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The Clinton News-Record, 1899-02-23, Page 3•lefel,Fetale.77.."77,7117-7457711fle • IT, WILL OUT tork The get-up ewes 0 OW .4 he Wee followed, a° doubtoind used tlite Mean* of gieleg MO the ellie Jstshows that the Man we are after nett atielenely tie X inertgleted he We; but has friend; who are ready to risk something for him. Now, dooter, rot; 4 A (MEAT l'IY$TERY, .011ertERI V. Oar • MeritingexteitiOne had be t00muob for rEer efeeet health. and Wee 'tired oat in the afternoon. Atte . Holneetee •depetture tor the boitoort X hi down Upeie the eofe,and endeav ored to get. * maple of otteep It Wee. . naeleas abtempt4 MY min : had -bete; too muole exitteed by tha bee ooeurred, and .the otrangest fen OJOS and sttrmiees crowded, tato it Every time that -t °totted; terY eYea ettw Woe° me the distorted. baboen :like countenance of the murdered mart So ainititer was: the impression wide • that faes• Prodercea upon me that forted it diffioult te,ftel anything bu . • . .gre u . o m r e • owner loin the world.' If Over huMit features bespoke vita! 'Of the most ma . lignattt type •they :tvereeertaittly-those Entseh - J. Diebber, of"Cleveland; Stil . X recognized diet 'justice must be. done • and that the depravity of the victim • wee, no eondotientent in the eyes.' o Abe: raw. 1 •' The more r thoughtofit the more ex traotelieciry did My companion's hYP0 thesis, that thallium had been Polenled appear. LremeMber how he had sniff ed hie'liCo, and had no dintht that he had detected something which had giv • en rise to the idea.' Then, i , not: poieea; weae haid. =need' thaman' -death, 'einee there. was neither .•weiend •deer marke':Of stranguletiont.litit, era -: the • othethandL Whose blood was thet ter -brae -Ter so • thickly Upon the' tlota' . There were no eietio of a streggle, noe thealetire ear weapon with -which • lie might have wounded an antageniet •''•;keloolif-aa all these questions were., un •solved,, 1. felt that .aleep, would be 'no •:ealsk Matter; either forl:HolMee Or Say solt. Hi'clAiet; seltconfident manner convinced; '-ma• • ,that he had . already tinned a 'theory which had. explainedl, • all the •faete, theugh-whaVit was I veldt]; :net for an • instant • conjecture. • ;Ha Wise 'very' late in returning -so • aate that • I knew that- • the', 'concert •„ Could not. have • detained him all - the time. Dinner was on the table before •;he appeare4 • • • • It 'Viae'-ieiTiniria,iit.""he:"4.ziwE • took his seat. "Do you remember whit • Darwin says about musk; I. Fle claims that the :power of pireatieing': and ap, ' • preciating it • - eXisted among the ha- . Man race long before: .the power 'of • epeeeh was arrived. at. perimPe that • is why we are so salitlyinfltienced by it; There, are vagina memories our souls Of those inistyeeenturies When ••the, World was in its childhood." , • "That's rather a broad idea,". I re- ' marked.. ..• •"' . • , ;• thae'xi.ideas mist be are proud as Na- •• titralf 034 are 'to. interpret Nature:" •• lie iineivered;', " What's the •xnatterl • You're not looking quite yourself. This Brixton ',Hoed affair has upset you." ----'77744-Te.T,tell7theHtrut14-it,late;":"1--sitid, ' •:.!Y to ;More rase-bardened 'after Any Afgheneeeperiences. rotor, my own 'corerades haCked to. Pieces:at. MaiWand. without , can-toderstand.. There is a mys- tery about thia Which stimulates . the "Imagination ; Where 'there is. act , Me- thettte'ett no horror, llaY0 • yOttx.floeentlie. !Venn:3g .pn, per.?"‘.- • ' gives good account Of the • affair. : It, does' not. mention the fact .that when the man was raised up • a woman's ' wedding -ring . . upon the floor. - It is just :ati well it does not." eweee. . • • .• "Look at the itdVertieerasnto" he ans- wered. "I. hart one sent to every. paper eafteetremerning.ixemediatelY 'after the • affein:". • . • ' • - • • He threw the 'Peper-aerois to me, • • Aede I glanced at the place indicated. It was the first announcement .ht the "Found" .colitran. • ."• •"lit Brixton Road," it ran, "a plain • gold Wedding -ring found. in • the •road- way between. the White Hart Titiern and:Holland .Grove. • Apply Dr, Wat- son, 22111 -Baker 'Street, between eight and nine this eVening." . • . ' - •- my 1044, your, name," he Said.. "If Used . 'own. Mete • one Of. • fitese-'dtinderheAde4woUld„rectignize •!".and want be:Meddle-1n the affair.' • . eThet. all right," --e.itnowered; "But • ' • eiPP-rig.ltnY• one aPPlieer I have no •: ring.". • . • " ••• • "Oh, yes, you have," 'fetid' he, heeding • • • itie,,one.: "This will do 'very •It . almoit a fac-eimile." •• "• . - "And. who do you expect Will answer this advettisediont . • 'Why, the man in the brown coat - our florid friend withethe soar° toes. 9-e' • if'.he does not come himself he will • send an accomplice', • • • "Would he. not consider it Mt too dringeroust" "Not ateill. if my view of' the cram oorreet, and •X haye every reason to believe that it is, this man would rath- er risk anything than lose the. ring. •According to my notion he dropped it while :Stooping Over Drebber's body, • " and da not museit at the time.. .After leaving the house he discovered his loss and hurried back, but found the police greedy io postsession,, owing to hia ovvii folly in leaving the candle burning. - had to preMnd. to be drunk in order • to'allay etisPicions which might have . • been aroused by his • appearance at the • gete. Now Pitte yourself• • • in that ',Man's plebe, On think- ing.the matter over, it must have 'teemed to him, that it was • posts- ' • stble, that he had lost the ring in the . read after leaving the house. s Whet 1 • wetild he do then f He %void eager ' • is look out for the evening papers, in .the how. of seeing it among -the articles • ban& His 'eye, of course, ...Would • • light 