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Coelkinni
Stery.
stant he bad doubled bis arms across
his face and dashed through glean and
oars.
A minute afterwards the room was
full of rain and women, and Jason wag
CHAPTER VII.. (Continued.)
What happened thereafter lie never
rightly knew, only that la a dia
pered dream he was Handing with oth
ers outride the rail about Qovern
meat Houae while the- snow began to
tall through the darkness, that he saw
the dancers circling across the lighted
windows and beard the music of the
flutes and violins above the steady
htm nf tha ms. that he knew this
brought back Into It pale, sprinkled
with snow and blood-stained.
"I charge that maa with threatening
the life of my husband." Greeba cried.
Then It seemed as If twenty strong
hands laid hold of Jason at once. But
no force was needed, for be stood quiet
merry-making to be a festival of her . d gllent ana looked like a man who
had walked in bis sleep, and been sud
denly awakened by the sound of Gree
ba's voice. One g;ance he gave her of
great suffering and proud defiance, and
then, guarded on either hand, passed
out of the place like a captured Hon.
marriage whom he loved with a love
beyond that of bis immortal soul, that
the shame of his condition pain i
and the pain of It maddened him, the
madness of it swept away his con
sciousness, and that when he came to
himself he had forced his way Into the
house, thinking to meet bis enemy face
in fan and was in a room alone with
Oreeha, who was cowering before him
with a white face of dismay. 1
"Jason," she was taylng, "why are
you here?" , M
"Why are you here?" he asked.
"Why have you followed me?" she
cried. .
"Why have you followed him?"
"What have you come for?"
"la this what you have come for?"
"Jason," she cried again, "1 wronged
you( that Is true, but yon forgave me.
I asked you to choose for me, and if
you had said 'stay.' I should have
stayed. But you released me, you
know you did. You gave me up to
him, and now he is my husband.",
"But this tuaui ! Michael Sunlocks,'
said Jason.
"Didn't you know that before?" said
Greeba. Ah. then, I know what you
hare come for. You have recalled
your forgiveness, and have come to
minuti nt for descrtlna you. But
spare me! Oh, spare me! Not for my
own sake, but his; for I am his wife
now and he loves me very dearly. No,
no, not that, but only spare me, Ja
son," she cried, and crouched at his
feet.
I would not harm a hair of your
bead, Greeba," he said. f
"Then what have you come for?
she said.
"This man la a son of Stephen Or
ry." he said.
"Then it i for him," she cried, and
ImiuH tn her feet. '
"Ah. now I understand. I have not
forgotten the night In Poit-y-Vullln."
"Does be know of that?" said Jason.
. "No." ...
"Does he know I am here?'
"No."
- "Does he know we have met?"
"No."
"Let me see him!"
"But why?" she stammered. "Why
see him? It Is I who have wronged
yon.
"That's why I want to see him,
Jason. .
She uttered a cry of terror and stag
gered back. There was an ominous sl
. lenre.- tn which it passed through
Greebe's mind that all that was hap-mminc-
then had happened before. She
could bear Jason's labored breathing
and the dull thud of the music through
the walls.
"Jason." ahe cried, "What harm has
he ever done you? 1 alone urn guilty
before you. If your vengeance must
fall on anyone let it fittl on me."
"Where Is he?' iatd Jason.
"He Is gone," said Greeba.
"Gone?"
"Yes, to And my poor father. The
dear old man was wrecked In coming
here, and my husband sent men to
And him, but they blundered and came
back empty-handed, and not a half an
hour ago he went off himself."
w h rldlns?" said Jason; but
.uhn.it waitiriv for an answer he
mAn tMMrrfi thn rinor.
"Walt! Where are you going?"
aui llEhtnlna- the thought had
fluahMi tbxouEh her mind, "What If he
uhould follow him!"
Now the door to the room was a
heavy, double-hung door of antique
i,..im aiM at the next. Instant she had
leaped to It and shot the bcavy wooden
barr that bolted It.
At that he laid ono powerful hand
on the bar Itself, and wrenched It out
ward acre the leverage of Its Iron
mi it crsrked and broke, and
fell to the ground In splinters .
Then the strong excitement lent the
brave girl strength and her fear for
' her husband gave her courage, and
crying, "Stop, for heaven's ike stop,
she put her back to the door, tore up
the aleeve of her dress, and thrust her
bare right arm through the loops
where the bar had been. . , .
