julia Evelyn Capon Woodford, wife of Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, former 17. S. minister to Spain, died Wednesday night in Brooklyn of BrIght's disease. Mrs. Maria Ramsay Bacot, who lived at the French court during the time of Napoleon III., and a literary woman of considerable note, died at her home in Kenosha, Wis., on Thursday, aged 79 years. Prof. Locke Richardson, the elocution- ist, who underwent an abdominal opera- tion on May 31, at the hands of Prof. Bergman, as a last resort In the efforts to save his life, died in Berlin on Thursday morning. His remains will be cremated. Ald. Joseph Fortescue died e.t Kingston on Thursday morning, aged 66. He was born at Greenwich, England, and was a descendant of William the Conqueror. At the age of 18 he was appointed to the Hudson Bay service, retiring in 1892 and taking up residence in Kingston. Hon. R. P. Bland died at Lebanon, Mo., on Thursday mornng, after a sleep of 82 hours. Richard Parks Bland was one of the best-known men in the House of Representatives. He served the Eighth Missouri District for . 11 consecutive terms, the longest continuous service of any of the present generation. Tb is earned him the title of "Father of the House." He was also known as "Soft Money Bland." Perkins, the well-known artist and collector. died in Burlington, Wis., on 11I1t. MACNISR RESIGNS. AFTER GRACE. curate once courted a nice little mist, Grace by name and by nature a sinner. He never dared ask for "just one tittle kiss." P'raps he thought by his preaching to win her. els most passionate speech when they sat deem together Was"A very fine day" or "Most singular weather." *Ale nre't .Re is vowed unto silence," shecrled "'Tis my mission to make hint abjure it. Pa must ask him to dinner. I'll sit by his side and 1 really should think I could cure it," Bo he cane, and they all tried their hardest to make lieu feel really at home. To insure it Be was seated by Grace and, bin silence to break, Said her father (who couldn't endure to. Forgetting tbe "blessing," "Now, what will you taker' e I should like curate. The Liberal )1.P.1'. for West" Elgin Dis- claims His Assembly Seat. Toronto, June 19.—Mr. Donald Mao- nish, M.P.P., for West Elgin, bas va- cated Ms seat. His return is protested by the Conservatives. The following notification was received at the Parliament Buildings on Saturday.i morning, and notification given to the registrar of the Court of Appeal at Osgoode Hall; To the Clerk of the Legislative Assem- bly, Toronto: Dear Sir—I, Donald Macnish, member - elect to the Legislative Assembly of the Provinoe of Ontario for the electoral divi- sion of West Elgin, do hereby disclaim all my rights or title to sit or to vote as such member or in any manner to act as such member. (Signed) Donald Macnish. 'Rhodes Has Active Enemies.. London, June 19.—The Pall Mall Ga- zette says that a petition has been pre- pared against the bestowal by Oxford University on June 21 of an honorary degree upon Cecil Rhodes. The petition bears' many important signatures, includ- ing that of the head of a great college.. The signers were influenced by the crisis in the .Transvaal and by the fact that Lord Elgin and Gen; Lord K.itohener ere also to receive degrees, to my' -Grace," said the —St, Patti's. riled 6 ishan Ceti iittMentettl lRiltett ettti!IS#E!r t JUANITO. X X JOY Edith Wagner, X X 1`414-4;010000/404%500440114101:4Ult:t t The sun would anon set. Already there was a cool feeling in the air. It had been market day in Puebla and now the little family was going home to one of the Indian villages near Cho - luta. Hundreds of such groups were scattered along the road. Maria was running in a little dug trot. carrying In her rebozo, on b'r back. Jesus. Jon. the father, was solemnly seated on a pile of garden stuff on the back of the little burro. Lagging a little behind the Mother canto Juanita. They all had heavy burdens. Qu the mother'a back, beside the baby, was a load of corn, and her arta were full of oddly shaped and painted earthen jars and baskets. There was nooutward and visible evidence of the father's load, but to do hint justice it was so great he was unable to walla with it. Maria wore for a skirt a length of dark blue cloth that carne to her ankles, wrapped tightly about ber back and hips. with a few ,folds in front • Twisted around her waist was the usual red cotton sash Partly covering the upper half of her body was a white chemise, the yoke and short sleeves ornamented with beads of red and black. On her bead she had the tall straw hat that the Indian women wear; about her throat was a coral necklace. All the Indian women are clothed the same, the difference be- ing in quality of material and degree of cleanliness. The country people in Mexico have no children's modes. The little people look like grown up people seen through the wt •tg end of an opera glass. Juan - Ito. with round, fat. brown face, white teeth, big mouth and eyes which shone starlike from out a mop of black hair, was dressed exactly