'men thia, would be over- joyed. Wh'y should he fear a,' tree?. t T/kore :would be no reason in his eyes • why the • finding of the ring should be . Connected. with the murder. Ire W61114 • wait, He will come. . YOU shall ' hit& within an lieut." little brown -backed volume vrae strnelt off." ne "'Who Is the Minter?" "Philippe de Croy, whoever he may have been. On the fly -leaf, 'in very • faded ink, is written, 'Ex. lihrio Gulloimi Whyte, X wonder whom liain Whyte w,ast Sonie pragmatical • seventeenth-eentury lawyer, see gis writing. has a legal twist- " about Here comes our man, I " -ea be evoke there Wag a sharp ring at the bell, Sherlook Holmes rose eon. end moved his their in the direc- h! ton at tbe, doer, We heard the ear - 1, vent pass along the hall, and -the ellen) click of' the leteli as she opened it, "Does Dr. Watson live here le aoke le a clear' but rather harsh Voice: W • ..couldnot_beat the servant's reply, bu • tho doer .oloarsch and some onelrega • to ascend the stairs. The footfall we r.. an uncertain and shuffling one. A • look of surprise passed over the foe • of roy.eompanion as • he listened it • It came slowly along the paosage, and 1‘ there was' a feeble tap at the doer. e• "Donee in le °Vieth • , At my summons, instead of the Man - of violenee WhOM we. expected, a very. old and wrinkled .woman hobbled: into ; the apettment. She appeared to be ?. *meted by the sudden: blase alight - • and, after dropping„' a. curtesjr,, she -steed .blinking ateue With her bleared, eYes, and fumbling in het pocket with a :Hornets, "shaky fingers, • I glanced • at • my eeimpenioneAna his face had as- sumed such a disconsolate expression • that it was all X could do to keep. me • countenaneee The old (iron° drew out an evening paptsre and pointed . at out • advertisement. " • "It's this as has brought Me; good gentlemen," elie said, dropping an- other curtsey; "a .gold wedding -ring in the Brixton 'Bead. beheigs to - My girl. Selly; as. was married only - this time twelvemonth, w•hich her hes- ' And what he'd say if he come 'onto and I band is'eteward aboard a Union boat, feud her without her. ring is mere -thee X can • think, •he being sheet. enough at ,the best....ce:titnee,..bpt.mers, espeeially when he has .the drink. It it please you; she went to, the circus . lust night along with--" "Is. that her ring?" I asked,' "Tho Lord be thanked!'" cried the old woman. "Selly be a glad we.. Men this night. That's the tinge "And what •may . your address be fe r inquired, taking up a pencil. • • 1.3 .Duncan Street, Houndsclitele A , weary way from here.". "The 'Brixton Bred does not lie be- tween any circus and Hounciscliteh," said sheriook, rrohrtee, sharpry,.,, • The old •woman faeed, round and look- ed' lieenlY at him from her little red- . 1.„191 rnod.getnest.lemen: asked me for MY edeliesser. she . said: "Sally lives in lodgings at 8' Mayfield ' Place, .Peck: ham." • • .' • . ' " And your nitaxe is-" . My nanre is -Sawyer; -hers is Den- nis, which Tien Dennis Married her -a smart; clean lad, too, as long as he's at sea,. end no steward -in the company .mere• thought of; but when on Retire, what . witb. the women and what with liquoreehoes-•.' • e:Hete' is your ring; Mrs. Sawyer," from my companion; " • I interrueted, in obecii7to •• a sign early. be- lento:et° your daughter, and I am glad to be "able to keeteree it to: the right- ful :owner." • • ••With niany.inumbled blessings and praestatioeteof gratitude, the old crone peeked' it ;away in her pocket, and shuffled off down the stars. Sherlock Otemea sprang his feet'the moment she *an gone °and rushed into his room. He returned in. a few moorids eneeloped in lin ulster and a cravat. follow here he said, hurriedly; she Must be an. aeon:10110e, ane will teed me to him. Wait up for ane,". • The heti emir had hardly sithemed bo - our visitor before Irames had descended the • stair. Leeking•thrOugh 'the *haw.. r Could 'see her •walking ,feebe eleng•-• the other side, ,while her pursuer 'dogged her some; little die.. tenta,behind. : • • . " Bithor his whole . theory 10 incor- rect,"thought to •myself, ' or elite he wilt he led new to Om heart 'of; the Mestere." • .; • • .There voae no need for Attu to ask me to Wait up . for him, for I felt that sleep was impossible lentil I heard the 'result of his adventure. . ' If was close upon nine when he set out. I had no idea hew long he might be, but was stolidly puffing at my pipe- and skipping over the pages of Henri Murgetei " Vie de Boixemee• Ten o'clock passed' and I beard the toot - steps tif the maids as they pattered off to bed. Eleven, and the more state- ly tread of the landlady passed by my door,. bound for the same riestinatioe. It waa close upon twelve before I heard the there sound of his latch -key. The instant he entered e Ow by ;his face that he had not been .successful, Ain- • Useraent and chagrin •seemed to be struggling for the mastery, 'until the fornier suddenly denied the diy, and he burst- into a hearty laugh.- . ."r wouldn't have the Scotland Tud- ors know it for the world," he ctied, dropping into bus chair " I have •thaf- fed them so •inuch thee they would. never have let me hear the end of it, I tau afford to laugh, biseatme X know that r witf be even with them in the ong run."' • . • • " eYbat is le then f" I asked. '"Ohl 1 don't mind telling a...story against myself. That creature had gone a little way when she begin to imp and show every alga of being ocit-bore. Presently she came to a halt, and hailed a four -wheeler whit& was passing. 