"Now," she1 cried, "you must break
my arm after It"
God forbid," said Jasoa. and he fell
back for a momeat at that sight. But,
recovering hlmeelf. he said, "Greeba,
I would not touch your beautiful arm
hurt i; no. not for all tne wealth
,.f tha world But 1 must go, so let
said
me pass. '
Still her terror was .centered on tne
thought of Jason's vengeance.
"Jason," she cried, "he Is my hus
band. Only think my husbaad. '
"Let me pass," said Jason.
"Jason," she cried again, my hus
band Is everything to me, and I am all
IB all to hisv"
"Let me pass." said Jason.
"Tow Inteud to follow h!m. You are
seeking Mm to kill him."
"Let me pass."
, "Dray It"
"I-a ma naaa."
"Never," ahe cried. "Kill me If you
will, but until you have done so you
.k.iV4 Mai tela door. Kill UWt
"Mot for nv soul's salvation!" said
' Jeaoa.
"Then give up your wicked purpose
ni It un atva It UD."
Only when ho shall have given up
hi. Htm- . '
rhan I warn you. I will show you
uo rttr (or you have shown none to
At that she stiismsrt for help, and
' siamtlr the falat music ceased, and
" Y . Tca fMft, All 14
CHAPTER IX.
THE PEACE OATH.
There was short shrift for Red Ja
son He was tried, by the court near
est the spot, and that was the criminal
court over which the Bishop la his
civil capacity presided, with nine of
his neighbors on the bench beside him.
From this court an appeal was pos
sible to the Court of the Quarter, and
again from the Quarter Court to the
High Court of Althing; but appeal In
this case there was none, for there was
no denfence. And because Icelandic
law did not allow of the imprisonment
of a criminal until after he had been
sentenced, an Inquest was called forth
with w. Jaaon should escape or coro-
i naaa the crime he had attempted. 80
iha Pnuri nf Inauirv sat the same
night in the wooden shed that served
both for 8euate and House 01 jubucb.
The snow was now falling neavuy
unH th hoiir was late, but the court'
hniiMt was thronged. It was a little
niPA n nlaln box. bare, featureless.
and chill, with wans, root ana nem i
wnnrt and floor ot hard eartn. rour
short benches were raised, step above
step, against the farthest side, and
thn hiahoat of thpun the Bishop sat,
with three of his colleagues on eco
of the three rows beneath him. The
prisoner stood on a broad stool to tne
right, and the witnesses on a like
afoot tn the left. A wooden bar crossed
the room about midway, and In the
nnen anace between that and the door
the spectators were crowded together.
Th nlace was lighted by candles, and
some were fixed to the" walls, othefs
were held by ushers on the end of long
sticks, and a few were hung to the
roof rafters by hemp ropes tieo aooui
their middle. The floor ran like a
stream, and the atmosphere was full
of the vapor of the snow tnax wa
melting on the people's clothes. Noth
ing could be ruder than the court
house, but the Court that sat there ob
served a rule of procedure that was al
most an idolatry of formv '
The prisoner was called by the name
of Jason, son of Stephen Orry, and
hovl ,w ananered In a voice 80 hollow
that It eaemed to come out of the
prth beneath him. he rose to his place
His attitude was du:i and Impassive,
and he seemed hardly to see the rest
less crowd that murmured at signt or
him. His tall flgure stooped, there wai
a cloud on his strong brow, and a slow
nre in his bloodshot eyes, and his rca
hair, long as a woman's, hung in dis
ordered masses down his worn checks
to his shoulders. The Bishop, a vener
able prelate of great age, looked at
him and thought. "That man s heart
Is dead within him."
The spokesman or the court wa3 a
miniHe-aied man. who was short, naa
llttlo piercing eyes, a square nrusn 01
iron-gray half, that stood erect across
the top of his corded forehead, and a
crlsn. clear utterance, like the crackle
of a horse's hoofs on the frost,
Jasoa was charged wUh n attempt
to take the life of Michael Sunlocks,
nr President of the second Republic.
h dirt not nlead and bad no defence,
and the witnesses against him spoke
only in -awwei to the leading ques-
tinnn nf thn ludceS.