like his fatber in ehirt and long trousers of unbleached cotton, with a red sash to bold his clothes up. A leather band went round. his forehead and supported the pack be carried—a large enough burden for 'so wee a boy. In one little hand be car- ried bis conical bat of coarse straw: with the other, as he trotted along, he tried to shift bis load a bit and so re- lieve himself. He did it slyly, for he did not want his father to think be was not a big man Indeed be was—he would be 5 in a few days—and he was going to have a present on his saint's day, which was also his birthday. He could do as be wished with it. A cen- tavo—a whole cent to spent on bimselfi. What would be buy with bis cent? He bad turned it over and over many times in bis rudimentary brain. He. hesitated between an earthen goose with a whistle in the neck and a dulce—like our rock candy. The goose would be an ephemeral thing at best, although the whittle—aye, Dios. but that whistle could be heard a kilometer! A turn of the hand. however, and it was gone. There are kites which sing when they get up in the air, but, Dios demi alma. what riches are necessary! Four cen- tavos for the kite and one for the string. He had thought carefully. He could buy the string at once and get the kite in four more saint's days, for surely he would go on having them. and it was likely Dona Ynes would always remem- ber them. No 1 No! After all, the dulce was beat. His face grew brooding as he built his castle—founded on a cent. His mother should have a suck—two sucks, in fact. The baby could lick it. and Nito, the burro; .but his father, nol .For only yesterday had he beaten him for getting too much water on the clay to make the ollas. He closed his eyes in ecstasy; properly managed, the candy, which was of the durability of old red' e ndstone or the quartz it greatly re- sembled,deli- cately i should last, by licking deli cately and sucking with moderation, until another birthday. The sun was throwing long golden lances across the plain of Cholula, with its scores of church towers. The family bad finished the supper, of frijoles and tortillas, risen from the spring by the wayside and resumed its journey. As oefore, the father led, jogging along on the burro, the mother running beside, bending forward from her load. Juani- to, as his short legs grew more weary, fell farther behind. The mother looked over her shoulder several times, but she felt no uneasiness, for it bad happened before that, being too tired to go on, Tio Pedrito had taken him to his jacal on his burro and brought him home in the morning. The road made a sudden dip: On one hand was a deep barrauca (steep ravine),. the sides' covered with shrubs and close growths. Jnanito, boylike, was seeing now near he could trot along the verge without losing his balance. He was as sure footed as a mule. but a long ser- pentine'root, the same ash color as the soil, caught his.. foot in a loop;' and in a moment he was twisted off Isis feet and. rolling down the barranca. It so hap- pened no one saw him, and, little .Indian , foist that he was, he made no sound. When he reached the bottom, bruised tad ant of breath, a savage hand caught hiethroat and savage eyes met his. A RALLY OF CROOKS , few muttered words and the butt end of a heavy revolver cane down on the lflasce Harvest • Gathered bar ]rick - shaggy little bead, and then to one side. pocket* at :. Fight,. was brutally tossed the senseless heap. "The greatest gathering of pickpockets There were three of them crouched un that I ever saw and, I daresay, the great- There an overhanging ledge—three sine est bunch that ever assembled was Canada,et tae ter looking bandits. wearing heavy teL btnMa ob1 rl fight at ld a. Point, int,ive wh hats and with red blankets drawn ea y ` has been in the business since 1�5+', ro the across their mouths. They sat still un- New York Sun. "The big fight was held til about the time all travel had ceased in the vicinity of the old lighthouse at on the highway above. They were plan- Long Point, and the only way to get to ging in low voices the division of the the ground was by boat from Erie or B' f - GOSPEL QF G000 ROADS. 4., W. Campbell, the. Ontario Iastrueter in Eoad melone, Issues xi+ Annual Report. Mr. A. W. Campbell, provincial In- structor in road shaking., has submitted his third annual report on road and street improvement in Ontario, to the Minister of Agriculture. It is a most interesting dooument, which points out the iradport- ant relations between the common high- way and the greater avenues of trade, spoils when Juanfto's bard little Indian tato or by walking a good manly int es 'where: transportation is concerned, and bead began to throb consciously. The through Canada. The bot that Left But- shows the growing demand for road im- falo carded in the neighborhood fef 1,000 provenzent. Letter roads have been. first thing he heard to understand waapersona The feet that theca were a large actively urged throughout the province that Miguel was to turn the coach