1 Managed to be close to her so res,, to hoer the addreas, but I need not havebeen so anxious, for she ung it out loud enough to be heard t the other side of.the street Trete o 18 DiMean Street, iloundsditche she ried. This begins to look genuine I hought, and having seen her safely in- ide I perched myself behind. That% an et which every detective should be an .expert at. Well, away We rattled, and ever drew relit mail we reached the Wet in question. hopped offobe- ote (AMC to the door, and strolled own the street Mean easy, lotinging d ay. I deer fir eab pull up. The s river jumped down and saw 'hint - a peg the door and amid expectantly. °thing came nut, though, When I wicked eint he was groping about -le rantioally in the empty nab, and give t fig vent •to the 'finest assorted cellec- ion of oaths that aver X listened to. 0 here was no agn or traded lits past. . are looking done, up. Take My edvioe en urn in. sio X obeyee his injenotion, I left X wae certainly feeling very' Weary, Hohnes Seated in trout of the aMelder- ing fire, and long 'tato elle watches of the :Algid X beard the love inelanotiole .:04rialtnyags. of his violin, and hem :that PrOhlent which • he lied' Bee himself .t9 was pondering :over 'the strange • MAKER e-VbeePOOrtri-next day.' were full 'of the "Itrieten: Mystery," as they term- ed it. Eaoh hett a long -account. of tho affair, - and some had leaders urEotz it in Theta WM 40140 le- fOrMatiOn in them Whiolt Was new to me. I. Still, retain in My -tierap-book numerous clippinga,and extracts. bear.. ina upon the •ease . Heroes .conclea. a flatten of WNW et them:- • e .1.14eeflattily-Telegraphe;e•-teoierltiti t that in the -history .artMe. -ther n had seldom been, a tragedy elicit Pre O oented, a:rapt:or feeteree...e The Ger Man name- of the viotitn,- the "absene BUTE ABIODIT131, twee NUMBER OF A,CRES UNDER TILL ARM LOT YEAR, 1414elefrik140 Itsar-,-A. MO Avenge Yield • sr *beet - leintleished 140Porta -Sere Than 94441004 or the laud Aree, le ar ttee oe Mal feted. Ite" 88b" TH)3• POETRY OP MOTION &Mutes tor lleY• the importation of the - foreign-marle artielee, mus.t dimly/late ati• it Is doing in the calm of those cow lag from the different °cunt:boa am tinento sumo. • HERE AND THERE. lees trermemeiti areas' limed. - hew Iretetersolio Wee^ "Will he roped The depe.ndence ot the Drittialt le- IOU Werth lesieding, Over Alm Persena annualy ettennlit ttedelde Buda. • . . . JriPnotisM10 eoientifloltily studied in lands on other countriea for. the hialr of their food eupply, involving, all it (1008. Othinten41100 of an enormous navy atkgreat eost, is giving rise to sense of tIke treenee medical 040900. ,inqUiry es • to whether all is bidng The windows of Parisian hoesee, as drawn Exam the home soil eule, are net visible from the otreet, lor-• the Maintanance- exit •—thn, - The largest- theatre in the world is great cost, la giving ries to inonirY the garlic, Operalleneci, -which covere an AO to whether all is being. drawn from area of three acres. - the botne soil for the maintenance of ;A. coinpahr in London insures um, the population thei might be. The brollies, If you can peeve that your total area .41 the 'United Eingdom is umbrella has been stolen thin comPanY' low� 78,729,491 aeres, diatril7ted 47:03.fol- PeIheeyefallreeehoilie two oweebt wiitoroties'ire.9t car lines -of OleVeland hes been reduced Exteland, 02,495,310 to four Cents. no ow:apply mills tees. *sWelglerAd, di :44 : • 194:072828,5,65973 en.mticL.hets for twenty -tee ceinto, a -elle(); espeeehee in japan, aits made 0 .Ireland, . e• . ; 20,827.947 before the meal, iestoad of after. If Of this acreage only 19,818,666 acres • this were the e;stom in this country Were, undir 'tillage in 1898, of which- there would he mens. belated geesta. cereals took up 8,816;70 acres. Of this •The ethePhorgh of Gernliot Vridiet area. but 2.108,479 aoree were planted the weather by observing the Woel on over twhheeta!fi al:9717 crThear reef t21w9e,5r2e3 given ieur);44Cmilrilnye fibuier•daweiantlilitier nwiorl.alL prevail up to. the produothen of barley, oats, • the backs of their sheep. • When it •is rYe. beans ?..nii•.pee.a. Green eropg: total lb° PillUPPinfoi•,' are 'Orr Pegnacienaoi•. ao.turnipie niangela, ereteltea and rape, Thindredant them simultaucteesly. at.,. • tack e huntsman 'and seriously injure Shoiderons remarks dcmclOrning aeady inloaslese laccitiend, °meted the effete:1- • ed;"Ratty to .avenge herself by .laale. • ing her traduces-. The whip lash struck him hi. the eye., and cleateoyet1 its sight.• Church 'attendance in England, early tbe. seventeenth • century, was en- forced by' la,wo An 'act of Parliament imPesed a fine. of one ehilling upon ev- oenrysaudnudlatzevho tamed church service •A: B4b1e which had once been tha property of Cardinal Mazarin, was re- cently sold at auction in London. for £2,959. Thfeeterateheek hedePreeeellelY. Teen' Wad' 43,900.• Some slight d.e- fects had derkeeiated its value, of all other. motive, and the sinister inseriptitin on the lira% all pointed to its• perpetration by political refugees • and revolueionists. The 'Socialists bad mime branches America, and the do- lma/Ad bad, no •doubt, infrieged their unteritten laws and been 00°104 down by them. After alluding airily to the. :Vehmeerioht; aqua tofana, Carbonitri, 'the -Marchioness de , Brinvilliem, the Darwinian theorip .the• principles of •Malthne, ' Lula the • etatoliff • HiritleivilY :murdexs, the arttole coneluded by ad, • oeoupied 4,281,482 acres, while clover ,raonishing tee gOvernment' and advo.' eating a oloser watch oyer foreigners in England.