The ilrst of the witnesses was Greeba
w.plf and her evidence, given in
Knrllah. waa required to be Inter
nratnd. All her brave strength was
now aonn. She trembled visibly. Her
eyes were down, her head was, bent,
her face was half-hidden by the hood
of a cloak ihe wore, ana ner tones
were merely audible. She bad little to
say. The prisoner naa iorcea ni way
Into Government House, and there, to
her own face, had threatened to taae
the life of her husband. In plain
words ho had done so, and then made
show of going In pursuit of her hus
band that he might carry out his de-
1n- . .. w ' '
"Wait," said the -Bishop, your bus
band was not preseat?",
"No," said Greeba.
"There was, therefore, no direct vio
lence?" K
"None."
"And the whole sum of the prison
r'a nttanae. so far as you know of
It. lies In the use or tne woras mat
you have repeated?
Ya"
Then, turning to the spokesman of
the Court, the old Bishop eald
"There has been no oven act. i nis
l not an attempt, but a threat to take
life. And this is not a crime oy me
law of this, or any other Christian
rotintrv.
.
"Your pardon, my iora, saw me
littt. man. In his crisp tones. "I will
show that the prisoner la guilty of the
essential part of muraer itseir. Mur
der, my lord," he added, "la not merely
the destruction of a life,
for there Is homicide, by misadven
ture, there Is Jus.lnsbhs homicide, and
th.ra are the rlKnls, long recogniseu
by Icelandic " 01 ln" avengers 01
blood. Murder Is ti kill in secrecy
and aftar loas-hsrbored malice, and
acw nr lord. I snail ibow mat ine
prisoner has lata tn wait to slay the
president of the Republic"
At that Orteba stood down, and
hmhm followed her. Nearly
evsryoae had been sosanoaed with
hAsa Jaaon had exehaaged words
eigat. oara- noior.
tering doorkeeper at the aenate-hoaaf,
and one of the masons at the fort.
Much waa made of the fainting ln the
Cathedral yard, on the Sunday morn
ing, an4 out of the deaf landlady, the
Cathedral caretaker, some startling
disclosures seemed to be drawn.
"StHl," said the old Bishop, "I see
no overt act."
"Good gracious, my lord," said the
little spokesman, "are we to wait un
til the knife haH been reddened?"
, "God forbid!" said the old Bishop,
Then came two witnesses to prove
motive. The llrst of them was the
tipfy comrade of former days, who
had drawn Jshou into the drinking
shop. He could say of his own knowl
tx that Jaon was iealous of the new
Governor. The two were brothers In
a sort of way. So people said, and so
Jason had told him. They aad the
same father, but different mothers. Ja
son's mother had been the daughter of
the old Governor, who turned his back
on her at her marriage. At her death
he relented, and tried to find Jaaon,
hut iuld not. and then took up With
Michael. Sunlocks. People said thai
was the beginning of the new Presi
dent's fortuae. At all events Jason
thought he had bsen uupplanted, was
very wroth, and swore he would ue revenged.
The second c,t the two witnesses
pointed to a very different motive. He
waa one of the three Danes who had
twice spoken to Jasoa the elderly
man with the meek and quiet manner.
Thnueh himself loyal to the Icelandic
Republic he had ben mncn mrown
among lt enemies. Jason was one of
them; he came here as a spy direct
fmm ConenhaKen. and his constant
..n,.ataa ware ThorJlKpn. an Old.
whitn-honlpfl man living tn toe Hign
Btropt. anil Polvesen. a young and sal
low man, who kept one of the stores
farina, tha With theHC tWO JBSOD
had been heard by him to plan the
assassination of the Prca'dcnt.
(To bo Continued.)
Tie United Skuas Department of
Agrteultare bar undertakes a good
work la the secuong for experimental
earposes the grasses that grow wild ln
thla country. F. Lamson-Scribner, ag
iaatologist of .the Depart aiat pf Agri
culture, summarizes thus the work that
has been already done along this line.
According to the provisions of the act
of congress, making appropriations for
the Department of Agriculture for the
neeal year 190!. thin division was di
rected to purebae and collect seeas
and specimens of valuable economic
grasses and forage plants, to be distrib
uted to the various experiment station
under the direction of the Secretary
Df Agriculture, to ascertain their adapt
ability to the various soils and climates
of the United States. In order to can-
out this direction, plans were made
early ln the season to undertake the
work with the beginning of the nscai
year. Mr. C. L. Shear, an aasiatant in
the division, was put in charge of the
seed and field work, and immediately
after July 1 he began work la the Held,
and several agents were employed to
work with him during the collecting
He was verbally instructed to
make the collection of seeds ot valu
STEEL WOOL IN ARTS.