over number of thtevea on the vessel was noised during the year with most beneficial- exactly at that spot and that Don hypo- about, and the honest persons kept their results, both to the farmer and the. lite had the money for the year's putque hands on their valuables all the time, townsman, frail) hie San Martin hacienda, and Strange to say, not a touch was made on Intrural dlsroads are bei�gmbetter arrywhere,aSin al t eines, nearly all the towns and wally villages there are cement concrete side- wali s, As nuuele interest is bring taken in the proper ceoetruction of strata: as of sidewalks. A diJlcutty in the way of obtaining better roads in Ontario is that, realer the ltbet Dena Ynes had been to a baile in the way over. Two vessels, both headed Puebla. and land on her mother's dna- to their fullest capaeiiy, left Erie, Pa., woods, and each of these carried a number of ' er w abouta deem; "If the fall does not kill," Pickpockets, There were d n growled detectives in the crowd, among them be. one. "a tap of the good friend here"--- Ing the present Chief of Detectives Pate And Juanito heard him slap has pistol. rick V. Cusack of Buffalo, Captain Rogers Jnanito heard. and, though sick and and Detective Sullivan of Rochester and ' dazed, comprehended- He could not few detect;vestram Erie, Pa., and Toronto. preient xylem of townenip management, see how be could prevent it. Re anew They knew that there was no use in try the entire coat at rami buildingfaire upon F lug to put a cheer on the wont of the the farillera. The prop,e of th:t villa 'a, Haat when. the coachman tipped the care + .., « . 4` pp canals, because there were at least 319 lawn+ an,l ei-i S, t', whom ea',iniry roads nage down the barranca Dona. i�nes , are as n.r'aaa a -r to the farm' -s, and tufasa.onai pieltL»<:kti.s in the c, itvd, rF would be hurt, and, if She were not J,;;, after the sg ;calors be *an taking who •^'soup')aL• n" irly one-half .2f the peapu- hurt enangi# they would ;rill her Ah" th it pla^es ails :t the ringside the sheriff ta'i-an, gay nothing :award, their - con- .il wa .. , e.ru�';e)nnt, ;ha, It w tui 9 zuwne ' b "The sheriff stepped o'lt of the ring The f,ti swing i+ an e:ttlt#1e:, In brief, of " atota He tried to rain 1adly 1.. but the a , a syir,•ai "7f r at�i !'Intro( wiit••h a great elfQrt inereaaeei the deadly naereea. � noel a. se cal :urn g:u:lpaii Abaatt Tsiiit• The o ,r i f an tmwilahl s t) t• if night wing was blower; and rustled knocvu a gapes. Aiten tris sheriff ge:ieut er r wi►.h pteine: the leaves • tender c"aver of that moire of rh» :n1x hfi: diam�n i stud, his coli n; Ila 'sway with 1 ten a. ASur� a tho ari.#p was a emelt m y p Inn.t a o.i i con the statute htbcr roll be couid :Hove freely if be could keep bills and bis wateh were missing. Ha entir•,1y. from crying. And keep froth crying he wade known bis loss to one of the detee. Te raga the m3ney requires 1 levy u rate would, for even his •Bort life had given tivee, and the detective volunteered to re. on the a,sra;sn:Tit of the township. hitt sett central and .:e,nrage. He was cover the property. Tha de.eetive was Far read pilrposes divide the townships eat an American child. A was dt re'a7ns " ' h Captain Rogers He sae^ht Pape, ee. luta a eenvenient number of divisions ' uauall Is it is explained kindly that ha plalned the ,situation to ulcus and Paps f•Uir- Y cannot have the moon. He began to tmrned7arely =71411 ever the sheritY s move. pulling himself upbyinches, property, saying' aying that he had taken iL just la ,� for a joko, forced cften to rest from sheer anguish. ••.I can't begin to tell you how many but never a moan was wrung from his pocketas were picked this day. The fight Ups by the torture. waxed. warm, and every one was excited. Several hours most have passed be- so the crooks bad a Ane Heid to work in. fore be reached the highway. 'Whin Poeketbooks were actually dying In the air. hien were accusing honest men tylia # carry out the 3ireeti:ia of the conned.there, he could not tell which way to sat beside thews of touching thein. ele:ore !Attie .e of road •eamtnissiensr should go.He had lost his sense of direction, of diamond :studs were unscrewed and, , be scimitar to that ot the township clerk always extraerdivary in Indians, He nipptul. The men hutnerons incident of or tr mauler thought he heard a shout from below, ' the dray was the theft Oaf x92'00 in bilis franc Oritetilltrs should n at het as commis. as thoneh the men had missed ilius; so, itthittf who hailed fr+tea 35, Loaiie and was aianarS, as then are sabj•'e' to undue in - without further t agitation. lie dragged unknown bo the :few 'York delegation. A ;tu•uu'e tram th m ra*eai,ay,:arl, ani their himself along; the road. Re was cold New York man named O'Dan,ihu•a has term at anise 1a uneernun. with an awful chill that ateuck out' got the', St. Louie thief's roil, and he ra- ` A ii'�n.'r al plan for road improvement from the homes The broad steadily ran turued it when. be teemed laic m ** tk eha-lld he tail Hewn by the caun,nl