• • •The "Standard" commented upon the feet that lawlese eutta,gee ofethe sort usually wieurred under a Liberal 'ad- ministration. They arose from the un- settling • of the mines of •the. masses, and the consequent weakening tif alL authority. The deceased was an Am- erican gentlerame who bad been re- siding for some weeks in the metro - pais. He had stayed at the boarding- house of Matte. Charpentier, in Torquay Terrace, Camberwell. He was accom- papieci in his travels by his private isecretaiy; Mr. Joseph Stangerson, The two !bid adieu to their landlady upon "bist;,-and departed to the :Euston Station with the avow- - ed intention of catehitig the Liverpool express. They were afterward seen together on •the platform. Nothin more. is Unman a them until • Mr. Drebbot's body; was, as recorded,. dis- covetee en empty house. in the Brix- ton Road, • many miles from, 'Euston. . How he came there, or, how. he met. • his fate, are questions which are still involved iiir• Mystery. .Nothing •ts known of the whereabouts df..Sten- gerson We ,are glad to learn • that. •Attr. Lestrade and. Mr. • Gregson, , of .8cotland, Yard, are both engaged upon .the case and. it 18 confidently antiot- peted •that ,these- well •kriown.,officerti will speedily , throw light upon , the Matter,• ' . The "Danes observed that there was. n� "don.bt;,•as to the crime •being a 'political ,one. The despotism and Libereliem which animated the •Continental governments had had the 'effect of driving to our shores a num- ber of men wile might have Made ex- c5IIent citizens were they. not soured •by the recollection of all that they. had' undergone. •Among these xuen ,there was a stringent code of honor,. any in- fringement of which wan:punished by • detith„. Every effort -should be ;ileac to • find the seoretary,Staegersori, and to ascertain some partidulars a the hab- its of • the dectithed., ,As great step had been 'gained by ther discovery oil • the address of the house at which he had boardede-a result which was entirely due to the Acuteness and •energy of Oregsori, of Sweetie Yard. • • ' Sherlock Holaies and. I - read these notices over together at:.breakfast,, ancl they appeared to afford him eonsieer- able amusement. -, • • "I told you that, vvhateyer happen, Ala; Lestredi and Gregoon would be sure to'score.' • • "That depends On liowc. it turns out." • "013; blesa -Ynit,_in • doesn't nutter in •the let*, die man is eaught, jt will lieon ceseeemt of ,their eiertions; if he esoaposeit will he in spite of their bzertione. It's heads I win and tails you ose. Whatever they' : do, they • will have fallinvers. 'Un , sot trouve toujours tin plus sat qui radmiree ; , "What on earth is this?" I.orked„ foit at this moment there, came the petter- ing of mealy , kept( in the hall tine on the stale% „accompanied by audible ex,. pressions of diegust upon the part,of our landlady'. • • "It's the Baker Street division of the •'detective police force," said my com- et:mien, gravely; and, an .he spoke there rushed into •the rooml half a dozen. of the dirtied Mid mot. ragged street artiesethet ever„..I °lappet -it eyes on.. "Ventionl" erred goiraes., In a sharp totte,.and 4he six dirty little scoun- deals 'stood in a iineti like so many-dis, reputable statuettea: "In • future you .shall send, up Wiggles, alone to report, and tier rest of you ramie wait in the street. Hove .you fouud it, Wtgginsf" "No, We haintt," said one of the youths. ' , • . • •'"I hardly expected you would. You must keep on until you do. Here are your wages:" •ete handed eaoh. of them a shilling. "NOW, off you go, and c back with a better report next tim ele waved, his hand, and they sea pored away downstairs • like so many rats, and we hear& their shrill voices iteat moment in the street.: . "There's more work to be got Out of one of thes•e little beggato than out a a do on of the fot ce," Hohnea remarked. "Jim -mere eight of an official -looking person soale mens These young- sters, however, go everywhere and hear everything. •They are as sharpaa needles, too; all they( Want is organi- sation." • "It is on thig Brixton Cate that you are employing ihemeel asked.• "Yes; there is a point which Wish° to ascertain, It et merely a matter of time, tHallool we Are goblet to hear some news- now With a vengeance! Here la Greven coming down the road with beatitude written upon every feature f his face. Round for ua, I know. Yes, he is stopping. There he isl" •• There was violent peal at the belt, anal. in a few ,seconde the rair-haired eteative caine up the stairs, three teps at a time, and buret into our ittitigrooloz. 7 "My dear fellow;" he cried, Wring - at' Hohniesei untespoxisive handa•eison. ratulete mei X have made the whole hing dear day." 4- shade of anxiety. Maned to me to rote my companion'e expressive face, 1 T* be Continued. And then ?" I asked. a ° "Oh, eott ean leave me. to deal' with t hint' then. Have you any arms 1" 0 "t have my old service revolver and t it few cartridget." • 8 • "You had 'bear °lean. it and Mad a • it Re will he - pe n, though shall Mice him unawares, it n is .as Well to be ready for anything." e f Went to my tedrooM and followed hitt advice. When I returned with the d meta the table had been °leered, and w Rotated was engaged in his favorite ci • occupation of acrapiug upon hie violin, 0 "The plot thickens," lie said, as 1 N entered. "X have jest had an gnawer r to my Ametleatt telegraule MY VIM f of the Cate ig the correct one." "And that hit" I milted, eagerly, t "My ridge 'Weald he the betterefot T •• ?Mew strings," he remarked. "Put your NI istoI In patir pocket. When the fel- _ tre low oenies, epeak to hint in an ordin- a ery y, save the rest to me. Don't I frightprt him by, looking at him too n hard.' ..,,„, "tt eigifir Ilefeeirirti;;;; 1 said, e glanoing it my watch. "Yes. Ile at probably be here in a 4 fete minutes, Open the door slight- 0 ly. That will do. Now put the key o on the inside. Thank you! This is a el stteer Old book X 046d up at a dell yeeterday-Try Jere inter Genteer- I • published in Latin et Vega In the Lew- w lands, In 1642. Charles' head wn itill firm on hi* sitrsaidere who this t ger, and fear it will be sometime fore he gide his fare. ,De inquiring t No. 18 I found that the homes - onged to a orespearthie papex4tanger, awed Enawick, and that no one of the name either of Sawyer or Dennis had I Vet been heard of there," trt "Vott don't mean to say." X cried, . Mamma, "that that tottering, feeble Id woman was able to gef out of the a air while it was in motion, without i the you or tke‘ driver seeing.gaerr a "Old woman be d ---qt I" said Sher- g • rind 'rotation. gramme 4:levered the con- siderable ;tires, of 8,210,851 remaining 524.566 'acres were divided bite 155,064 etetee flior, . hope and sinall fruit and 350,e02 vexes bare fel- low. • Permanent grass lands covered 27,978,809; acres, more than one-third of thettotal area of the islands. • On comparison with 1897 there was arle- ereaae in the tilled land of 180,178 acres and an increase „of the area. un - dor grate of .04.099 penes. One remark-, able fact Web° steadily decreasing area, of potato cultivation in Ireland: It was egablet-,-88e.e. .508 abies in 1.888 and twee 1.000,000 in 187L l'.131E AREA ENDER 'qua.. • in Ireland Was ••also ionSiderabli duped. The tioreage of bops, was less than thee. at any time during fterty Years past, and the yield the. rowest, witli the exceptioxi.of two iteasone• dur- ing tha.:laet: .fourteen Years. • The .greater part Of the British importe of hops vonte front Gerroany, principally Bavaria. The ' orcha,rd area: is placed At 226.059 acres, an increase 0a. .1,943 over 1897 and, of about 12.060 acres oVer 1894; but 'the yield Was. disappointing, chiefly owing to the ravages of. hastiots.. • For oue thine tne i'ear 1898 w.1.11 be noted in the annals of Britiall ing that is, .'tlest high average prodtio- Ition of . wheat per acre. the highest fence 1884. It was 84,74 bushels per. acre, ageinst an average of ,29.16 dur- ing the Previous ten yeara, in which. the highest Yield wan 33. bushels, and the lowest '26,95.. The yield a barley was:also the highest Per acre xeeord- ed eines 1884, having been 36.75' bush- els per acre; anci oats, which. gave 40,76 buShehte per acre, oply -once exceeded the yield whielt was in 1894, when it .rase to :41;64 bushebt, • The official return of the total prod -elation of these several cereaks was; Of vtheitt, 78,0,28,- 856 bushels; barley. 68,051;918 bush-, elle and of *oats; 118,920;017 „bushels. . Theligh yield of wheat was not, how-. ever, the. -only gratifytng teathre the year • to ,the Britiett, farmer. The average price of wheat was the highest, with the exception 'of ,1891,, when it rooe to $1.11 per bushel, ben- t*" eon: $1.02. •There was a great. gap. Still between that price and the mon, ey paid for -a bushel of wheat in 1868. When it fetched L91 per blithe!. But the most remerktille thing eteriat the home• wheat market during ,the year 189$ was " the 'wide fluctuation in the weekly average prices; Which amount- ed. tO•no legs then '68 'cents Per bliehet: els wao to be expected recite the in - created area. of lenclegiven ever to grasses. and pasture, there was aeon- siderable ..inetease in the number of cattle; sheep and pigs in the ernited Xingdom in 1898 as ocatpared with 1897. The totals givien in the official returns are: 'Cattle, 11,149,212; slieeP, 81.10,859. and ,eigs,' 6,719;819; being in- creases of 146,178 cattle, 535,298, sheep and 86,400 Pigs. over the ntimbers in 1897. There was; hew•ever, a d'eoreese • AORTOULTUItAL HORSES ' to the number Of .29,52e es compared with 1897, when the returns showed 2,069,852 head. That figure, again was deerease by 46,296 oempared witit'1896. The diminishing number of horses em- ployed in agriculture attributed to increasing application of machinery ane steam power, in the multifarious oper- ations cooneoted with the cultivation of the land: The average' price of • barley 1898 was, the beat during, the lest seven years, but a long way under the aver- age o? the price during the thirteen years previous to ism In 1898 it Was 81 cents per babel; in 1870 it; wtto $1.02. Oats sold higher than in the Previoue tour years, but under the average of the fifteen years previous to 1894. In 1898 they sold et 55 cents per bushel, while in 1880 the eeercige wit% WAS 69 cents. On the whole and compared with more recent years, that which has. just Passed was not a badi one for the Bri- tish farmer, but he has a great deal • to do before anything like the coin- Ailiong its members are tilled land- Parative prosperity of twenty years holders, niiiiionaireS And batkera, met - back can be hoped for. A good deal chants and matiufactures„ inip-hip of attention is being given to the ,et- and ship -owners, mirie-owners and eetiments that have been carried on miners, retired, officers a the military by two L'eglieh farmers during the and naval services, lawyers and men of lam few years for the improvement of letters, workingmen and land agita- the yield of grain by cross-fertilization. tore. I represent the varied: interests The results already' achieved are re- of the United eet markable. Varieties of wheat have been Ili the ifrench Chamber, of .Doputtes produced which give gxain on an aver- there are .fSW nianufactuters, mer - age 50 per cent, heavler than that or oharitee bankers, large landholders the °raillery .wheat ; and it in hence- and highly edit° dee rnen, The Major. tee that the new varieties of wheat and ity of the members are journalists, ad - oats tan be Maio to yield 81) or 40 votietee and minor politicians; noel per cent More than the existing Vatic- and excited Lahore' who possess neith- tiese Extraordinary results also er the mental qtutlittee essential 111 been attained by greater intensity of atatettnianship, nor an edeziatof know. e ultivation on Mall allotments. in- ledge of publie affairs, Mentes have Occurred Where the yield gerein lies an explanation of the of wheat has been at the rate of over comparative tedifterenee with which seventy bealiele per acre, bet double the struggle between Lail and military the average In the United Kingdom in governments in the reyftis 040e has 1898. From these &ate it is apparent that a good deal eanwyet be done to .