, MVST icixra-a gkikvaxce.
From the Kansas City Star: The
ran sank low, across the level of tho
swamp, as I saw Aunt Ellen turn In at
the gate and trudge up the avenue,
Aa she shuffled a curtsy and dropped
gown on the topmost step, I response
to my invitation, I perceived that
something out of the ordinary had
haniaheil the usually expansive grin
from the broad yellow face under the
gray-hued turban. It was gravity It
self. I waited,
"It's pow'ful hot, Miss Jennie. Seems
lak dah hain't a bref ob air a-stirrin'.
Honey, how's yo' paw's rheumatlx?"
"Not any better. Aunt Ellen. Now
that the doctors have failed you had
hotter nrescribe. Jane tells me that
you have charms that will cure any
thine." :--..
"Deed chile, I hain't set up foh no
doctah; but de good Lawd. he know
dah hain't nuttln' lak de lie on a poie-
able native grasses and forage plants cat foh dat flainjn' rheumatlz, what yo'
the leading feature of his new wora. t
There are many native grasses and
fnaaa nlants of itreat economic value
that have never yot been Introduced
into cultivation. This is especially true
tha rraaaea of the srreat cattle ranges
of the West, which formerly grew iu
aiich abundance and which tnreugn
Polecat," I gasped.
"Ya-asm. Jes cotcn mm, en xoaa
hlra wif da ba-ar on. When de fat
'tins ter drip, fotch out some raid nan-
nel, en grease It wit de drippin's; en
it will cure him up in no time."
This staggering prescription being
Takaa riaea r Manrfpapar la AU CaMaa
' Wo.-"
"Although steel wool has only been
used as a substitute for sandpaper dur
lnz the last six years, it is now very
extensively used for polishing purpos
es by metal workers, carpenters, eabl
net makers, bouse painters, sign paint
ers and gralners throughout the United
States," aald a wholesale dealer ln the
material to the writer recently. "Steel
wool is an article of regular manufac
ture and It Is put up ln one-pound pack
ages very much resembling rolls or
cotton batting. It is composed of
sharp-edged threads of steel, which
curl up like wool or the familiar wood
fiber known as excelsior, but it is mucn
finer ln texture than the latter mate
rial, the finest quality being not much
coarser than the coarsest of natural
wools. The superiority of steel wool
over the ordinary sandpaper consists
In Its great pliability, which enables a
worker to polish or smooth down ir
regular parts of moldings or ornamen
tal woodwork.' Such work can be done
with steel wool far better and much
more expeditiously than with sand
paper. The latter clogs In use, but
steel wool always retains a more per
fect polishing edge or surface. The
wool la made in varlou degrees of
cosrseness, tne coarser graae
best adapted for taking off old paint or
varnish and for smoothing and clean-1
ing floors like those of bowling alleys.
The wool is generally used with gloves
to keep the sharp ends from sticking
into the" workman s fingers. van-
ington Star."
over-stocking and mismanagement hav yoni my power to fill I temporized.
now become almost extinct, in m "Aunt Ellen, you know all about it;
propagation and cultivation of these Buppoge you coftX the colonel Into let-
snecies. native to tne sou anu tw you try It?
wiimatait ilea the hope of the ranch- . MI jannv. honer. Gawd knows I
man and the herder for restoring to hain-t ntten ter Oo nuttin'. I'se both
their former carrying eapaclty now rsd Joog ob dat trifln', no-count nig-
denleted ranges and pastures, rarweu- ,, wnat caU hggef 'Mlstah Jones.'
lar effort has been directed to securing COIne up ter gee ef yo- cod'n he'p me
in nuantlty seeds of these wild range outen lt
trasses; also those of probable value "Certainly, Aunt Ellen, what can I
In the South for winter paaturage, d0 for youT
tiiu uwaiv to Drove good meadow "miu Jennie, mek me some ob dem
grasses tor high altitudes and those cream piea en a cake, en lemme hab a
especially adapted to dido ins cnp'l ob dem ole hens."
aanrfs. for which there is so much ae- "ig that all? Of course. When do
mand. Seeds of a few native grasses you want then,r.
of highly economic importance nave ..D,g heah's Friday; en Sunday am
been obtained by purchase from parties d 'Pnted day. Gawd he'p dat fool
living in the remote regions I nlggah.
thev arow. A number of -arieties were "Aunt Ellen, I want to know what
obtained in thla way from the vlciaity ma meang. Is ft a wedding?"
of (Mlver Ctty.Nejr MeaieA- in WW Tawd. no. Miu Jennie. Yo' knows
COTtOX-T flTAKD THK BTOStT.