for dawn his Esus t'rom the crack` in 11is ;stints; Teen were stripped of ever bine, the • enunieeiana rs to bellow. the*y bat! and worts unable to tiny a next. Thin plan should specify the width skull He was afraid he was going in ar a drink. In •su ;h oases the Brooke h ‘'p- and ilupth of road metal, character of ed therm along with a smell lean, as they drainage, etc., of all roads. Roads of importance should not be less than 24 feet between the inside edges of the open ditoh:as. No raid shauld be of less width than 13 feet. Work of construction. such as hauling gravel, ditching and drainage, building of bridges and culverts. should be done by contract, and supervised by the road oommissioner. No account for labor or material should be paid by the treasurer except on the certiRoate of the road commissioner, Minor work and repairing should oe done by day labor, only the road oommie- stoner being authorized to employ, direct- or irector discharge men or teams. All roadmaking machines should be in the care of the road commissioner Only the road commissioner should employ, direct or discharge the men or teams needed to operate the machinery. Should the couneil desire to interfere in any of these matters they can do so through the commissioner. The wine men and teams shauld be hired to operate the machinery for the entire season, or longer if possible. as they become proficient and do better work. This applies particularly to the operation of a road grader. The commissioner should keep a pay- roll to return quarterly to the council, showing 'who have been paid and the amount paid, the roll to be then filed for auditors. This roll will act as a check on favorit- ism an the part of the commissioner. Work should be divided as muoh as pos- sible among the residents of the townahin Apportion the tuoney equally among the road divisions, keeping' in view all circunnatances. viz.: Importance of made, works treaded on them, benefit re- sulting to the greatest number of people, au nouns of traffic, assessment, etc. Appoint one township road commie- sion;r to advise and commit with, and tbe wrong direction. Before this he should have heard the clip, clip of the high stepping black mares. His tongue was getting too big for his mouth. and bis heart roared like a wild thing. Suddenly he beard the rumbling of the carriage, and be fancied be could see the shining Banka of Don Hypolite's beautiful thoroughbreds. He gave a cry, another and another. They were driving rapidly—and driving byl As they swept past for the first time he burst out crying and sank in the duet. Dona Ynes, inside tbe carriage. was jerking violently at the cord. "Why does he not stop? Oh, papa, call Miguel to stop! Some one called met Some one is hurt by the road Don Hypolite put his head out and ordered Miguel to drive slowly back The guilty scamp did so reluctantly. The carriage balted by the side of little sobbing Juan, and Dona Ynes jumped out. She had dropped her fur eoat, for the night was warm, and her bare arms shone milky white through the meshes of a lace mantilla. The mantilla was fastened by a gold and turquoise comb to the high knot of dusky hair, and the curved edges flapped coquettishly about ber roguish face. . Regardless of her satin ball gown, she knelt in the dust i1y Jnanito. After he had told her and Don Hypolite of the plan to rob and murder them, she carried him herself in her round arms to tbe carriage, while Don Hypolite, portly and courtly, in evening dress, with a half dozen decorations glittering on his breast. went back calmly and pulled, Miguel by the coat collar off his seat. Relieving the rascal of his pistol and kicking him soundly, Don Hypo - lite took the reins and drove back to Puebla, leaving Miguel rubbing his aches and wondering bow it happened. The motion of the carriage eo jarred the little pain racked frame that Dona Ynes, thinking that it must be a mat- ter of but a few moments, asked ber fa- ther to stop. Jnanito whispered to her tbat be could not breathe, that he wished to be outdoors, where be conld see the eters; so Dona Ynes, tenderly holding the child, sat in the grass by the road. Alas, be could breathe no better un- der the quiet stars. There was the croaking of frogs and the song of night wind and the soft w nd rustlin g through the low shrubs. He Iifted a wistful face and with long, laboring breathe he managed to say: "I want my centavo. Dona Ynes, keeping back her sobs with difficulty, for she did not wish to distress the patient child, slipped a cent into bis little hand. A smile of great sweetness and content stole over bis wide mouth, and the tiny, brown fin- gers closed upon the cherished cent. never to open again.