•ofttnalathe boo, r"„tdiflotetectpPingto Wtuolth moatnotiourOMI0 „ Of WAN" ae a diotiteile*- donne/44h he wittAT owl ON IN 'as Old 40 Man himself, and formed a by CORNEJO OP IWO •no Meana pert in the practise* of hte religion. A.111 the arts:soetry, musie, soulpture, and paintine were devoted to the worehipef the gods, • and, indeed, arose aimeltaneousip with ethen°timencle"tUYPIne, eEnof appe" ;fa thietil'igicttlillt :artlaeitilawtherP00!rutrilyg,, and as the Winne of volueterity areoMpenthehel"trile8hirPhP;trh301111;:. soitedis with corresponding motions of the body, Even to-day,r, people unterily` step in time with the tune a bend xda*s, quhexening and Blacking . their petioe aceording to the neusio. %Tactually the sounds and gestures, Ot eilineval worship fell riaterelly into meatiured cadences; acing •L 0. peetry .-and danoing were coeval; dancing le merely• the. phyaloal expression; of pee - try as words are it o mental enuatiia- time lime°, dancing isliterally the poetry of nmtiOn. ' We have Aristotle's authority.• for 0.48414 dancing •and peetry to,p er. phic.lar styles Apollo' "a dancer," and Luoproves that dehoing is superior to tragedy. The Spartans ieoluded, .dancitig .14 ,.their •educational °orrice - lens for all 'children ever, 0 Yearan.e hated.: c1°Silneinhg,e.a6tdbieurigr4aacendt4.O. tail:16;14:4: • ,lioepi: religious Oerettlimiea. : They ,larderred to.'_see inhere .danoe; and for ties purpose kept 'slava girls to. dance :for their. delectation, like the Nautch sixes of India, and • the dancers of the Modern. music hall. As Dr. Jenson • pointed Ou4, On. asked whether, it was true that. he was taking lessone in dancing. Socrates learned tot dange at an advanced age.. Eparainoildas did not think it beneath his dignity es a great General to danoe. Among the early Christiane; as in • ether religions, (espial dances formed. part of worship.. But.' edancing ese000- fell into . that disapprobation• • with wheel it ° has always: beea regarded by seMe seas of Christians. . Augustine mildly declarect " that . "it is 'better ,to dig . than to dance." but Chrysostom preached-. thet, edam:sing.. Come efrom the . clevil:";' Later, the Puritans were Of Ete similar opinion, and regarded Was "a deadly sin" On one • occasion 1115 Pope prohibited the: fandango, e patinael dance of Spain, liat.703,itbeing rierforixied before the Sacred ,College It -mnited. so much :ticrniiratien "'that • the prohibition. WAS 1:•emovii'd; • • • In • the Middle Aged dancing:einem'. ly. was everfoimee to psalm tuned, and the inerabers tee. Council of Trent, 1602, actually.: tripped the: light fan, honor btereptlioe nia;alott-trsoivaeinn.tri their Exance its honie.of the Modern art of dancing. Catherine .de Medici ie. trodueed .: the lively: gatilarde and vette from Italy," and Under the patronage of Louis eCiVe dancing. flourished ex- ceedingly. A, Royal Academy oeDance was faunded hi 1622, and L'cittis mfo9r•dotrWne. udtya .nyciseeir,sintoos7.0-ra '1*eshsol.ont:.in.40twhe,. ert .every. day, Frome'leis • date all ever, orginated in.Gertnany. • .Th e• homely jig,- howevereia. of quite respectable •antiquity..' In 'the four- teenth and: . fifteeeth ''oenturiee • the narne•was: variously written, gigue, raga' and geig„ and signified amply "the. into' dle-danoe," from the' Germent • "geige," jl vihlin, These 'gigues,. or : danOes; date: back to ..the time 'of,- the wendeting, minstrelethe Peculiarity be them 'bell* ti• parted hoses° r:of stepe so that the most Untrained performer °Mile Jan' in. They became laohiore able, Ambler • the upper elapses io, the time of Louie XV., but were danced with:considerable more elegance ,than In their' primitive form. .11-0,-,Ecossaisae•Was..,,also • iotredueed front Germany; about 17641, 'but •" all other modern' dangeo,•ig w;s. eX6ept'..the stately Minuet,' arienf this century'e. invention -The tined:cilia is. rErench dance; introduced ieto England in•1808; and theeeterinan walte came' about• &eerier* befeteleaterleo,'M. Laborde invented the lancers' 1836, and the, sohotische cane from Bohemia; via. Paris, in 1844. • , . • The story tie the popular: polka. is -a e curious • one. . About. 1830 Ilaniczka. Szlezek. an Alistrian ettok, found tinie pass, ore' slowly in the kitchen, so', sane and danced there for her own anumement. Her znistress having sur- prised her during the impromptu per; foentanee, was greatiy stritek-by it, and requested the cook' to dance and sing in tho presence of • the consposer, joseph Ner•ude, who wrote •musie •for. this dance; vvhieh was chrietened • the.poilta. It ,soop pegged te Prague, a.nd us 1840 to Paris. • • • •• : • • • Four years 'Wet' .Paris was seized. with a polka mania; so popular did it become that danang masters h'ad as pupils, ladies and gentlemeit of all classed; lawyers, doctors, (seen .eudges did not disdain to take lessons in this dance, whieh was then considered the (greatest aequirement for the ball room, Crowda. used to assembled in tio the Salle Valentino to watch and • ti mire the pretty° figures ee. the true da polka, which was Then learned with dif- et ficultye and was not the tenni% rush:" 'We ing dance of the present dey. th Dancing; indeed, of thn. px•esent doe, can not. clam .to be "the poetry ot • otiose • it has degenerated 'into a 1.T mere romp, whereas the graceful bear- in WI Of our .grandinOthers and 'grand- to atelletrlinwerea°seYrtatnindifeMleantrwl.lidi:he• all 16 the old-fashioned dances reqUire& Tito hi gavotte and stately niinuet are never ee danced 'ziowadays, • The,: Princess of WAIN/ is a beautiful