From the Detroit Free Press: When
he returned from a trip to nis oiu
home In the east it would have ben
a disinterested guess that be had been
(n a rallroa.1 wreck or the fighting por
tion of the army. He took every one
of the front steps with his right foot
first, the other following. He gritted
his teeth, made faces and groaned
when he happened to slip.
"My gracious, John!" from bla anx
ious wife. ,
"Drop thaf MaUssy. I haven't got
neuralgia, rheumatism . or lumbago, .
grip or sciatica. Don't make a scene
and don't go telephoning for the doc
tor. Ouch!" as he dropped heavily
Into an easy chair. "Now, now," when
she attempted to approach him. "You
just sit down and listen and bare
some sense. . . . "
"I've got what baseball men call
'cholly boss.' Veterinary surgeon?
Thunder and lightning, MaUssy, diant
I ask you politely to keep still? When
I got down there I thought I was a kid
again and I wanted' to tear around the
old farm Just like I used to. There's
no fool like an old fool. The boys were
going rabbit hunting. J went right
with them and wasted my breath tell-.
Ing how I used to slay the bunnies. At
the end of the first mile I was wheel
ing like a tug in distress. But I wasn't
going to hoist any signals, and laid It
all to defective bronchial tubes. A
mile farther I was plowing heavily and
gasping.
"I struck off flnto the wood myself, y
telling the boys I knew an old rabbit '
hole and for them to keep their eyea
peeled. I went to sleep In a snow
bank.and was roused by something run"
ning by, got to my feet and fired both
barrels. The first killed the dog and
the second peppered the calf of Jim
mle's leg. I hired a farmer to take us
home In a one-horse wagon and just as
soon as I was able to-uaove about a lit
tle I insisted that aeaaalng business re
quired me in Detroit Where's that ar
nica liniment?" . ,
work It not Infrequently happened that
i - taritntia lourneTs naa UJ v
made to regions Inaccessible to etock
before grasses In seed coma
tha collection was made by hand.
snm. four tons of seed of about ono
hundred and thirty varieties of grasses
t..m nlants were thus gathered,
v. .....tittaa tn each case varying
i . tn are hundred pounds.
Never before has so Urge an amount
of native seeds been collected b.y th
department "
tudaatrtol DavalopaMat Itrlngs KvOS,
The annual day of humiliation and
prayer was recently observed ln Prus
sia, according to long estaoiisnea cus
tom, and a great many of the Berlin
newspapers took occasion to print ar
ticles upon the recent deterioration in
public morality. They asserted that
the rapid Industrial development ot
the country and Its corresponding Im
provement ln Its .financial condition
had Bostirted 'In an alarmitig growth of
social evils and abuses. .
I'ae ben marh'ud this long time.
"Sunday excursion?" I hasarded.
"'Scursion? Huh! Hawses en
chains cud'n' hoi dls nlggah.. Wa-t yo
talkln' 'bout, Miss Jennie?"
"Well, is it a basket meeting?
"No-am. . Dey hain't no trubble ter
me. l'aa a wulck-er in ae vinva-au, eu
dey pintedly 'Joices my soul."
."Then what under the shining hear
ts is going to happen?"
I began to grow excited as Aunt Bl'
len grew more aad more mysterious.
She shifted ground uneasily. Miss
iiaw ia rk appu I Jennie. Gawd knows I been a , goou
n is eery essential that applet should 'oman ter dat upatartin' sarplnt ob a
w. ri, nranared for market ta I raller .nlggah what .call niaaer mr
i.-( X.. , v K. I '.j.. t.. 't a. !..
orilar that the DeSt rSSUlia ' I mau, en neau ua win wucw a.
oruer . .vi- A in vlaw I .. a ... t At. nnnaturat. wav.
talned, and it is wim m - i a
that the following uggeaUona are sub- Dat nlggah's fust wife, Liar Jane, ben
J!t.d. dald mo'n five years, en heah he Jes a
k.i aiiinners and packers of ap- orderln' de preachln of de funl.