—Argonaut. Curious Fact.. A "down east" man' tells of an amusing encounter be bad in a barber`s, shop in a western town: The barber was a very tall, very black negro who rejoiced in the eupho- nious name of Cerolinns Washington. He seemed disposed to conversation, and in the course of his remarks he asked his new customer from what part of the country he cane.. "'From Maine, " returned the gentle man briefly. "I was sure o,h.it, sah I" said the bar- ber, with enthusiasm. '`I come from Bangor Me., myself; sal, and there's something about a Maine man you can't mistake. We all look alike, sa1i, in a way, as you might say, we Bat's born and brought up in de state ob Maine. it's a most cu'ous fact, sail" Youth e Companion. torm,'al it. The referee of the match w�ta rale !v„tl of hit diamond. His bills were In an inside pocket and were not touched, "Business lagged with the thieves after the fight was over. Vlore ware but few pockets left to pick. Several men who had been robbed insisted that the honest nem should band together and attaok the thieves for the purpose of recovering the stolen property. The detectives opposed this ou the ground that the honest men and the piopkockets were mingled so closely as not to be diatiaguished, and, moreover, the thieves could fight and would fight. "All the thieves returned to Buffalo after the flgbt, and word of their coming was sent to police headquarters from the first landing place, When the boat tied up at the foot of Main street, 100 policemen and alt the detective force were there to meet it. About 300 or 350 thieves were marched out two abreast and lined up on the wharf. They wore told that they were to be escorted out of town, and they made no protest. With the policemen and de- tectives as herders and drivers the crooks wero marched to the Central station and corraled there under close guard. When a train for New York was made up, the thieves were escorted aboard it and were watched till it reached the city line." Suicide Bridge, The graceful arch over the Channaut buttes in France is known as "Suicide bridge" on account of the number of • Se • GENDARMES SAVING A WOULD BE srnome crimes of such character committed there. The illustration shows gendarmes rescu- ing a world bo suicide who changed his mind and called for help when he landed on a ledge. Brushing Improves the Hair. The very best brushes should always be chosen, and at the very least 100 strokes a dayshould be 'vigorously administered. The Mastless of the brush should not be so hard as to drag the hair out in case of a tangle obstructing their . course, nor should they be yielding: It is useless to brush the hair unlesstheskin of the head be :brustled as well. Thefriotion stimu- lates 11 and makes the bair grow. Brush- ing the hair with slow and languid strokes Is simply useless. Vigor and intention are necessary to produce a really good effect and induce the bright, healthy gloss that fair should halve.—Ladies' Horns Journat desiring it. Work should be commenced 'with a definite end in view and continued sys- tematically, from year to year if neces- sary, until the entire road mileage has been brought to perfection. All the essential features of good roads end their maintenance are contained in the report with minute instructions. As to the material for roads, Mr. Campbell says: ••Except under excessive wear or where in business sections a high-grade pavement is necessary, broken stone pavements, by the aid of a steam road roller, are beyond doubt the most serviceable and economical and give greatest satisfaction to the taxpayer." Pocua.0 •cath. Potato scab is the operation of a min- ute fungus. These little parasites repro- duce themselves as the higher plants do. They can increase by division of the plant itself, or by spores which act as seeds. Progressive people in these days never risk any large crop without steeping the seeds to destroy the enemy. Simple cop- peras water has been found efficient - Formalin, a. non-poisonous, non -corrosive substance, will practically free seed pota- toes from scab germs,by an immersion for two hours in a solution of the approx- imate strength of 1.300. It is equal to corrosive sublimate in efficiency, and is without its dangerous and troublesome properties. Seed material of seemingly good quality, as well as that much affected with scab, shows beneficial re- sults from treatment. The recipe for its use is to add eight fluid ounces (about one-half' pint) of fornxalin to 15 gallons of water, and soak the seed tubers in it for two hours before planting. This solu- tion may ne used several times. -New England Farts er. Rig Income From Forests. The forests are "'considered one of the most valuable national possessions in the old countries. In Bavaria the forest area is about one-third.of the total area of the kingdom. One-third of this area is owned by the Government, ; which has spent since 1880 about $8,000,000 in acquiring forest land; A regular system of forest culture is employed. The yield per acre is geperally large, valued at about 31.02, and :the net ineorne of the state amount- ing O nnount-ingO about 84,000,000 per year. 'nett Nei l inn clutter. The poor butter door not sell as quick- ly q ly as' good butter, Nand the longer butter is kept the worse it is. No wonder that so niuoh butter does not being the 'cost of btu produotion.