waltzer, but even 00 she ten not equal the Queen in - of manner, despite her age' A.s. tate: as tesynly years ago her Majesty would frequently .tread a measure at the ten- ants' and servants' bells, which she gives every year at Palmate] during her andual stay in the Highlands, blew people have any idea of 'the dis- tattoo they °Deer. when dattoieg. When. laking part le a square dance the' eeer • , former travels half 4 mile, and a Waltz I° repiesenteet journey of three-guartarra fro -cal Tbust a girl who 'dances four lee, square dances and eight waltzes trav- els eight ,miliet. "Sir Roger de Cover:- itty", and other .dances will represent "*". an additional two natio, so that the • girl bag aotually covered. ten miles in the course of a :angle °vetting, And When Bohemian • geese are to trey - el long. distances to market, they are, Ineteverceteelled to • repeatedly walk oeer, patches of tar mixed With send, This combinatton forms 0. thick. crust on their feet, ane serves to PrOteot Alm Knight. a negro, of Gliaterciela, City, Guatemala, weo mug born a eleve in 1844, in Talapoosa County, Ala., is one. of, the weelthiest. citizens a the country -of his adoption; His wealth is estimated at (hese' $4,e00,000; . and moat of it .vea.s made in the. Culture and sale 'of fruit and coffee. • .•' • . . • Whext, a maid •of eioneur to Queen Victoria, hes- survived her youthful • chartai, and at Daiddle.sEe ettirdre merited, she 'is relieved Of duty, 'an4. him ea eatery inereased from .Z400 a year to 4000. At the marriage of • a mid of honour, if the Queen_consente• she receives .Z,i,000 as a bridal gift. • Forsixteen piers • before. his death. Edward Bain, a millimaire of Kenosha, Wise never slept in- his bed.: Close et.: tantiOu to beeinessliad ctrused 'insom- nia,: and the only places where he collie wee aumbex • were theatres and bil- liard hells, where the •musia and the. ,,ehoking, of the balls had a :soporific influence :upon hint. A curious, freak of the wind was veit- • named in New RartfOrd, Oneida Q0liti- • ty, Nee: •Ite blew the steeple of the • Preaseterien Churoh twenty-five de- , Agrees, out of plume, until it poieted. ' • • .notthweat. While workme• n' wexeeen- deivoting to steeighten the steeple the wind agate took a hand at it,. and laleve back to ;its' istrielnel •posittoe,-. , A laundresa, „Pule bee her. hatr caught in' ratiohinery belting, „end- her entire •scalp, from the nape of her neck Mier eyebrows:Was torn oft. ,q4e. was oortveyed. to the Broussais a'nti after Some boars' delay, Dr, Meliterbe sent for...the Beall). When the hair had been shaved from; lei. the' phYsidait ad- justed the scalp upon the , women's • head, to; which it heti sinee naturally' attathed itself. • ' , A. MORAL PROT PRANCE. contrast notweett the' Matte-tp or the • Preach Chamber Or neennes lista the .• Or 1141/ House er, Conon Us. The "Erineh Parliament not what' it was 'during theofirst decade of the third republic. There has been hi its meMbers a decline inpolitical capacity, debating -• power and , representative ,oharacter. When a general election • ptacia, there is intense interest • in public affairs, butestnall politioians force• their way into , prominence as caedidates, and are chosen by univer,, sal auffrage, The Chamber 'or'. De,. puttee does not, therefore, adequately represent' the 0611.0try; and conse- Atiently dare not oremnandt its' teepee, . The British Homes of Comments is in touch -Wit,hee wide rang e ot public 'berets. There are now among (to' 'member/3 fewer orators .atut fluent de-, lettere than there were 'teo yeers ago, but the House has solemn had a higher •AV.:stage Of tharaeter und .ebility, ••• oxtail! Hoag. • ra A novel use for retrolown 'he on- ti ng kiadbede in eider to prevent . h of 04 and dust. Accident Ted to the --, do ISCOV'ell Mal piiktitietiM flowing oVe, 1)0 dirt road forms Waterprobt. Cover- Ma ng Mixt servet 'to keep the road smooth w lid hard. Experiments reoently made ch tre exotillent prentise thnt errantry tit Old and New World Ovelittee•i feled nrieflyeletereetleit 4 Retest Os* lot Edltied Moot German papers ate edtted by OWS.• • Etioyoleet are being used for glue:Loa the froetier between and Beigilim. • Spain has resolved to ;tea pe tar the Cultivation of' tobacco in , •Spanish. previncea. Paris gent £750,009 worth or England, laat year. The ,guaranteelnad for Glas tigtItirro twz ,2 . The largesk-wrought iron pellet? •le at Delhi, ta India, It is eiSrty feet bith and wembo 17 tens. Of about thirtY recognised (mating owns sooaat ilneastthe• twerievoeifio, "Great Britelte . • bevet•hundiaid Million peon. da of Brio; thin's natitinal debt ha o been rettd all d ring the petit 20 years. Wm. Beetlett hea, the reputation'. or rh§oirettntahepriiisroant.,per4agoinan' tdo. &PM • The 'father of lirelor Igariiliand le an old oarrieeter, etyl, hale :axle hearty, . dwelling at Thome*, in the' Mn. •• Tee 'annual tittle • et -the• 'Queen's Xstil stook, whith took tete* reeentlY at WInciscor: Ormit Park, realiged torer 43e, ,• Miss Wary; Geltalty, the English girj;.- r*Inh7dlarletecr7fedor from,Piper oont,..t. ha. married an English earpet weaver, The London ,poliee•heve made a ttik,. MAX 'XSOOVArY of jewellery' fres the • Duebeee. of Sunderland. Ter • fourths of the stela' jewels have now been recovered, •• . The Clyde shipbuilding.. trade eon.; tutees as brisk Geer. The contraots on harid represent an aggregate of 490e 00,.t90, ',.etehlheFea: Y.491 ilain•MeisatiM4IliarlyistIKenligtmleY, the daughter'. of Charles Kingsley, and the most famous ' modern woman 'explOrir, is . said to be oontem_platirig another, tripthreugh Ceixtral Afreaa. • • Tee imports of•Atistrelian wines into England for the eleven Enonteeeseein .16-feinber"40.th- were -031484 an increase on the eorreopondingpeeled .ef 1897 Of 38,401. gallonti.e. • BO Walter Besant, •who hes. just en- . nonneed, his intention .of aeopnapant-,j, mgSir Charles' Wareen ell an expedi- tion to theMolyLand, has always tair- en the deepest interest in all eneetione relating to that country.. - .41Le' "raiser rePort0 now that he was greatly .disappointed with Jerusalem, . which he 'found squalid and ; .