i .h,M mak It a point to pack Ya-asm. At de Temple of Solomon,
their fruit honestly; that la. have the nM' Sunday, t'm tellin' de Gawd's
fruit run alike all tnrougn u "' i trui; en' mo n aai, ne gwiuo u
Do not endeavor to cause deception by cook de dlnnah. No-am, tain't no wed
.i.Mna rood, sound, large fruit on the I a nor Sunday 'scursion, en taint no
. A .a Karval and fill I M.Atn. It'a mv hiiahanfVa flint
ton and Duiwiu m. , i immcl uiccuu , . ,j ."j
in the middle with a lot of gnarly, wlf,.B
wormy and decayea irun.
nay. The deception is easily detected
just liu Htjauxa.
Maklas Haak-Xota Fapar.
The paper upon which bank-notes
and bonds are printed Is all made at
Dalton, Mass., and its manufacture Is
one of the greatest secrets connected
1th the government system of money
making. Each sheet Is as careiaiu
watched from the time It first assumes
shape until deposited ln the vaults ol
the treasury department at wasmuK-
ton. aa though It were gold.-Uolden
Hours.
v ,
BaUroad Tea. eibethr.,
CanuaircaoKaliats have planned the
Mtnatnictinn of a railroad through the
Samoyede peninsula with tho objret or
bringing the wheat of western BiDen
.,1,-klv anil arnnnmicallv Into th!
world market. The wheat will be ship
ped by tho Ob and Its navigable tribti
tarlea to Obdorsk; then, by rail to the
seacoast and thonco by vessel to ten
don or other porta.
upon Investigation, and merchants do
... tn have fraud practiced upon
them, neither do they care to practice
It upon their .customers
Full reguiauou-iMseu
be used. Take the barrel, one neaa
out, nail the hoops, and brejak .prna
euds of lne nhtM'at"tne Inside; place
a tayer or tier of apples, good ana uni
form iles, smooth, bright, healthy, as
aa nosalDie. Siem ouwuwaiu,
on the lower end, then fill up, a basket
full at a time, tnrowing n an.
anariv and windfall apples.
and shaking the barrel well after each
deposit until It IS mil two lncnes auu..
tharim: nlace the head squarely on
the apples, and with a screw or lever
force it Into place and nail se-
Tnrn over the barrel and
mark name of apple with red or black
lead, or stenell. Bear ln mind that,
lo be ahlpped safely, fruit must be
packed tight, to prevent rattling or
bruising. ......
In shipping apples the first of the
aaajon early varletlea shippers
ahnuid see that openings are cut on
the side of the barrels and also ln both
ends, to admit of free circulation oi
.ir which will greatly help to bring
apples through In good condition dur
ing warm w earner. .
THK MANIA VOK CHANGING I'lUXa
'I guess my wife has got the fever
tor changing things worse than any
woman in town. I'll bet she s already
changed half her -Christmas presents.
"Sort ot a mania, eh 7 .
"That's Just It Why, only this morn
ing I gave her a $5 bill and she said
she guessed she'd go right down to the
store and chango it." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"You are hoarse, Mr. Croaker." ; '
"Yeif. I caught cold last night oat
in the rain and woke up this morning
with a man la say throat"
' - ..nr. roaMona rats. ,
Tears clung to the" long lashea of
Egypt's queen, to say nothing of the
headless slave who weltered in his
blood at the foot of her gorgeous di
van. : . :; : '
It was plain , that the daughter of
the Pharaohs had received evil tidings-:
i In the streets the newsboys could be
heard hawking the Evening Monolith.
"All about the football game! Cor
inth 1-attln school, 10! Alexandria Poly
technic, 8!" they were shouting.
"Now, wouldn't that scald you!" fal
tered the queen, and buret into tears.
Detroit Journal.
OUT Or REACH.
"fleeklei" WoaM Ra-aaikt.