• in 'feet dirty, notwithstanding all the • money Seciet .by . the Sultan •to . put things en propet ah The Memo of Etederabad ELM 'given . „ another pivot 'a the _active, interest he takes, in • inedieal Gore- ,‘ -e went' has sanctiOned the immediate , o Unction- •of a ooinplete and ..thor- oughly equipped Pasteur' Institute at hut capital. : „ . Severat military Good Templar lodges went into the . Soudan oampaign and on • the Monday following the catitute of Oradureein, a new lodge was instituetd . at Khartonni in the Royal Warwick:, •shire regiment, "Ile Pride Of '.:ehtne S°0,oundsaeniin7e11. infer/Anti-on: ng been received. from Boma that the,, rev° of lepreteinethe,,eueskiets of•that. it.e, mar destroyed:n order to eon- truct a now representatiotie are o :be taadist o the MUntoipar.atttherities _ cr eiesient any depeoration • ;, Lord: Alierdeen, hie. returned. toSoot- and to•find his mother, the 'Dowager Abereeee, • whom he'•left .fiee • ere ago; on the eerie of fourscore tee and „ wale Her ladyehip, during ord Aberdeen's 'atisence, has Hied oetly with Lord and LatlY. Of 4itrieigh. •• There were no prisoners to trY, at _nudes Police Court ,on a reeent date. Sneh event has °illy occurred thrice in the last e0 years. The pre -Stain magistrate,. the assesoor and other cottrt officials, along with_ the tepre- sentatives of the prose Were presented wieb. white gloves.' An elderly couple', who, have beeneie; niates of the Birminghain "Workhouse for s year, obtained two. days' leave of absence' anci vve'ke niairiede The bridegroom is sixty-eight years of age, and the bride, who had been previously Merried and is the neither of nineteea - ehildren, io . seventy-two. Thn vvore Sirdar, has been so equently• seen since tile exploits of rd .leitehener of •Ieliertount, is, ac- rding to the Paris Figaro, a contrac- • on of the Artitiio words "sayer ed Vet SaYer means inspector or watch- ;• dar inonna. Oahu% seer ea Oar; uld therefore moan "inspector of 6 palace." Capt. Weriby, a youog 'cavalry officer; cently spent a furlough Le trudg- g mites through Tibet, from Lob Pekin, Irer fourteen weeka he and a party did not meet a single human ing, tine rarely mw. nee' vegetation gher than wild ohion. They trees - one pati,s which: was 10,090 feet , ight, and tor a bong time their food noisted Only of yak fat., ft Lo Among the,qcieer things, left in Lea- g cabs and stages' the past year were artifitiat UN, wooden bed -et, birds en sages, ,dogs, a gas stove, a porteble street etirmonium and sew- ing machine. Of the three thoutiand odd purses left in vedieles and taken to New Scotland Yard, it is xeasonablit •suppose that the mitjority °seeped. an in :pockets ie the backs of ladies" woe. Between seventeen and, eighe • thousand umbrellas were left itt isr public carriages, and one hundred, d eighty-one .wittehea. rtnutOssma THE NUM. if o g t were eked tosvalir tett been regarded in France, • The army, 10 reoruited by genera rioneoription„ is. 1 lee the proeuotiort of food In the Dri- direete,t1 by parade -ground warriors sh relartdo to higher level than it and a eortupt -staff' of Intriguers. The AS yet rectehed. In the one article governiteut Of the. day be at the matey m theme something has already been of tonob of entallepolitieleue who do _ v no as a result of the adoption It it perease the ()maiden:0e of tile eerie. w tter Methods eria, More economical I try. If the general average °hitt. ?V nageutent, The firm:initiate effect ,aoter and ability of the Detinties Were as aeen ha the falling off of the pnr-.. higher than it le, the struggle' bta- este of Cattadittp eileeee last year to tween pOwers In the Mate would: - sti e extent of about $4,000,000; and be *bort and deohsive. Rural Pow 40 here is little doubt that with the now etas little whether the wire)* * xtenolon of the Inc tory ayetete now pullet's in the army or the wittepuilere ds eirtg adopted in England for the mak. In parliament strottre attwonixttey in the 11 get hatter 04:1-dattees• and the greet- netball tritite0Urei 4 • tit • ilea, oho would delete her physical nabillty to perform the task. In Italy Under 'Papal rule there was ' kw forbidding elle demo being cow- .of ericed atter tnidrught., Taking' ad- stit antage et the wording of thia law it o,„ art the custom just befoee midnight divide, the • thectia and fotin it Vet eer alitehe e Of the erehestra tided Walt the others hewn. fetige...1t8 , When they tellettee tri. Ralf the flag Mperty oiralarly reat whtle the ta thus domed, and as tt was the gone elee, net that was begun before midnighi, aye it Matruh 4. was Cheated ant of wa the erry Wynn, • mo he Vnglieh entittbere whohal% beee work 00 the preblete of transniib, g electrio power from the Cataraets the Nile, oontinite to picture the to - 1* obtainable in gloWing color. of. George Forbes 'stye the City Of 1,1031 he lighted elletiier lorated tEe First cetaract, ever ?taloa away, than, by 'means of steam-. itt05 Twitted in the fifty Ily ystom of irrign don, emobined with - trio petrol from -the tottaraeta, h* ix tbe liongola, provitiose g POetth C'etamet, tarty 1» tertite t et fertile cinuttry 10 tho woietri‘ 1 oak Rolm*, sharply "1/f6 Were the old r omen to 130 50 tikell in. It mut have been a young man, end nnaotive one, t oo, beside* beteg as incomparable t aids mut bat greatly improved hr the- t use of oil.• Many railroads ao now e horoughIT • wrinkled with on over h heir who 6 'length. in ••••• ;"