Charles H. Acord, 41 years old, and
John J. Lynch, aged 45, have filed pa
pers In Indianapolis for re-enllstment
In the regular army. They enlisted to
gether in 1881, were "bunkles" for IS
years, shared the perils of 11 battles
and engagements at home and abroad,
and now wish to re-enter the service
together. '
Captain Edward - C, Raymond, who
had an extensive acquaintance in
Grand Army circles, expired auddenly
or eart dlaeaae wnlia reading a pap
at Oaleaburg. 111. During the civil
war he was captain of Company A,
Twenty-fourth Illinois Infantry. '
Tha dlsoatch adds that acord lag to
reliable Intormatlni tha Bdtrs de not
laLjod at prantt t taa itaaaMtic
ataM. but will eaatlx.no in Boata Atti
ea la atroag atwosh jo buk tha c4pk
daal ha
vmm waa tha lata atudaat who had
m ' .affl Ttas. . fW-fca tt. CnA
rwk ? - .rr'-arr, I tti rasji .can.
laMraatlnr lact Falali as,
The experiment ttatlon Record
anotes from some experimentt of Prof.
K. B. QOn H lOIIOWS: wnen pnaww
are placed for a few minutes In brine
tha Hahtest or those oi nooren vu-
ty and moat deficient in sxarcn m w
the top. By tnis metnou u n waa
with the aid of a hydrometer to
determine the amount oi eiarcn a
sana the duality of the potatoes. The
author planted Ue llgnt, tne niu
and the heavy potatoes as indicated by
the brine teat for two years la iineces-
.im uii nnllka European invwua-
tors, noted no WproTement in the
quality of the crops aa a remit of this
..taction He found that tubers grow
ing nearest the surface were of lowest
specific gravity or poorest quality, and
that the specinc grevuy -
a aanth at which the potato grew.
a.i. w. .M.ihaa a the cooler taBpera-
tart at which un ww
at greater depths. Haaltothat
patatoe. grown It hrfal eattata, with
Z7 rum " taww umm?51
I7fx tha aoU. had greater ap-rlhe
gftTfty than those frown M aiiia.
Parson Johnson Is turkeys' high,
Brudder Snatcher?"
Brother Snatcher Dey's done gone
to the top branches, parson.
hew mrauLAB pbotwvtion.
From Cie Cleveland Plain Dealer:
Yes, sir, I'm going to sell my watch
dog and buy a goat" -
Whatforr'
'Because just the ether day a New
Jersey goat whipped the. socks off
big fighting mastiff."
Waa; tt a fair stand-up fight?'
'Not tor the dog. He couldn't stand
up for a minute. That goat Jumped tor
him and Jammed a bunch or oarxs ana
erowls down his neck before you could
say 'sick em: When ae putted tne aog
In the piexue you could have heard tne
hollow reverberation for naif a mue.
And when the dog turned round to go
to his comer the goat struck hint fast
once on the exposed section ana
him turn three summersaults vad
cartwheel." "
"Doa't yon object to the odor ef ash
a household pet"
"No, I doa't. I want ale so aMC3
that when burglars catch tha eC3t
they'll eay Thoae people trp
vd we'd better atoeey rltl ?.
JCBT TAFFY THK VfirK.
First clothing salesman I do hate to
have a man bring In his wife when he
wants a new suit. It Is a case of satis
fying two, and the woman is the harder
of the two.
Second ditto That's because you
don't know your business. I never try
to convince the lady. : I Just compli
ment her upon the beauty and fine set
of her garments. Then I can ehotw
any old thing onto her husband and
nbe will Hiulle sweetly an we wmre.
Boston Transcript.
' LACOBIira GAM.
Towson 'Is your daughter a finish
ed musician?" Yorkrode-'Not yet.
but the neighbors are making threats."
Baltimore American.
gne "Were you ever troubled with
dyspepsia?" He-"Xes, mais iae -a,
it affects me." Yonkers Statesman. v
No Maude, dear, the fellow who
doesn't pay his club dues is not nec-
essarlly a dude." Philadelphia Kecoro.
Amateur "What does It; mean ln
theatric circles wnen iney say iu-
vhost walks?'" veteran Aor
means that the rest of us don't hart
to."-Detrolt Free Press.
nmaiei Is a lucky man; his time ;
soes right on whether he Is waking or
sleeping, sick or well." "What ta Bta
gles' business?" "Watchmaker."-Jo-
lumbus (O.) ie joutusk
"Thomas Tibbs Is in a recelvar'a
hands." "What broke him apt" "Cia
the tip system got started la hie eSap
and he had to pay extra for every .
of work his clerks dld.''-!n4lata
Journal.
Mother-"What type Ui the roaaf ;
man that oar daughter says you net
In New York when yea went to wrtcj.
her home?' ratter "Well, ta JC.
from hU clothes, I should asy he rti
type." uctron rree atbcv (
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